​As the U.S. Stock Market Bubble continues upward toward a giant pin, there are some interesting developments that precious metals investors will find quite interesting. Yes, there’s still a lot of life left in the precious metals, even though pessimistic market sentiment has frustrated a lot of gold and silver investors.

Also, even though precious metals investment demand in th ... Read more »

Crooked bankers are all over the headlines again.

The world’s largest metals hedge fund, Red Kite Management, Ltd., is suing Barclays for rigging copper prices. Federal prosecutors launched an investigation of Wells Fargo bankers working on its foreign exchange desk Friday. And on October 23rd, a jury in New York convicted an HSBC trader of fraud.

The HSBC trader, Mark Johnson, said he “thought we got away with it” to his coworkers after cheating their client in a massive foreign exchange transaction. But he was wrong. The jury found him guilty for his involvement in a 2011 exchange in which the Cairn Energy Plc converted $3.5 billion dollars to British pounds.

Johnson had taken Cairn’s order ... Read more »

The "cull" silver Peace Dollar spent decades circulating at a time before the US abandoned silver and gold coinage for a pure fiat (paper) money system. The condition of the Peace Dollar is a bit rough, but they are certainly in far better shape than the paper dollar which has been mauled by decades of inflation.

The design for the Peace Dollar, were minted from 1921 to 1928, and again in 1934 and 1935. The coins' artwork is intended to commemorate the peace that followed World War I. The obverse features Lady Liberty and the reverse displays a perched eagle with an olive branch and the word "Peace".

Perhaps the best thing about these cull coins is their price. They are a great way to buy official US silver dollar at the lowest possible premiums.