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How Will A Central Bank Digital Currency Work?

How Will A Central Bank Digital Currency Work?

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC, or in America let’s call it “FedCoin”) is a hot topic right now. Articles about it are everywhere, and Monetary Metals’ clients are asking about it. Gold is widely seen as a way to opt out. No doubt this is part of why the price of gold has held up […]

Did Argentina Just De-Dollarize?

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Argentina recently made headlines with its announcement that it plans to pay for its imports from China in Yuan. Inevitably, gold commentators jumped to the spurious conclusion that this decision signals another step towards “de-dollarization.” Let’s be clear: this is not the case. As much as we oppose the perversities of the US dollar system, […]

Jeff Deist: Why I Joined Monetary Metals 

Jeff Deist: Why I Joined Monetary Metals

This post was written by Jeff Deist, former President of the Mises Institute. Jeff will be joining Monetary Metals full-time as General Counsel in May.  I am exceptionally pleased to join Monetary Metals after ten years at the Mises Institute.   Offering yield on gold is both simple and yet novel in today’s modern context. […]

Ep 55 – Stefan Gleason: Is Sound Money Coming to Wyoming?

Ep 55 - Stefan Gleason: Sound Money Coming to Wyoming?

Stefan Gleason of the Sound Money Defense League returns to the Gold Exchange Podcast to discuss the success of sound money initiatives at the state level, the critical bill in consideration in Wyoming, and how you can help win sound money policies in your state. The hearing on SF 101 is THIS Thursday in the […]

Ep 37 – Brent Johnson: The Dollar Milkshake Theory Explained

Dollar Milkshake Theory Explained

Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital joins the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the Dollar Milkshake Theory, how and why everyone should own gold, and what the perversity of the dollar system means for all the other world currencies. To connect with Brent, check out his website: https://santiagocapital.com Connect with Brent on Twitter: @SantiagoAuFund The […]

Episode 8: Why The Dollar Isn’t Money – PART 2

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In a prior episode, we introduced the distinction between money and fiat currency, discussing what gives the dollar – or any fiat currency – its value. Now, we continue that conversation discussing additional characteristics of money, and illustrate how a false definition of money can lead to a corrupt state that wields blank checks. In […]

Keith interviewed by Mining Stock Education & Classic Value Investors

Mining Stock Education http://www.miningstockeducation.com/2020/05/keith-weiner-the-central-bankers-i-know-have-no-interest-in-gold/ Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education interviews Keith about whether the Federal Reserve can save the economy, if debt cancellation would have been better than giving away money, whether the USD will survive the coronavirus crisis, James Rickards’ $10,000 gold theory, and much more. Classic Value Investors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lb1-pOSeEY Watch as Keith […]

Keith Interviewed by Jordan Goodman, Lode, Amy Peikoff and James Valliant

Jordan Goodman https://youtu.be/2VbKzaFp2ps “Is there a way to earn money while holding precious metals? Why do people invest in gold and silver if all they do is hold it while paying storage fees? What’s the difference between investing and speculating when it comes to precious metals? Why should an investor hold gold? Host Jordan Goodman […]

Bitcoin Myths, Report 27 Oct

Keith gave a keynote address—the only speaker with an hour to cover his topic—at the Gold and Alternative Investments Conference in Sydney on Saturday. Said topic was the nature of money. “Money is a matter of functions four: a medium, a measure, a standard, a store.” Most of the talk was structured around discussing these […]

The Two Faces of Inflation, Report 22 Apr

We have a postscript to last week’s article. We said that rising prices today are not due to the dollar going down. It’s not that the dollar buys less. It’s that producers are forced to include more and more ingredients, which are not only useless to the consumer. But even invisible to the consumer. For […]