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Good deeds and their unintended consequences​

As the week draws to a close, we look back on the things we learned.One of those, is that the Aussie stock market doesn’t care if Melbournians are trapped in their homes....

11 June 2021

Expert says gold’s run is just getting started

Settle in folks, we have some ground to cover today.In fact, think of this edition as a choose-your-own-market-update-adventure.There’s an interview with a legendary comm...

04 June 2021

Has China smothered the ‘reflation’ trade?

What a week.Gold rallies and another Australian city goes into lockdown. Again.I’ve woken up twice to see the price of gold has danced with US$1,900 (AU$2,450). That was...

29 May 2021

A classic long term investment

What’s the better long term investment?Over the weekend – after the morning coffee but before the household chores – I picked up my phone to delay my responsibilities. Af...

20 May 2021

Gold Does What Gold Should

What a year for precious metals it's been! Whilst we wrap up the year, our online trading platform continues to stay open 24/7 - with our team working full steam ahead to...

24 December 2020

Gold Continues to Tumble As Vaccine Optimism Hits New Highs

Vaccine optimism is the central driver of this movement. GDP growth anticipates a successful roll-out of the vaccine in H1 of 2020.

04 December 2020

Don’t Trust the RBA, Negative Rates are Coming

The RBA says they aren't considering negative rates, but then they ruled out super low rates and QE.

16 October 2020

In the Public Interest

Australia's Federal budget pushes the country to a record debt level while a FOI raises concerns whether the RBA is serving the public interest.

09 October 2020

60-40 Portfolio a Wealth Hazard

The classic 60/40 portfolio could be a wealth hazard with low interest rates capping bond gains and equities facing a Baby Boomer retirement headwind.

02 October 2020

Peddling Stimulus Poison

Precious metals experience a sharp correction but the bull market remains intact as central banks continue to peddle stimulus poison in a desperate attempt to keep the bi...

25 September 2020

Aussie Banks Being Ghosted

Aussie banks are being ghosted by deferred loan borrowers - maybe a debt jubilee is required? Dumb money continues to pile in as smart money gets out. The hypocrisy of no...

18 September 2020

Gold’s Supercycle Tailwind

With the tailwind of an inflation driven commodity supercycle and the possibility of simultaneous Western and Eastern demand, gold could experience a rare price boost in...

11 September 2020

Risk Off, Gold On

Gold & silver remained range bound this week but not so for shares, which appear to be peaking in stupidity reminiscent of the crypto bubble in 2017-2018. With the All Or...

04 September 2020

The How and Why of Gold and Silver

Precious metals spike and dump on Jackson Hole speech and we look at the how and why of gold and silver investing.

28 August 2020

Buffett Buys Barrick

Gold failed to hold above US$2,000 but found support above $1,900 and is trading just above the previous all-time high in 2011.

21 August 2020

We Are All Gold Bugs Now

We Are All Gold Bugs Now says Morgan Stanley, worried about inflation. While gold and silver were volatile on profit taking the broader long-term fundamentals remain unch...

13 August 2020

Precious Metals Power Move

Another amazing week with gold pushing strongly through $2,000 and silver reaching just shy of $30. Over only 16 trading days the move in gold, as shown in the chart belo...

06 August 2020

Gold - The Only Real Vote You Have

Gold stopped short of hitting $2,000 but with a permanent change to mainstream market attitudes towards precious metals any decent dips in the price will likely be bought...

30 July 2020

Silver Shines, Gold Gains

We focus on silver this week given its massive 17% gain. We expect the market to take a breather back to the mid $21s but in the long-term silver is clearly in a new bull...

23 July 2020

Mother of All Melt Ups

The markets are a very dangerous place for savers says Russell Napier with financial repression, US Federal Reserve turning on the liquidity taps and retail rookies runni...

16 July 2020

Gold in a Positive Feedback FOMO Loop

A significant week for gold as it broke through the round number $1,800 level, a figure it last saw in 2011, on the back of concerns about a second COVID wave in the US.

09 July 2020

Gold’s Mammoth Financial Year Return

Gold posted a massive 28.5% return for the 2019/2020 financial year, with silver a more than respectable 20.1%, but its 45 year compounded per annum return is also impres...

02 July 2020

The Great Central Bank Bubble of 2020

‎It is now time to leave the stock market party before the bubble blows. Yield breakdown is driving gold says Nick Frappell and professor shows that gold worked to reduce...

25 June 2020

Markets in La La Land

Equity prices are insanely disconnected from their underlying fundamentals and in “La la land” according to Crescat Capital. Jeremy Grantham agrees saying that he is incr...

18 June 2020

In Case of Financial Emergency…

Digital Finance Analytics estimates that the percentage of households in mortgage stress reached 37.5%, or 1.42 million households.Gold recovered this week but looking ba...

11 June 2020

How High will the AUD Fly?

Nick Frappell talks about what the EFP is and discusses how it is priced, who trades it and its impact on gold prices in ABC Bullion’s 360 Monthly Review.Gold continued t...

04 June 2020

​A Golden Decade

Is surging private indebtedness creating a society of debt serfs and feudal creditor lords? We explore this question and more in this week’s review of Incrementum’s In Go...

28 May 2020