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This is fine………

25th February 2026 Going Postal 0

The world has been quietly and stubbornly walking away from the US dollar and US Treasuries the last half decade. Now, that walk is becoming a march, and “quietly” is turning to “loudly”. Some in the financial [more…]

America

The Dollar Price to Redeem an Ounce of Gold

28th January 2026 Patrick Barron 0

In a recent article I pointed out that the surest path to saving the fiat dollar from destruction was to make it fully redeemable in gold at whatever that price happened to be on a [more…]

Economics

The US Must Return to a Gold Standard—NOW!

20th January 2026 Patrick Barron 0

The purchasing power of the US dollar has been debased by over ninety-nine percent since the foundation of the Federal Reserve. [(An ounce of gold cost $20.67 in 1913. According to the Wall Street Journal [more…]

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How to Compare Prices and Progress over the Years

30th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

We often scoff at supposedly how cheap things cost in decades gone by. For example, my wife and I recently watched a stage play of Jean Shepherd’s A Christmas Story, set in 1940’s America. (The [more…]

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Gold’s flashing warning: The end is nigh for fiat

5th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Gold’s spectacular performance has drawn a lot of attention and invited endless analyses and commentaries. There are many theories out there as to why the yellow metal is surging like never before in modern memory, [more…]

20th Century

A Golden Yuan Will Be Good for the American People

2nd October 2025 Patrick Barron 0

Bretton Woods (I) Will Be Replaced by Bretton Woods (II) In his recent interview at Manioco64 Alasdair Macleod used the term “Bretton Woods II” to describe the steady progress being made by China to make [more…]

Economics

Storing gold in the right place and in the right way

5th August 2025 Going Postal 0

By now, I’m pretty sure that all of my clients and regular readers fully understand why allocating a part of their wealth to physical precious metals is not just the smart move, but an increasingly [more…]

America

David Hume’s Insight Explains America’s Economic Decline

16th April 2025 Patrick Barron 0

Since he was a young up-and-coming property magnate in New York City, Donald Trump has been fixated on what he believes to be foreigners’ cheating on international trading terms to the detriment of the US. [more…]

Business

Swissgrams: the natural progression of the Krugerrand in the digital age

13th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Having worked in the precious metals industry for decades, I have had countless opportunities to have very honest and very enlightening conversations with numerous investors and partners alike. For many years, I’ve been discussing the [more…]

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