Hackers manipulate markets in illicit trading spree netting $700 million
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-04-25 20:50 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Aya Wagatsuma, Ryo Horiuchi, and Takashi Nakamichi
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Criminals are hijacking online brokerage accounts in Japan and using them to drive up penny stocks around the world. The wave of fraudulent trading has reached 100 billion yen ($710 million) since it started in February and shows no signs of cresting.
Silver supply deficit will break price suppression, First Majestic's Keith Neumeyer says
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-04-25 20:42 Section: Daily Dispatches8:43p ET Friday, April 25, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold isn't the only monetary metals market heavily manipulated by bullion banks, First Majestic Silver CEO Keith Neumeyer tells Mike Maharrey on Money Metals Exchange's weekly market review. Neumeyer says about 300 ounces of "paper" silver -- imaginary silver -- trade for every ounce of real metal.
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Jesse Colombo: Gold isn't going up; your regular money is just losing value
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-04-25 19:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jesse Colombo
The Bubble Bubble Report, Substack
Friday, April 24, 2025
Whenever gold rises and I get excited as a gold investor, I'm often met with the familiar refrain: "Gold isn't really going up -- the dollar is just losing value."
I used to brush that off as a cliche or a semantics game, and honestly, it annoyed me. But eventually I decided to dig deeper.
I started analyzing the data visually -- my favorite way to learn -- and that's when it really clicked: They were right.
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Kenya's central bank considers buying gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-04-24 19:19 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jennifer Zabasajja and David Herbling
Bloomberg News
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Kenya is considering adding gold to its reserves to diversify its foreign exchange holdings beyond the U.S. dollar and other currencies, according to the country's central bank governor.
Jim Rickards: Gold is the everything hedge
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-04-24 19:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James G. Rickards
The Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Thursday, April 24, 2025
It's a subject we analyze continually, and we have recommended gold as part of a sound investment portfolio for years. Today the dollar price of gold is hovering near all-time highs over $3,300 per ounce.
Brien Lundin: Gold plummets -- and gold bulls are elated
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2025-04-23 18:50 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter / Golden Opportunities
Metairie, Louisiana
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
I've never been so happy to see gold drop $100 in a day.
Of course I've never been happy at all to see gold drop like that, before today.
In a sign of how weird and volatile these markets are, I clicked on the MarketWatch tab in my browser this morning, only to see it hadn't updated since I last viewed it yesterday. I couldn't help but notice it showing the Dow down 600 points and gold up $108.
