News Archive
2024
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August
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July
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June
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May
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April
- Gold falls 3.3% in 4 days - has the price passed its peak? (Apr 25 2024 by Rowen Buis )
- €900 - highest silver price since 2011! (Apr 18 2024 by Rowen Buis )
- The 'perfect storm' for gold - What drives the gold price to these record highs? (Apr 11 2024 by Rowen Buis )
- Silver Price: €800/ kg - Highest price in 1,334 days! (Apr 4 2024 by Rowen Buis )
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March
- €66,027 - New week, new all time high for gold! (Mar 28 2024 by Rowen Buis )
- New record for gold! Thanks to the Fed (Mar 21 2024 by Rowen Buis )
- Gold in the spotlight - paving the way for the silver price! (Mar 14 2024 by Rowen Buis )
- €63.368 - all time high for gold! (Mar 7 2024 by Rowen Buis )
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February
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January
2022
2021
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October
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September
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August
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July
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June
- Tavi Costa: Inflation makes gold and silver shine, the FED can't escape | GoldRepublic Podcast #15 (Jun 30 2021 by Bart Brands )
- Lyn Alden: the next monetary system ›› paradigm shift or drift | GoldRepublic Podcast #12 (Jun 25 2021 by Bart Brands )
- Michaël van de Poppe: understand crypto markets & read charts or get rekt | GoldRepublic Podcast #14 (Jun 18 2021 by Bart Brands )
- Arno Wellens: Inflation, Housing Bubble & Banking Crisis in Europe | GoldRepublic Podcast #13 (Jun 11 2021 by Bart Brands )
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January
2019
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December
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November
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October
- Why gold is money and why money matters (Oct 24 2019 by Bart Brands )
- Industry figures the worst in 10 years, QE 4 is a fact and the number of retail bankruptcies shows an implosion of the sector. What implications does it have for the wider economy and is gold an alternative? (Oct 4 2019 by Bart Brands )
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September
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August
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July
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June
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May
- A gold investment plan? Save in precious metals (May 29 2019 by Bart Brands )
- Fed Loses Control Over Interest Rates (May 22 2019 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Substantially More Jobs, Lower Unemployment and Higher Gold Prices: Odd? (May 15 2019 by Edin Mujagić )
- The ECB Is Listening to Your Concerns, But Not Really (May 8 2019 by Edin Mujagić )
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April
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March
- Fed Paves the Way for Worldwide Loose Monetary Policy (Mar 27 2019 by Edin Mujagić )
- The Gold Market Has Not Lost Its Luster Yet (Mar 21 2019 by Bart Brands )
- Draghi Makes U-Turn in Monetary Policy; Euro Drops (Mar 15 2019 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- U.S. Economic Growth Still Lagging; Gold Mining Sector Consolidating (Mar 8 2019 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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February
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January
2018
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December
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November
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October
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September
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June
- Dow Jones Index Closed Eighth Day in a Row with a Loss: Here Is What It Means (Jun 26 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- On Gold as Inflation Hedge (Jun 20 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
- Three Mistakes That Markets Are Currently Making (Jun 13 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Attention: Central Bank Week Is Coming (Jun 6 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
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May
- Gold Back Above $1300/Ounce After Trump Cancels Korea-Summit (May 30 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- China Could Push Up Interest Rates in the US, But Will It? (May 24 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
- At the ECB: Abnormal Monetary Policy is the New Normal (May 16 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
- Trouble in Argentina Heralds Dollar Reversal (May 9 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Gold Price Drops to Lowest Level in 4 Weeks While Dollar Strengthens (May 1 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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April
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March
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February
- Fed Must Get Used to Higher Growth, Increasing Inflation (Feb 28 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
- Cracks Are Beginning to Appear in Credit Markets (Feb 21 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Stock Market Declines: Correction or Crash? (Feb 13 2018 by Frank Knopers )
- The Crisis Ended but Policy Remains in Crisis Mode (Feb 7 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
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January
- An Attempt to Value Gold (and A Price Forecast for 2018) (Jan 30 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- End of QE and First Rate Hikes Around the Corner in the Eurozone? (Jan 23 2018 by Edin Mujagić )
- 10 Predictions for 2018 (Jan 16 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Dollar as Financial Weapon? (Jan 10 2018 by Frank Knopers )
- Top 10 Best Read Articles of 2017 (Jan 3 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Crypto Bubble Is a Symptom of Something Bigger (Jan 2 2018 by Olav Dirkmaat )
2017
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December
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November
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October
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September
- The Accounting Cycle and Financial Bubbles: On the Current Indifference on Accounting Methods (Sep 29 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Outlook for Precious Metals Prices in 2018: An Overview (Sep 20 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Where Is the EUR/USD Heading? (Sep 13 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Avoid (Physical) Gold ETFs! The Hidden Secret of ETFs (Sep 6 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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August
- Jackson Hole 2017: What Happened? (Aug 30 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Will September Determine the Monetary Course of the Fed and the ECB? (Aug 23 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Will Bitcoin Displace Gold? (Aug 17 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Quantitative Easing in Reverse (Aug 9 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Is Draghi Playing a Shrewd Game with the EUR/USD Rate? (Aug 2 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
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July
- The Exit Strategy of the ECB Amounts to a $54 Billion Dollar Subsidy to Banks (Jul 26 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- 5 Charts That Prove That the US Economy Is Weakening Fast (Jul 19 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Gold Price Back to $1,220/Troy Oz, Below $1,200? (Jul 12 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Yellen: No New Crisis in Our Lifetimes (Jul 6 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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June
- The Hidden Secret of the US Banking System (Jun 28 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Fed Raises Rates, Flattens Yield Curve (Jun 21 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Keynesian Output Gap Illusion (Jun 14 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What Is the Fair Value of Gold? Deutsche Bank Tries Its Hand (Jun 7 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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May
- Can You Trust the Fed and the ECB? (May 31 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Where Are the Gold Price and the Dollar Heading? (May 24 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Draghi Misses the Point During His Visit to the Netherlands (May 17 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Precious Metals Under Pressure: So What!? (May 8 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Where There Is No Will, There Is No Way, and There Is No Will in Frankfurt (May 3 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
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April
- President Trump Changes His Tone on Yellen and the Fed (Apr 26 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Less Oil on US Inflation Fire (Apr 19 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Trump’s Tax Plans in Shambles, Stock Market Correction Ahead? (Apr 7 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What Sets the Gold Price? Critical Thoughts on Paper and Physical Gold (Apr 5 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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March
- Fed Rate Hikes and Higher Gold Prices- Surprising? Anything But! (Mar 29 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Fed Raises Rates, but It Remains to Be Seen If Rate Hikes Will Continue… (Mar 20 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- A Response to the Dutch Central Bank: Fearful Citizens Should Not Buy Gold (Mar 15 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Election Circus Crosses the Eurozone (Mar 8 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- The Odds of a Rate Hike Just Went Up (Mar 1 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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February
- After $12.2 Trillion of QE, Now What? (Feb 21 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Alternative Truth of the ECB… and All the Consequences This Entails (Feb 14 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- This Is How Trump’s Protectionism Will Push the U.S. Economy of the Cliff (Feb 8 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Deutsche Bank Manipulates Gold Price (Feb 1 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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January
- The Dollar Might Surprise in 2017 (Jan 25 2017 by Edin Mujagić )
- Will the Best Performing Markets of 2016 Be the Best Performing Markets of 2017? (Jan 17 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Most Impressive Charts 2016 - 10 Charts That Define 2016 (Jan 11 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Trap of the New Normal (Jan 4 2017 by Olav Dirkmaat )
2016
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December
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November
- Readers’ Question: The “Magical Balance Sheet” of a Central Bank? (Nov 30 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Fed Just Lost Control (Nov 23 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- And the Winner Is… Donald Trump (Nov 17 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- This Is How Low Interest Rates Destroy the Economy (Nov 8 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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October
- "Sustained Convergence": The Most Important Words from Frankfurt for 2016 (Oct 31 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- The Plea of Trump Nobody Pays Attention To (Oct 25 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- 10 Terrifying Charts (Oct 18 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- This Is Why the Fed Sees No Bubbles (Oct 10 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- A Thought-Experiment: Central Banks Purchase All Government Debt (Oct 3 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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September
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August
- Oops! How Negative Interest Rates Will Lead to Higher Rates (Aug 30 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- 45 Years after the Gold Standard: What Did It Bring Us? (Aug 23 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- European Stress Test for Banks One Big Failure (Aug 16 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How Passive Index Funds Set Us Up for the Biggest Crash in History (Aug 9 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Bank of Japan Reached the Limit of its Power (Aug 2 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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July
- This Is How Independent Central Banks Are (Jul 26 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The European Central Bank Is Dangerously Close to Committing Suicide – Here’s Why (Jul 19 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How Italy Checkmates the European Union (Jul 11 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- This Is How Big the Bubble in Sovereign Debt Is (Jul 4 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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June
- Brexit: Markets in Shock, Gold Breaks Through $1,300/oz (Jun 27 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Brexit: Consequences for Gold (Jun 20 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Recent Rise in Delinquency Rates on Bank Loans Is Shocking (Jun 14 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Gold Prices in 2016: Where Are We Heading? (Jun 6 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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May
- Ludwig von Mises: The Lessons of This Great Economist Are as Relevant as Ever (May 31 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Video: Exclusive Interview with Jim Rogers (May 24 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Helicopter Money: Nothing New Under the Sun (May 23 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- I Talked with Jim Rogers and This Is What He Said (Do not Miss This) (May 17 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What the Fed Does not Say, Is More Important Than What It Does Say (May 10 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- Will The Fed “Exit” When They Have to? Yeah Right! (May 2 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
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April
- What the ECB Didn’t Tell When They Lowered Interest Rates to Negative (Apr 25 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How Shale Oil Will Trigger the Next Recession (Apr 18 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- These Are the Consequences of the Panama Papers (Apr 11 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Why Draghi's Negative Interest Rates Will Not Work (You'll Read This Almost Nowhere Else) (Apr 5 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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March
- Last Week Was the Dutch Money Week! (Mar 21 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- Draghi Does What Rinchindorji Gaikathu Has Done Before in 1291, but Without Much Success (Mar 14 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- The Exportation of Greek/Italian/French Economic Policies to the Netherlands (Mar 7 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- Kondratiev Waves Are Nonsense (Mar 1 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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February
- ABN Amro Raises Its Price Target for Gold from $800/oz to 1.300$/oz (Feb 22 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Markets Are Crashing, Gold Is Up 18%: What Now? (Feb 15 2016 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Forget about Inflation, Economic Growth or Employment…the Fed Is Mostly Concerned with Stocks (Feb 10 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
- Trump Would Get Away with Murder, Draghi Gets Away with Economic Nonsense (Feb 2 2016 by Edin Mujagić )
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January
2015
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December
- Central Bankers Are the Drug Dealers of an Addicted Market, While You Get to Pay the Bill (Dec 21 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Week After: The Hidden Surprise of the ECB Press Conference (Dec 14 2015 by Edin Mujagić )
- Do You Believe the Volkswagen Scandal Will Blow Over? Then Platinum Provides an Opportunity (Dec 7 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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November
- In Early 2016, Inflation Will Rise (Nov 30 2015 by Edin Mujagić )
- Are Regulators Encouraging a Financial Bubble? (Nov 24 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Why Our Monetary System Is Flawed (Nov 19 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Fed Up with Low Interest Rates? (Nov 16 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Every Investor Should Know This Statistic (Nov 10 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- A Rate Hike Is Imminent, No Matter What (Nov 2 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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October
- Positive Real Interest Rates for The First Time since 2009: What Are the Implications? (Oct 27 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Is Your Investment Portfolio Recession-Proof? (Oct 20 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Remarks on the European Refugee Crisis and the Fall of the Roman Empire (Oct 13 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Once upon a Time There Was an Economy Surprising Us with Its Strong Recovery (Oct 6 2015 by Edin Mujagić )
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September
- In 1998, This Investor Made the Best Decision of His Life (Sep 28 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Comex Will Not Go Bankrupt! (Sep 21 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Gold Price Correction Is Not Over Yet (Sep 15 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Four Types of Investors — Which Type Are You? (Sep 7 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- 'Black Monday' Marks the Start of a Second Asian Crisis — and More (Sep 1 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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August
- The Myths & Realities of Gold and Inflation (Aug 24 2015 by Dion Reijnders )
- Gold and Real Interest Rates. Fact, Fiction, or a Half-truth? (Aug 17 2015 by Dion Reijnders )
- What We Have Learned from the Greek Sword of Damocles (Aug 10 2015 by Dion Reijnders )
- Buy Stocks or Gold? The Dow/Gold Ratio (Aug 4 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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July
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June
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May
- A Typical Case of an Austrian Business Cycle in China and Gold (May 29 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How (Central) Banking Really Works (Part II) (May 26 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What the Worlds Most Powerful Hedge Fund Manager Thinks about Gold (May 19 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How (Central) Banking Really Works (I) (May 11 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The One Thing That Saved the U.S. from Negative Economic Growth (May 4 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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April
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March
- Three Things You Should Avoid When Reaching for Yield (Mar 30 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How a Single Word by Yellen Unleashed the Largest Volatility in 20 Years and What It Means for Your Pension (Mar 23 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Gold Mining Stocks: Pros and Cons (Mar 10 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- You Have Been Warned! "Nobody Expects a Disaster Similar to 2008 to Happen" (Mar 2 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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February
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January
- Three Secrets about Draghi's 1,140 Billion Bazooka (Jan 26 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Three Events That Will Set the Tone for 2015 (Jan 19 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What Central Banks Did in 2014 and Will Do in 2015 (Jan 12 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- 5 Traits of an Intelligent Investor (and 5 Things He Avoids) (Jan 6 2015 by Olav Dirkmaat )
2014
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December
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November
- Why the Netherlands Repatriated 4 Billions of Gold (Nov 24 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Which 3 Central Banks Bought Gold This Quarter? (Nov 18 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- A Few Words of Optimism for Gold Investors (Nov 10 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What the World's Most Famous Central Banker Said about Gold (Nov 4 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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October
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September
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August
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July
- The Inflation-Manipulation Saga and the Gold Price (Jul 25 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- 3 Questions You Should Ask about Flight MH-17 (Jul 18 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Fooling Some of the People All of the Time (Jul 11 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Volatility Down, Stock Prices Up: The Signs of a Perfect Storm (Jul 4 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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June
- Leading Indicator Says Stock Market Crash Imminent (Jun 26 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Gold Bugs and Equity Cockroaches (Jun 20 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Longer It Takes, the More Dramatic the Reversal (Jun 13 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Negative Deposit Rates in Europe: Unintended Consequences? (Jun 6 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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May
- Game Time: the European Elections (May 23 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- European Growth Horrendous: Politicians Blame the Weather, Again (May 16 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Best Inflation Hedge: Gold versus Stocks (May 9 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Its the Weather, Silly: Everything about the Abysmal GDP-report & the Failure of QE (May 2 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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April
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March
- What Russia Is Doing with Its Gold: a Chronological Account of Recent Events (Mar 28 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- What Is Happening in China? (Mar 21 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Great Unwinding of Chinas Credit Bubble (Mar 14 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- The Political Tug-of-War and Higher Gold Prices: Russia, Ukraine, Europe & the US (Mar 7 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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February
- When Will Pension Funds Buy Gold? (Feb 28 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How the German Court Grants Gold a Free Pass to $2.000 and Beyond (Feb 21 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- Gold or Bitcoins? A Real, Non Black-and-White Comparison (Feb 14 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
- How My Mother-in-Law Suffers and How Gold Would Have Protected Her (Feb 7 2014 by Olav Dirkmaat )
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January