Treasure map - the secrets of the Dow to Silver ratio
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When we were kids, we used to play a game called “treasure map”. In this game we imagined ourselves as pirates, looking for a treasure of gold and silver coins, which was hidden on a desert island. Today, the greatest pirates in the world no longer sail the high seas. They wear suits and have offices on Wall Street. They don’t care too much for gold and silver. Instead, they trade digital assets such as stocks and bonds, trying to skim a few percentage points off of your retirement savings. But what if I told you that there are still treasure maps out there? They may not be scribbled on a piece of parchment, but they can still help you make a fortune. These maps are financial charts. They don’t look as exciting as the treasure maps of old, but if you study them carefully, there is a great deal of knowledge that can be gleaned from them.
The treasure map which I would like to present to you today is the Dow to Silver ratio, over the past 120 years. This is not a chart which is often discussed. Most analysts prefer to look at the Dow to gold ratio, which is equally interesting. But since the Dow Jones is an index of industrial companies, and since silver nowadays is primarily an industrial metal, the ratio between the two has its own story to tell. It stands to reason that the price of silver should be linked to the Dow Jones, because silver has a limited supply, and the higher the shares of these companies rise, the more resources they have in order to bid up the price of silver. As we will see, in recent decades this ratio has gone completely haywire, and therefore it is likely to experience a reversion to the mean.
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Payback Time - an interview about "the opium wars", and how China's past is shaping its future.
An interview I gave to the "Mountain Bullion Entertainment" Youtube Channel:
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To this day, China remains a mystery to the west. It has a rich and ancient culture, and it is aspiring to become the leading superpower. But is China truly as peaceful and cooperative as it presents itself, or does it have other plans in store? By examining China's past, we hope to decipher the intentions of its leaders, and get a glimpse of its future. Please join us in this fascinating discussion, which covers five centuries of relationship between China and the west. It begins at the age of discovery, when Portuguese explorers first landed on the coast of China, takes us through the opium wars and the Taiping rebellion, and ends with the brutal events of world war 2.
Music by: White Records
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The Silver Wars - the true story behind the opium wars in China
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In the year 1513, Portuguese explorers first landed on the coast of China. They’ve heard legends about this strange land, from the people of India and Malacca, with whom they were already trading. The stories told of an ancient empire, rich and cultured beyond measure, and yet secluded and isolated from the rest of the world. Chinese ships, so they were told, once sailed across the oceans, until the emperor decided to close the borders, and avoid any contact with foreigners. When an expedition led by Jorge Alvares arrived at the mouth of the pearl river, the locals gazed at them with curiosity and amazement. They had never seen white men before. The Portuguese were allowed to visit the port city of Canton, but not to travel any further inland. They admired the goods which this land had to offer - silk, porcelain and tea, which would surely fetch a handsome price back in Lisbon. But the only thing which the Chinese merchants wanted in return was silver.
This was the beginning of one of most fascinating episodes in history, in which China rose to prominence in the eyes of all Europeans, only to be tricked and robbed of its wealth in the most heinous way. As a matter of fact, Chinese people refer to this period as “a century of humiliation”, and to this day it is a source of suspicion and resentment towards the west. As you will see, silver played a key role in the events which unfolded. Mysteriously enough, it is again at the heart of global events, and may also play a role in China’s revenge.
Music: A new journey, by Michael Schuller
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D for Dictatorship - the consequences of the conviction of Donald Trump
Today, Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts in the Stormy Daniels case. I’m not going to get into the details of this sordid affair. But it is obvious to anyone with an ounce of reason, that the allegations against Trump are political in nature. No former US president has ever been charged in a court of law, although there is plenty of evidence to suggest that some of them have committed far worse crimes than falsifying business records. The implications are even worse, once you consider that Trump is also the leading candidate for presidency on behalf of the Republican party, in the elections that will take place in just a few months. This is tantamount to political persecution, which is the hallmark of a dictatorship. It doesn’t matter whether you support Donald Trump or not. The events which are unfolding should be very concerning either way.
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Music: Michael Schuller
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The Perfect Storm for Silver
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Last Friday, the price of Silver has finally broken out above $30 per ounce. This is a very significant move, because this line of resistance has held it back for almost four years. As a matter of fact, the last time that silver was traded above $30 was eleven years ago, in 2013. No wonder then that silver investors all across the world are celebrating this moment, and keeping their fingers crossed, that this a sign of things to come. What is driving up the price of silver? What is it likely to do next? How will that affect the economy as a whole? Is it too late to invest in silver, or is there still time to enter the space? In this video we will answer all of these questions and more.
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Russian dolls - a roadmap for the price of silver
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In this video I reveal my roadmap for the future price of silver. Once you see it, you will understand why I am so bullish on silver, and why I believe that in the coming years it will outperform any other investment. But first, please have a look at this picture. Are you familiar with these Russian dolls? They are also known as stacking dolls or nesting dolls, because each of them fits inside another. In Russia they are called Matryoshka, or little matrons. How are these dolls connected to the price of silver? In a few moments you will understand. But for now, please keep this image in your mind, because it has the potential to lead you to some life-altering gains.
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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Both exciting and frightening - the significance of the breakout in the price of gold and silver
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Recently, we have seen a tremendous breakout in the price of gold and silver. In an interview for "Mountain Bullion Entertainment", we discuss the significance of this breakout. Could it be the harbinger of a looming financial crisis, or perhaps even a global war? How high can the price go, and what should you do in case it reaches unimaginable figures? Finally, we contemplate the notion, that returning to sound money may limit the ability of governments to conduct war, and eventually lead to world peace.
This video is an excerpt from an interview which I gave to the "Mountain Bullion Entertainment" Youtube channel: @mountainbullionentertainment
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The Silent Revolution - how squeezing silver can save the world
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These are not normal times. That much we can all agree on. The rising cost of living, the out-of-control debt, the open border policy, the lawlessness on our streets, the constant wars, the obsession with issues of race and gender, and all the while - the rampant speculation on Wall Street, are all symptoms of a civilization that has lost its way. It seems as though our leaders have gone crazy, and are deliberately making bad decisions, time and time again. We the people often feel hopeless and demoralized, as though there is nothing we can do to stop this destructive trend. But what if I told you that there is a way to stop this madness, and get everything back on track? What if I told you that you can help make this happen, without participating in any demonstrations, and without running for office? I believe that there’s a simple way to get our countries back, which is completely peaceful and lawful. Heck, in order to participate you won’t even need to get off your couch. And as an added bonus, it can also be extremely profitable. It is called the Silversqueeze.
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The greatest swindle - the history of fiat currency and central banks
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In the year 1295, three strange-looking men arrived at the port of Venice. Their ragged clothes and tanned faces indicated that they had come from afar. They spoke Italian, but with a heavy foreign accent. They had difficulty finding their way through the alleys, since the city had changed so much since they left it, twenty-four years earlier. These were Marco Polo, his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, who returned from their long journey to the East. When they finally got home, their relatives could hardly recognize them. They marveled at the treasures they had brought with them, diamonds and gemstones the likes of which they have never seen. But they were even more amazed by the stories they had to tell, of their adventures in the deserts of Persia and Afghanistan, and of the court of the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan. Is it possible that this event changed history forever? Could it be responsible for the economic trouble we are experiencing today?
Several years after his return to Venice, Marco Polo was captured during a battle with the Republic of Genoa. During his time in prison, he described his adventures to his cellmate, who later published them in a book. His story depicts life in imperial China, during the Yuan dynasty. Among other things, it mentions the monetary system which was introduced by Kublai Khan, and was based on paper notes, stamped with his royal seal. When the Venetians first heard this story they dismissed it as a fantasy. They found it hard to believe that anyone would be willing to accept payment in worthless pieces of paper, instead of gold or silver coins. Nevertheless, this is probably how the idea of using paper money came to Europe.
This is the story of fiat currencies and the enormous power which they gave to the banking system - to print money out of nothing. It is also the story of central banks, how they were created and the true purpose of their existence. Finally, it is the story of the coming monetary crisis, which we will all have to endure.
Music:
Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor - Guitar arr.
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Are gold and silver a hedge against inflation?
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In the past few years, we’ve experienced the worst outbreak of inflation since the 1970s. The rate of inflation in the US has gone from practically zero, to as high as 9.1%. And yet the prices of precious metals have hardly moved. An ounce of gold, for instance, is trading nowadays for almost the same price as it did during 2020, and only 10% more than it did 12 years ago, in 2011. For silver, the situation is even worse. In the past three years it has been unable to regain its 2020 high, and it is still trading for less than half of its 2011 high. Does this mean that precious metals have lost their charm? Do they no longer function as a hedge against inflation?
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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Price and Value - about our obsession with digital assets
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Why is it that people nowadays are so eager to speculate? Obviously, they’re not interested in the stocks, bonds or cryptocurrencies which they are buying. What they really want is to earn more dollars. But as a matter of fact, they’re not interested in dollars either, are they? Dollars nowadays are nothing but digital entries on a bank server. They have no utility on their own. What people are truly interested in is the things which dollars can buy - food, clothes, shelter, gasoline for their car. In other words, people are interested in commodities. And yet strangely enough, these are the least appreciated assets on Wall Street.
Digital assets are not real wealth. They are merely claims on wealth, which can be repudiated at a moment’s notice. In my view, only things which exist in the physical world, and which are useful in our daily lives, have a true value. Food, clothes, houses, vehicles, appliances, and of course the machines and the raw materials which are needed in order to produce these goods - they are valuable, and everything else is an illusion. In the past decade we have become hyper-focused on digital assets, believing that they will bring us prosperity. But we are not digital beings, and we cannot separate ourselves from our physical needs. I’m afraid that we are in for a rude awakening. As inflation becomes worse, and as we experience shortages of vital commodities, people will need to reevaluate what is important in life, and what we can do without.
Music: Price of freedom, Daddy_s_Music
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Why Bitcoin is not money, and only Gold and Silver are.
Lately, the price of Bitcoin has once again crossed the fifty thousand dollar mark, and the consensus among crypto investors is that it’s going much higher than that. Some say that it will reach a hundred thousand dollars per Bitcoin. Others claim that it will reach more than a million. I won’t try to debate that. Bitcoin has certainly proven itself to be a good speculation, which has made many people very wealthy. What I will argue is that Bitcoin is not money, and that it will never be money. It has a critical flaw, which prevents it from being used in everyday trade. Only useful commodities such as gold and silver can serve as money, and in this video I will explain why.
Music: Cinematic Melody (Main) by Daddy_s_Music
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The run on silver - can silver suddenly disappear from the markets?
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Suppose you woke up one day, and all the silver was gone. All the coin shops would be out of stock, and the online dealers would be closed. The spot price would be pretty much unchanged, and there would be no mention of it in the news. But industry insiders would be able to tell that someone with very deep pockets has entered the market, and bought up all the silver practically overnight. This mysterious entity spared no expense, and emptied every vault in existence. Is this an imaginary scenario, or can it actually happen? Is it possible for silver to suddenly vanish from the markets? This is the question we will explore in this video.
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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Way too cheap - about the undervaluation of Gold & Silver
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could purchase in advance all the commodities we are going to use throughout our lives? This way we wouldn’t need to worry about inflation. Unfortunately, this is impossible. Food products such as wheat and rice have a limited shelf life, and can only be stored for several years. Other commodities such as crude oil or natural gas are hazardous, and cannot be stored at home in large quantities. Furthermore, in order to do so we would need a large storage area, which most people simply don’t have. Instead of storing the physical commodities, we could purchase futures contracts, which allow us to “lock in” the current price, and protect ourselves from any future price increase. However, there are costs associated with holding those contracts, and most people are not sophisticated enough to do that.
There is only one kind of commodity which is practical to store at home, is compact enough to fit into a small safe, and has an unlimited shelf life. I am referring of course to the precious metals gold and silver. This is the only way for the average person to get a direct exposure to the commodity sector, without the need of an intermediary such as a broker dealer. This is why they tend to outperform during times of high inflation. I argue that they are just as undervalued as crude oil or wheat, and therefore have the potential to protect us from the price increase of the commodities which we consume on a regular basis.
In this video we will demonstrate the overvaluation of the stock market nowadays, and the undervaluation of commodities, and especially the precious metals, gold and silver.
Music: Cinematic Melody (Main) by Daddy_s_Music
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You are not crazy - why do financial markets make no sense?
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Over the past decade, financial markets started behaving in a very strange way. Assets which were overvalued became more and more expensive, while those which were undervalued continued to decline. The Market’s reaction to news events was completely counter-intuitive. Every rational investment principal has been thrown out of the window, and replaced with rampant speculation. Those who embraced the insanity saw enormous returns, while those who refused to play along counted their losses.
An old adage in the financial world claims that one should always “buy low and sell high”. This makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? If you buy an under-valued asset, and sell it when it is over-valued, you are certain to make a profit. But in the past decade, this strategy simply didn’t work. Tech stocks, which according to various indicators were overvalued as far back as 2015, continued to rally relentlessly. Commodities, on the other hand, which according to the same measures were undervalued, kept going down. It was as though the laws of economics were suspended, and fundamental analysis didn’t matter any more. I argue that none of it was natural, and that it was all due to central bank intervention.
But now that inflation has erupted, and central banks have no choice but to hike rates, this is all coming to an end. If I am correct, the next decade will look nothing like the previous one. Instead, it will look very much like the 1970’s, with very little growth and persistently high inflation. The Federal Reserve will no longer be able to support the stock market, and the indices will probably grind lower for years to come. Vital commodities, on the other hand, will be all the rage. And just like we’ve seen during the 1970s, they will be led by the precious metals, gold and silver.
Music: Cinematic Melody (Main) by Daddy_s_Music
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Bondmageddon - about the bursting of the bond bubble, and the financial crisis this may bring
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In case you haven’t heard, bond yields across the world are rising relentlessly. I realize that for most people this piece of information doesn’t mean much. The bond market is something which very few people understand. However, I can promise you that by the end of this video you will understand the basics of the bond market. You will also realize why rising bond yields are very dangerous to the financial system, and how they could potentially bankrupt the United States government. Last but not least, we will also explain how all this may affect the price of precious metals.
Music: Michael Schuller - Last Stand
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The buyback bubble - how the Federal Reserve created the greatest stock market bubble ever
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The 2008 financial crisis ushered in the era of central bank intervention. What began as emergency measures, meant to rescue the economy after the bursting of the housing bubble, has turned into a permanent policy. The Federal reserve slashed its interest rate to zero, and kept it there for seven straight years. In addition, it had embarked on a series of bond purchasing programs, also known as quantitative easing. The assumption was that by suppressing long term interest rates, it could stimulate the economy and generate growth. But in hindsight, this is not what happened. In spite of these interventions, real GDP growth in the United States remained pretty weak.
The stock market, however, absolutely loved these interventions. Since the launch of quantitative easing, the S&P 500 index has risen by a whopping 600%. During this period the stock market has become completely detached from the real economy. Bad news for Main Street was considered good news for Wall Street, because it ensured that the flow of easy money would continue uninterrupted. FOMC meetings and subsequent press conferences became major market moving events, which the entire financial world would focus on. To this day, many economists deny the connection between QE and the rally in the stock market. But the correlation between the two is striking. Whenever the Federal Reserve printed dollars in order to purchase bonds, the S&P500 would rally, and whenever it stopped the printing, or god forbid tried to unwind its balance sheet, the index would enter a correction.
This video demonstrates the connection between the Federal Reserve's QE programs, and the rally in the stock market, through the mechanism of share buybacks. It also presents the case that the bubble has in fact already burst, and that we could be headed towards an epic collapse.
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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The curse of inflation - on the causes of inflation, and the best way to deal with it.
Inflation is not a complex phenomenon. The principle behind it is very simple. If the supply of goods increases while the money supply remains the same, prices are expected to fall. This is what we call deflation. If the supply of goods and the supply of money increase at the same rate, then prices will remain the same. This is what we call price stability. But if the money supply grows faster than the supply of goods, then prices will rise, and we will experience inflation. Contrary to what we’ve been told to believe, inflation is not an accident. It is mainly the fault of our governments, who abuse the right to create new money.
Most economists nowadays deny this fact. They claim that under the current monetary system the government doesn’t have the authority to print money at all, and that this power has been given to the central bank. Moreover, they say, most of the money in the economy is not created by the central bank, but by the commercial banks, as they issue new loans. There is truth to these claims. During the twentieth century, the authority to create new money was indeed taken away from the governments and transferred to the banking system, in order to deal with the government’s tendency to print too much money and generate inflation. But in the past decade, central banks have betrayed their traditional role as gatekeepers, and began to finance the government's deficits, by printing money out of thin air, in a process known as quantitative easing. In effect, this is equivalent to the printing of money by the government.
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The invention of money - why precious metals are the most suitable commodity to serve as money
Money is something we tend to take for granted. We spend most of our lives trying to earn money, doing our best to succeed in business, or at the workplace. But few of us bother to ask - what is money? When we think about money, we imagine crisp bills of dollars, euros or yen. But we can’t explain why these banknotes are used as money, and not, for instance, seashells or pine cones? If we were to ask the average person where does money come from, they would probably say "from the government", or "from the central bank". However, this clearly wasn’t always the case, because the invention of money preceded the formation of governments or central banks. So how was money created?
This is the first video in a series about monetary history.
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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Why invest in gold? - about the unique properties of gold, which render it immune to inflation
In the minds of human beings, gold has always been associated with wealth and power. Its shiny and beautiful appearance made it a desirable material, for the creation of jewelry and religious objects. Kings used it to decorate their palaces, and priests - to adorn their temples. During the Renaissance, explorers sailed across the ocean in search of gold, and along the way, discovered the continent of America. But the main role of gold has always been to serve as an international currency, which is accepted by merchants all over the world. Even though officially we’ve stopped using it as money, central banks continue to hold it as part of their reserves. So what makes gold such a special element? Why do we think that private people like yourselves should nowadays own some gold ?
This video contains a comprehensive review of the unique physical, historic and economic properties of gold, which render it immune to inflation, and turn it into an attractive investment in this day and age.
Disclaimer: The speaker is not a licensed financial advisor. This video is intended for general informational purposes only, and should not be regarded as investment advice. Before taking any investment decision, please consult with a professional financial advisor, who may assess your personal investment objectives and needs.
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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The Silver Linchpin - about the unique properties of silver, and the impending shortage.
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Among the precious metals, silver is probably the least appreciated one. Gold is associated with wealth and power. Platinum is admired for its great rarity. Silver, on the other hand, is looked down upon, as the material which old fashioned cutlery was made of, before the invention of stainless steel. But there’s more to silver than meets the eye. Its unique physical properties have made it an essential resource for industry. Humanity is consuming it at such a rapid rate, that it's in danger of becoming extinct. Could silver be the linchpin which is holding the global economy together? If a shortage of silver ever develops, could it become unhinged?
This video gives an overview of the silver market, its supply and demand considerations and the reasons why a shortage may develop in the coming years.
Music: Michael Kobrin - The Introvert
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