Gold

Stocks, Bitcoin, Gold – How Much Are They Worth?

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STOCKS – BITCOIN – GOLD 

Stock prices, according to the S&P 500, are up seventy percent from their lows last April. The Nasdaq Composite at its most recent high point was up even more, sporting a ninety-five percent increase from its nadir. A number of individual stocks have done even better.

For the entire year 2020, however, stocks were up a more modest sixteen percent (S&P 500) and only seven percent for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

However, the outsized performance of the Nasdaq was even more apparent on a full calendar year basis. For 2020 the Nasdaq was up forty-three percent. Relative to its peers, the average Nasdaq stock was up more than three to four times as much as non-Nasdaq stocks.

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Big Down Day For Gold And Silver; More To Come?

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After a recent spike to the upside over the past seven days, both gold and silver have turned negative again and could be headed back to their recent low points reached early in the day on Monday, November 30th.

The movement in both gold and silver is evident of a decided shift in trend direction to the downside. What happens after prices return to their recent lows could prove interesting; or downright discouraging if you are expecting a resumption of the trend to higher prices.

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Barrick And Buffett; Gold And Goldman

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Sometime after the end of the second quarter, news of Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of Barrick Gold made headlines. Not known for a favorable opinion on gold, Warren Buffett surprised some people with his move. Also, the addition of Barrick Gold Corp to the Berkshire portfolio was noteworthy for another reason…

“…Warren Buffet, while he did add to his positions in a few stocks, he added only a single new stock to his portfolio – Barrick Gold.”  

As significant as Buffet’s entry into the gold arena is, news of Berkshire Hathaway’s third quarter reshuffling prompted some confusion among observers and investors. The original stake of 21 million shares had been reduced by almost 9 million shares to a total of only 12 million shares at the end of September.

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Judy Shelton (Thank You) And Janet Yellen (She’s Back)

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JUDY SHELTON AND JANET YELLEN… 

Last week the Senate failed to confirm the nomination of Judy Shelton as a member of the Board of The Federal Reserve. Some thoughts and observations.

If it had done so, and once she was occupying a currently vacant seat on the board, we might reasonably have expected some fireworks.

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Gold Stocks Continue To Disappoint

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Apparently investors don’t tire of hearing the same old thing; and their advisors willingly provide the same questionable advice: “The best way to play this new bull market in gold is to buy gold stocks” or something to that effect. Are gold stocks a better choice than golditself? Let’s find out…

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Gold vs. Silver – Absolutely No Comparison

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GOLD VS. SILVER

In the five months between March and August this year, the price of silver increased from a fourteen-year low of $11.77 per ounce to a seven-year high of $29.26. That is a whopping gain of one hundred sixty-three percent.

Meanwhile, gold’s price rose from its low of $1472 per ounce to a recent high of $2061. That represents a gain of forty percent, which is certainly a handsome number. Nevertheless, silver’s performance outshone gold by a ratio of four-to-one.

However, five months doesn’t tell the whole story. For those who were and are, hopeful that this is just the beginning of silver’s day in the sun, be warned. Looking at the bigger picture historically, silver can’t hold a candle to gold.

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Goldman Sachs Gold; Buffett Sacks Goldman;

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GOLDMAN SACHS, BUFFETT AND GOLD…

In late July, during an interview with CNBC, the chief investment officer of private wealth management at Goldman Sachs made the following statement:

“Our view is that gold is only appropriate if you have a very strong view that the U.S. dollar is going to be debased. We don’t have that view…” Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani

Is Ms. Mossavar-Rahmani not aware that the U.S. dollar has already been debased by ninety-nine percent? And, that gold at $2000 per ounce (a one-hundred fold increase from $20 per ounce) already reflects that debasement?

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Federal Reserve vs. Judy Shelton And Gold

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FEDERAL RESERVE VS. JUDY SHELTON 

Those in favor of Judy Shelton’s approval by Congress, pursuant to her nomination to the Federal Reserve Board Of Governors, should not be surprised by the torrent of criticism directed at her.

A letter published and signed by former Federal Reserve officials and staffers called on the Senate to reject her nomination, stating that “Ms. Shelton’s views are so extreme and ill-considered as to be an unnecessary distraction from the tasks at hand…”

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$10000 Gold – Or A Triple Top?

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Predictions for a $10,000 gold price are based on seemingly sound fundamentals and logic; but the fundamentals are incorrect and presented in unrealistic context. Here are some things to keep in mind when you see any predictions for the price of gold.  

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MMT And Gold

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ABOUT MMT AND GOLD 

According to MMT (Modern Monetary Theory), there are “four essential requirements that qualify a national currency as sovereign”.

Those four requirements include:

  • the National government chooses a money of account in which the currency is denominated;
  • the National government imposes obligations (taxes, fees, fines, tribute, tithes) denominated in the chosen money of account;
  • the National government issues a currency denominated in the money of account, and accepts that currency in payment of the imposed obligations; and
  • if the National government issues other obligations against itself, these are also denominated in the chosen money of account, and payable in the national government’s own currency.

We listed the above requirements and talked about ‘sovereign currencies’ in the article MMT – Variation On A Theme.

But, there is a fifth (important) requirement regarding MMT and a  National government which issues a sovereign currency. That requirement is stated quite clearly by L. Randall Wray, who is one of the leading spokespersons in behalf of MMT:

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