US Dollar

Warren Buffett is famous for many things, one of which is his general dislike for precious metals as an investment . . . .

Long-term oriented investors and speculators should be aware of the near-term trends but they should also be aware of the conditions that will lead to a shift from a bear market to a bull market . . . .

Expectations of a weak dollar and support from gold will help silver prices recover, say experts . . . .

Over the last month, gold prices have surged, tacking on over 3% in just the last two weeks . . . .

The past few trading days have seen the gold price hovering above and below the $1,200 mark in the light of a stronger dollar and a lack of Chinese data due to the nation’s Golden Week holiday this week . . . .

Now looks like a good time to buy gold. But you need to watch this chart . . . .

Russia‘s U.S. dollar reserves have shrunk from $96.1 billion in March to just $14.9 billion in May, according to the Russian Central Bank . . . .

In this article I point to the pressures on the Fed to moderate monetary policy, but that will only affect the timing of the next cyclical credit crisis . . . .

Last week Donald Trump broke the theoretical “Chinese Wall” that is supposed to exist between the Government and the Fed when he offered a stunning rebuke of the Fed’s current policy to continue raising interest rates . . . .

Gold prices fell to a two-and-a-half year low on Tuesday, as a stronger dollar weighed on the precious metal and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell backed gradual rate increases . . . .