- James Turk via a recent GoldMoney article:
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Banks and National Currencies Have Real Risks
"The underlying and most fundamental usefulness of the precious metals remains unchanged. They are money outside the banking system. The risks of depositing money in a bank are clear from the events of Cyprus, and before that debacle, Lehman Brothers, Northern Rock and countless other bank collapses that litter the landscape of monetary history. Banks and the national currencies they use have real risks."
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
This is Going to Lead to Hyperinflation
"My view is that we are in a fiat currency bubble, in other words currency backed by nothing. If you look at history, whenever you have these kinds of periods where people think they can come up with some new kind of currency, it’s absolutely crazy some of the harebrained schemes (people come up with).
What we have now is another harebrained scheme that says currency can be backed by nothing except government promises. But when you take gold out of the monetary system, what monetary history always shows is that you remove the monetary discipline from government spending.
We are in an environment now where the government is spending more and more money, borrowing more and more money, the central bank is turning that money into currency, and eventually this is going to lead to hyperinflation...."
What we have now is another harebrained scheme that says currency can be backed by nothing except government promises. But when you take gold out of the monetary system, what monetary history always shows is that you remove the monetary discipline from government spending.
We are in an environment now where the government is spending more and more money, borrowing more and more money, the central bank is turning that money into currency, and eventually this is going to lead to hyperinflation...."
- James Turk via a recent King World News interview, read the full interview here:
Monday, May 13, 2013
We Are Heading Towards Hyperinflation
"In every year since the 2008 financial crisis, the US federal government has been incurring an operating deficit of more than $1 trillion. Because it is spending more than it receives in revenue, it needs to borrow dollars to fund these deficits. These borrowings cause its total debt to grow, so the debt ceiling must be raised periodically to enable it to keep borrowing. The latest ceiling of $16.4 trillion was reached in January.
Rather than deal with out-of-control spending, politicians of both parties agreed to suspend the debt ceiling, meaning that there will be no limit on what the federal government can spend and borrow through May 18. On May 19, the debt ceiling will be raised to the total amount of debt outstanding as of that date, and as a consequence, at that time the debt limit must again be considered to enable more borrowing to fund what is likely to be another year in which the deficit exceeds $1 trillion. I fully expect that that this scheme will repeatedly be used to avoid facing any limit.
This mechanism eerily parallels a step taken by President Nixon in August 1971. Rather than address the financial imbalances the US government faced, he chose – in his words – to “suspend temporarily” the US dollar's constitutional link to gold. His “temporary” suspension has now lasted 42 years. This observation brings up an important point.
This current suspension of the debt ceiling is not going to be temporary. From now on, each time it comes up for consideration, I expect that the politicians will just keep extending the suspension again and again. They will always take the soft political option, just like the politicians did in the German, Serbian and Zimbabwean hyperinflations."
Rather than deal with out-of-control spending, politicians of both parties agreed to suspend the debt ceiling, meaning that there will be no limit on what the federal government can spend and borrow through May 18. On May 19, the debt ceiling will be raised to the total amount of debt outstanding as of that date, and as a consequence, at that time the debt limit must again be considered to enable more borrowing to fund what is likely to be another year in which the deficit exceeds $1 trillion. I fully expect that that this scheme will repeatedly be used to avoid facing any limit.
This mechanism eerily parallels a step taken by President Nixon in August 1971. Rather than address the financial imbalances the US government faced, he chose – in his words – to “suspend temporarily” the US dollar's constitutional link to gold. His “temporary” suspension has now lasted 42 years. This observation brings up an important point.
This current suspension of the debt ceiling is not going to be temporary. From now on, each time it comes up for consideration, I expect that the politicians will just keep extending the suspension again and again. They will always take the soft political option, just like the politicians did in the German, Serbian and Zimbabwean hyperinflations."
- Excerpt from a recent article wrote by James Turk, read the full article here:
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Extraordinary Delays For Physical Gold & Silver
"It is also important to point out, Eric, that the physical market for precious metals also has two distinct segments. These need to be looked at separately because to a certain extent they are driven by different factors. One segment is reasonably visible. This is the retail market for coins and small bars, those weighing up to a kilo, which is about 32 troy ounces.
The shortages of these products that exist at the moment are very apparent with many dealers, mints and refiners reporting that they have no stock to sell because of demand. There are also exceptionally high premiums reported for those transactions that are being completed.
These shortages are the result of a fabrication bottleneck. In other words, the surge by retail buyers pretty much everywhere in the world has resulted in a demand that cannot be filled. They have opened their pocketbooks to buy coins and small bars on this last take down in prices. The fabricators who make these coins and small bars just do not have the manufacturing capacity to ramp up production quickly enough to supply the product needed to meet this heightened demand."
The shortages of these products that exist at the moment are very apparent with many dealers, mints and refiners reporting that they have no stock to sell because of demand. There are also exceptionally high premiums reported for those transactions that are being completed.
These shortages are the result of a fabrication bottleneck. In other words, the surge by retail buyers pretty much everywhere in the world has resulted in a demand that cannot be filled. They have opened their pocketbooks to buy coins and small bars on this last take down in prices. The fabricators who make these coins and small bars just do not have the manufacturing capacity to ramp up production quickly enough to supply the product needed to meet this heightened demand."
- James Turk via a recent King World News interview, read the full interview here:
Monday, May 6, 2013
Hyperinflation of the US Dollar
"Out of control spending by a government is always the cause of hyperinflation. The debt ceiling had been the last remaining roadblock to unlimited federal government spending. By suspending the debt ceiling, the US government has given itself a blank cheque, taking one giant leap down the road leading to the hyperinflation of the US dollar."
- Excerpt from a recent article by James Turk, read the full article here:
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Bullish Forecast for Precious Metals
"An asset can appear overpriced while actually being good value if the currency being used to establish the price is itself losing purchasing power and overvalued. To restate this point another way, economic calculation requires sound money, which is one axiom that does remain unchanged over time. Without sound money, we will reach inaccurate conclusions about an asset’s value.
Using two mathematical formulas – my Fear Index and the Gold Money Index – I have repeatedly made the case that the US dollar is overvalued and gold and silver are good value. Since their unprecedented drop in price that began last week, I've been looking for fundamental reasons to change my analysis, and thus alter my bullish forecast for the precious metals.
Since then I still haven't found any reason to change to change my bullish outlook. Given their lower price, in my view gold and silver are simply better value than they were a week ago, and the dollar more overvalued."
Using two mathematical formulas – my Fear Index and the Gold Money Index – I have repeatedly made the case that the US dollar is overvalued and gold and silver are good value. Since their unprecedented drop in price that began last week, I've been looking for fundamental reasons to change my analysis, and thus alter my bullish forecast for the precious metals.
Since then I still haven't found any reason to change to change my bullish outlook. Given their lower price, in my view gold and silver are simply better value than they were a week ago, and the dollar more overvalued."
- James Turk via a recent GoldMoney article:
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Dire Financial Condition of the Federal Government
"The debt ceiling was never much of a limit because it has been raised dozens of times over the years, but it did serve one purpose. It highlighted the lack of political will to get spending under control. Importantly, the dire financial condition of the federal government became apparent each time the ceiling was hit. The last time it was reached, the US lost its Triple-A credit rating."
- James Turk via a recent article here wrote, read the full article here:
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The US Economy and Gold
James Turk appears on the "Financial Sense" with Jim Puplava. They discuss the deteriorating US economy and the ongoing bull market in gold.
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
A Monetary Train Wreck is Coming
"There is a financial and monetary train wreck coming, and it is not those who hold physical gold and silver who are going to be hurt. When asset price collapses like this occur you must eliminate your emotions. Just remember that this time will pass and the metals be trading significantly higher in the years to come.”
- James Turk via a recent King World News interview, read the full interview here:
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Bigger Bank Failures on the Way
"It is important to note that the ECB could have avoided this mess by simply printing up several billion euros and giving it to the banks, in effect sweeping the mess under the rug. Instead, the eurocrats decided to play hardball. One has to ask why.
The reason for this is because they are getting ready for bigger bank failures. The Dutch EU minister said taking depositor money is going to be the template throughout the EU, which should send shivers up the spine of everyone, whether or not they have money on deposit in a bank."
The reason for this is because they are getting ready for bigger bank failures. The Dutch EU minister said taking depositor money is going to be the template throughout the EU, which should send shivers up the spine of everyone, whether or not they have money on deposit in a bank."
- James Turk via a recent King World News interview, read the full interview here:
Friday, April 19, 2013
Money, Gold, Bitcoin
- Source, Max Keiser.com:
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Bernanke Will Risk Hyperinflation
“Mr. Bernanke is so anti-deflation he’s willing to risk hyperinflation, and we are on this path of hyperinflation given the policies we are following.”
- James Turk via a recent USA Watchdog interview:
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