March, 2018

Backwardation, the Bank of England, and Falling Prices

In commodity markets backwardation is an indicator of physical shortages. Shortages result in buyers bidding up the cash price of the commodity above the future prices. This creates a profitable trade (called decarry) for those holding the physical commodity – they can sell it now and buy a futures contract at a lower price, locking […]

Slaves to Government Debt Paper, Report 25 Mar 2018

Picture, if you will, a group of slaves owned by a cruel man. Most of them are content, but one says to the others, “I will defy the Master.” While his statement would superficially appear to yearn towards freedom, it does not. It betrays that this slave, just like the others, thinks of the man […]

Sharps Pixley Publishes Monetary Metals® GOFO Rates

Gold Forward Offered Rate chart published on Britain’s leading precious metals website London, UK, Friday 23rd March 2018—Sharps Pixley announces that it has licensed the Monetary Metals gold forward rate (MM GOFO™) and silver forward rate (MM SIFO™). The Gold Forward Offered Rate (GOFO) is the swap rate for a gold-to-U.S. dollar exchange. It is […]

Standing Ready to Lease Gold, Report 18 Mar 2018

We will take another break from capital destruction, to treat a topic which has come up this week. On March 11, we said: “…central bankers do not think about gold. Granted, they once did. In the 1960’s, there was the now-infamous London Gold Pool to keep the price of gold at $35. This is endlessly […]

Open Letter to GATA

Dear GATA and Mr. Chris Powell: I am writing this in response to your article Monetary Metals’ Weiner refuses to see anything wrong in the gold market. There is a certain irony for me to read that I refuse to see. I have spent eight years studying the mechanics of the market, building a model, […]

Super-Duper-Irrational Exuberance, Report 11 Mar 2018

Think back to the halcyon days of the dot com boom. This was a time after Greenspan declared “irrational exuberance”. Long Term Capital Management collapsed in 1998, and Greenspan decided to risk propelling exuberance to a level beyond irrational. Super-duper-irrational exuberance? Anyway, Greenspan cut interest rates a few times in late 1998. Technology companies were […]

Monetary Metals Partners With Quintric

Quintric Invests in Monetary Metals Gold Fixed Income Scottsdale, Ariz, March 8, 2018—Monetary Metals announces a partnership with Quintric Corporation. Quintric began earning a Yield on Gold, Paid in Gold® through its recent participation in Monetary Metals financing of Valaurum. Under the terms of the deal, Quintric looks forward to active involvement in upcoming Monetary […]

Inflation Is Not Under Control, Report 3 Mar 2018

Let’s continue on our topic of capital consumption. It’s an important area of study, as our system of central bank socialism imposes many incentives to consume and destroy capital. As capital is the leverage that increases the productivity of human effort, it is vital that we understand what’s happening. We do not work harder today, […]