Is Gold Backwardation Now Permanent?
Its Weight in Gold: The Real Prices of Things By Keith Weiner, Casey Research Worldwide, an incredible tower of debt has been under construction since President Nixon’s 1971 default on the gold...
View ArticleWhy (and How) China is Boosting the Price of Gold
The History of Gold Prices (and How We Got Here) To get the full picture of the current price of gold we have to look back nearly 100 years. In the 1800′s and early 1900′s gold played a key role in...
View ArticleUsing Forex to Hedge against Inflation
Forex Hedge According to Wikipedia-A foreign exchange hedge (FOREX hedge) is typically used by companies to eliminate or hedge foreign exchange risk resulting from transactions in foreign currencies....
View ArticleWhat Is Fiat Currency?
Fiat Currency- Fiat currency is a term that is used to describe a currency which is created by “fiat” or “arbitrary order or decree” of the government. It is not created by the free market or backed by...
View ArticleU.S. Foreign Exchange and The Chinese Currency Exchange Rate
U.S. Foreign Exchange The number of international corporations and financial professionals that follow the ever-changing ratio of U.S. dollars to Chinese Yuan has increased and expanded beyond its...
View Article2 Types of Money
From the beginning, productivity improved with specialization. If one person can produce fruit more efficiently while the other was a better hunter, more wealth will be generated if the hunter hunts...
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Could a Strong Dollar Actually Cause Problems?
It seems that there is the possibility for danger no matter which way the economy goes. You would think that a strong dollar would be a good thing… after-all it allows us to buy things more cheaply on...
View ArticleRick Rule: “Bet against the dollar as a store of value”
In this excerpt from the Casey Summit When Money Dies, seasoned resource investor/broker Rick Rule discusses risk management and explains why the greatest risk you face as an investor is located to the...
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How Does the Value of the U.S. Dollar Fit Into the Big Picture for the Economy?
Robert Prechter discusses his views on the credit crisis and the U.S. dollar More credit is denominated in U.S. dollars than any other currency. What does this mean for the value of the dollar as the...
View ArticleIs Gold Backwardation Now Permanent?
Its Weight in Gold: The Real Prices of Things By Keith Weiner, Casey Research Worldwide, an incredible tower of debt has been under construction since President Nixon’s 1971 default on the gold...
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Why (and How) China is Boosting the Price of Gold
The History of Gold Prices (and How We Got Here) To get the full picture of the current price of gold we have to look back nearly 100 years. In the 1800’s and early 1900’s gold played a key role in...
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How International Inflation and Currency Fluctuations Affect Todays Businesses
With the current low levels of inflation in developed countries, most consumers and even small business owners are largely unaware and unconcerned with the issue of inflation and currency fluctuation....
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Cryptocurrencies and Inflation
In our article, What is the Real Definition of Inflation? we explained that there is a major difference between the the cause and the effect of Inflation and unfortunately both are loosely called...
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How High Inflation Drives Countries Towards Crypto
What is CryptoCurrency? A cryptocurrency (aka. Crypto), is an alternative form of payment created electronically rather than through government fiat (decree). The idea behind it is that an algorithm...
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Why Does China Want to Lower the Value of Its Currency?
The U.S. Labels China a Currency Manipulator On August 5th, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated China as a ‘currency manipulator’. China has been on the U.S.’s watch list for quite...
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How the Currency Exchange Rate Can Affect Business
In finance, an exchange rate is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in relation to another currency.~Wikipedia...
View ArticleHow has Venezuela’s Bitcoin experiment Fared?
In early 2018, in an effort to fight a collapsing economy and hyperinflationary currency Venezuela decided to jump on the BitCoin bandwagon and create its own cryptocurrency called the Petro. On...
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The Price of Oil Denominated in Bitcoin
Over the years we have been saying that it is important to look at prices of various commodities in terms of other commodities. For instance, we have looked at not only the Inflation Adjusted Gasoline...
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How Foreign Currencies Act as an Inflation Hedge
One method investors can use to hedge against inflation is investing in a variety of foreign currencies. The key of course is which currencies you choose as an inflation hedge. You need to invest in...
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Is Bitcoin a Better Inflation Hedge Than Gold?
Proponents of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin are touting it as the latest Inflation hedge… perhaps better than gold… but is it? Although gold may fluctuate significantly in the short run, this...
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