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Mark Yaxley: gold price all over the world manipulation is part of the banks’ job

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Stansberry Research recently spoke with Mark Yaxley about the decline in precious metal prices and gold prices around the world. Why does the value of gold go down when the dollar appreciates?

The managing director of the precious metals company Strategic Wealth Preservation believes that the Fed’s aggressive policy of raising interest rates is causing the value of the dollar to rise. 

Is gold the same price around the world?

Because prices in the precious metals market are denominated in dollars, the price of gold falls while the dollar rises in value, the expert said: 

“The stronger the U.S. dollar, the fewer U.S. dollars it takes to buy one ounce of gold[…] That’s really the main factor, and that’s what investors should be paying attention to.”

Yaxley doesn’t think investors should panic over falling all world gold price lists and assures that the precious metal will eventually recover. He went on to say the following:

“It’s not the end of the world. The gold situation is not like a bitcoin crash. We haven’t lost half of our investment. It’s a healthy correction, and these things happen sometimes.”

He urges investors to buy gold now, while it’s still cheap, to profit when the trend reverses up, “Gold and silver always serve their purpose in the end, but you have to give it time. That’s why patience is required.”

As for gold prices all over the world manipulation in the precious metals market, he said that manipulating “paper” gold is “unfortunately part of the banking culture.” He said it will be difficult to replace banking titans like JPMorgan, which has recently been accused of manipulating gold and silver prices.

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Kitco News interviewed Frank Holmes, during which they discussed the climate agenda and the Fed’s monetary policy after President Joe Biden announced last Wednesday new programs to combat climate change, including $2.3 billion to help people upgrade buildings and expand flood protection. 

But the “emotional” response to climate change has weakened economic growth and caused inflation, U.S. Global Investors CEO and executive coordinator of HIVE Blockchain explained in an interview. “Climate change is essentially perpetuating inflation,” Holmes said. 

“Much of it has to do with energy inflation in Europe, the panic closures of nuclear power in Spain and Germany, and taxing cars and trucks.”

Holmes expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to reverse course on tightening monetary policy and cut interest rates by the end of November this year. There have already been protests around the world over rising prices and concerns about the cost of living. According to the expert, the civil unrest could prompt the Fed to cut rates: 

“All that’s going to happen is a big protest, and not just in Europe. […] It’s a trend that’s happening in countries all over the world.”

He said he expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to hit the “panic button” and ease monetary policy “by Thanksgiving.” Holmes tracks the Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Index (PMI), which he said is a leading indicator of the overall health of the economy. “The PMI is declining all over the world,” he explained. “If the world economy suddenly starts contracting, the ‘panic buttons’ will go off and more money will be printed.”



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Analysts at U.S. bank Goldman Sachs revised its forecast on oil prices

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Analysts at U.S. bank Goldman Sachs, one of the most optimistic forecasts about the cost of oil, changed its earlier forecast about the growth of oil prices to $100 in the next 12 months, Bloomberg said.

Now analysts predict that Brent crude oil will reach $94 per barrel in the next 12 months and $97 per barrel in the second half of 2024, the publication said.

The bank said oil prices have fallen despite rising demand in China, given pressure on the banking sector, recession fears and investor withdrawal.

“Historically, after such traumatic events, price adjustments and recoveries are only gradual,” the bank notes.

This week, the situation surrounding Swiss bank Credit Suisse triggered panic in the markets as oil plummeted to a 15-month low and Brent crude fell 12% to below $73 a barrel.

After the price decline, the bank expects OPEC producers to increase production only in the third quarter of 2024, contrary to Goldman’s forecast that it will happen in the second half of 2023. Analysts at the bank believe a barrel of Brent blend will reach $94 in the next 12 months and trade at $97 in the second half of 2024.

Bloomberg reported that the largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, announced higher April oil prices for markets in Asia and Europe.

Earlier, we reported that Iraq and OPEC advocated for guarantees of no fluctuations in oil prices.

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Iraq and OPEC stood up for guarantees of no fluctuations in oil prices

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani and OPEC Secretary General Haysam al-Ghajs said coordination between oil-exporting countries is necessary to ensure that oil prices do not fluctuate in the market. the Iraqi government said in a statement on its website following the OPEC Secretary General’s visit to Baghdad.

“Oil-exporting countries need to coordinate their actions to avoid fluctuations in oil prices and their impact on both exporting and consuming countries,” the statement said.

Iraq is a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Also, Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani said Sunday that the country intends to maintain the rate of oil production cuts of 220,000 barrels a day in line with its quota under the latest OPEC+ alliance agreement.

“We have committed some oil companies operating in the south to cut production to meet the agreed upon OPEC+ rates,” he said.

We previously reported that the price of Brent dropped below $75 per barrel for the first time in more than a year.

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The price of Brent dropped below $75 per barrel for the first time in more than a year

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The price of Brent dropped. Contracts for Brent crude oil to be delivered in May 2023 dipped below $75 per barrel in trading on March 15, Intercontinental Exchange data shows. Below that mark, the price fell for the first time in more than a year – since December 2021. At its lowest price, Brent was $74.04 per barrel, $3.41 (4.4%) less than at the close of trading on March 14 ($77.45 per barrel).

Brent is falling fast for the third day in a row. The price of fuel has fallen by $8.74 per barrel (10.56%) for three trading days: On March 10 trading ended at $82.78 per barrel, and on the weekend of March 11-12, the exchange was closed.

The turmoil affects the price of oil in the banking sector. Collapse of shares of Swiss bank Credit Suisse on the background of its problems and the refusal of the largest investor to inject new money worried world markets and overshadowed hopes for a recovery in oil demand in China, wrote Reuters. Also, three banks in the U.S. have gone bankrupt or closed since early March, including Silicon Valley Bank, which was the nation’s 16th-largest. It became the largest collapsed bank in the U.S. since the 2008 financial crisis. Investors fear a new crisis: The risk of a U.S. recession has intensified amid bank problems, Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, told Bloomberg.

A statement from the Saudi National Bank, which owns 9.9 percent of Credit Suisse, that it could not make new investments put an end to signs that Credit Suisse had just begun to stabilize, Reuters noted. “Fears of contagion [of the entire banking system] are gaining ground. As a result, the dollar is strengthening and securities are weakening – bad signs for oil,” said Tamas Varga, an analyst at oil brokerage PVM. “Credit Suisse and broader concerns about banks are negatively affecting sentiment. The outlook has suddenly become highly uncertain, and that’s hitting oil prices in the near-term,” said Craig Erlam, market analyst at brokerage OANDA.

The price of U.S. WTI crude fell below $69 a barrel: that hasn’t happened since late 2021 either, Bloomberg noted. The International Energy Agency also took a pessimistic stance in its monthly report and predicted that global oil supply will “comfortably” exceed demand in the first half of 2023, the agency wrote. There are growing concerns that more than 10 years of “easy money” with a sharp increase in key rates at the end “will not end well,” Bjarne Schildrup, senior natural resources analyst at SEB AB, told Bloomberg.

Earlier we reported that oil prices accelerated their fall, continuing the trend from the beginning of the week.

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