Bitcoin is often promoted as the antidote to the madness of fiat irredeemable currencies. It is also promoted as the replacement. Bitcoin is promoted not only as money, but the future money, and our monetary future.
In fact, it is not...
Keith Weiner
Dr. Keith Weiner is the CEO of Monetary Metals and the president of the Gold Standard Institute USA. Keith is a leading authority in the areas of gold, money, and credit and has made important contributions to the development of trading techniques founded upon the analysis of bid-ask spreads. Keith is a sought after speaker and regularly writes on economics. He is an Objectivist, and has his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics. His website is www.monetary-metals.com.
Articles by Keith Weiner
On Thursday, July 6, in the late afternoon (as reckoned in Arizona), the price of silver crashed. The move was very brief, but very intense. The price hit a low under $14.40 before recovering to around $15.80 which is about 20 cents lower...
If you can believe the screaming headline, one of the gurus behind one of the gold newsletters is going all-in to gold, buying a million dollars of mining shares. If (1) gold is set to explode to the upside, and (2) mining shares are...
The dollar moved strongly, now over 25mg gold and 1.9g silver. This was a holiday-shortened week, due to the early May bank holiday in the UK.
The big news as we write this, Macron beat Le Pen in the French election. We suppose this...
The big news as we write this, Macron beat Le Pen in the French election. We suppose this...
Last week, we talked about the effect of the French election on the gold and silver markets, and noted:
Of course, traders want to know how this will affect gold and silver. As we write this, we see that silver went down 30 cents before...
Of course, traders want to know how this will affect gold and silver. As we write this, we see that silver went down 30 cents before...
The question on the lips of everyone who plans to exchange his metal for dollars—widely thought to be money—is why did silver go down? The price of silver in dollar terms dropped from about 18 bucks to about 17, or about 5 percent...
Last week the prices of the metals moved up on Monday. Then the gold price went sideways for the rest of the week, but the silver price jumped on Friday. Is this the rocket ship to $50? Will Trump’s stimulus plan push up the price of...
Last week, the prices of the metals had been up Sunday night but were slowly sliding all week—until Friday at 7:00am Arizona time (14:00 in London). Then the price of silver took off like a silver-speculator-fueled-rocket. It went from $16...
This week was another short week, due to the New Year holiday. We look forward to getting back to our regularly scheduled market action.
The prices of both metals moved up again this week. Something very noticeable is occurring in the...
The prices of both metals moved up again this week. Something very noticeable is occurring in the...
I address this essay to two groups. One group is those among the liberty movement, who believe that there’s nothing wrong with inequality. These are often Objectivists, who unknowingly defend a regime that artificially suppresses working...
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