IAUF News and Press, iShares Gold Strategy ETF From 09/10/19

The Fed's dovish pivot may have precipitated a historic rise in equities, but history suggests that a slowing economy and inversion of the yield curve are likely a portent of a stock market correction. In lieu of contracting manufacturing PMI levels, less aggregate capital expenditures, and sl...

Germany has recently joined Switzerland in the dubious All Negative Club. The interest rate on every government bond, from short to 30 years, is now negative. Many would say "congratulations," in the belief that this proves their credit risk is... well... umm... negative(?) And anyway, it will...

For the 2020 fiscal year, the federal budget deficit is expected to hit a massive $1 trillion - the first time in U.S. history that it will have expanded so rapidly in a time of peace and prosperity. The most recent estimate by the Congressional Budget Office puts total federal debt at a who...

Originally published September 5, 2019 The stock market is rallying and precious metals are correcting sharply today. The prevailing trade is risk-on once again. The prevailing trade is risk-on once again. The main driver is news that the U.S. and China said they would hold talks in Washin...

By SchiffGold Gold-backed ETFs added another 122 tons of gold globally in August and total holdings are nearing all-time highs. Total told ETF gold holdings have reached 2,733 tons. That’s just 52 tons away from the all-time high reached in 2012 when the price of gold was 9% high...

A paradigm is a mental framework. It has a both a positive pressure and a negative filter. It structures one's thoughts, orients them in a certain direction, and rules out certain ideas. Paradigms can be very useful; for example, the scientific method directs one to begin with facts, explain t...

The fast food world gave us an interesting case study in supply and demand last week. By now you’ve no doubt heard about The Chicken Sandwich, the surprise superstar menu item from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen ([[QSR]]) that’s launched 1,000 blog posts, op-eds and thought pieces. Ac...

Gold: Fear Trade Or Something More? If there was an "asset class of the summer", it would have to be the gold complex. The price of physical gold has jumped +20% since May. The weekly chart of gold looks attractive for chartists. A three-year basing pattern then clean break above 2016 an...

Over the past few weeks, we have received questions about whether gold or gold stocks are the best way to access the current bull market, so we thought it would be helpful to review how this bull market compares with those of the past. Bull markets can be classified as either secular (long-t...

The dollar is the king of currencies. The US currency is the reserve asset of choice for central banks around the world because the political and economic system of the wealthiest nation on earth is stable. The dollar is accepted legal tender around the globe. In the past, the value of one c...