The visitor to this website will not have missed it. Governments worldwide are going further and further in their restrictions on cash transactions. The proposal in the Netherlands is to ban cash transactions in excess of 3000 euros per transaction. In other countries the amounts are different but the principle and the arguments mentioned are the same. Cash transactions above an arbitrarily chosen amount are prohibited to reduce the "laundering" of drug and criminal money.
... »The war on cash, negative interest and the flight in gold
August 29 2019
Bart Brands
Central Banks Are Buying Gold
August 22 2019
GoldRepublic's Manager of Operations Nick Finson and Precious Metals specialist Bart Brands were interviewed by Dubai based Premindra Rajaram for financial program Talk Cents. Discussing the recent rise of the price of gold, the correlation with central bank policies and the possible future of precious metals, both Nick and Bart freely talk about their analysis of the indicators and state of the precious metals markets.... »
Bart Brands
ECB Application Of MMT And The Effects On Precious Metals
August 2 2019
The application of parts of Modern Monetary Theory by not only the Federal Reserve in the US but even more so by the European Central Bank seem to be the new norm. This week why delay in rate cuts is not the end of rate cuts and what this can mean for your savings and the price of precious metals.... »
Bart Brands
Gold is the new gold
June 12 2019
It is always nice to discover which commodity, technology or cryptocurrency is called "the new gold" and perhaps even more interesting, why? Why do people invariably speak of a new “gold rush” if there is a promising investment opportunity and why is gold always the instinctive standard?... »
Bart Brands
