Earlier today Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made the surprising announcement of the return to the gold standard saying, “The safest way for the economy to proceed is through a new system that holds more accountability for the U.S. dollar and its value in the global markets.”

Over the past few years, there have been many rumors about a coming global currency, but at times it has been difficult to pin down evidence that plans for such a currency are actually in the works but not anymore. A shocking new report by the IMF is proposing just that - a global currency beyond national control! Words: 820

This article relates to a recent dinner I had with an European Central Bank [ECB] "executive" during which it was expressed/revealed (some might say, confirmed) that there is an on-going global conspiracy by Central Bankers to overthrow democracy and take over the world so to speak in what many refer to as a New World Order (NWO). My first reaction was that what he had to say was outlandish but, upon reflection, I think, in spite of the humorous circumstances surrounding the meeting, what he had to say was of considerable merit. Read on and express your own views in the Comment Section at the end of the article.

...An offer of employment from the European Central Bank has inspired me to put down the bottle, battle the delirium tremens (DTs), and put pen to paper, (or, I guess, finger to keyboard) to expose a shocking and effective coup d’état that is overwhelming our global governments, our global economy and our way of life. Please consider my commentary extremely confidential and don't share it with anyone, particularly with anyone under 30. Read on. You'll understand why.

"Since my last evaluation this employee has hit rock bottom and has started to dig", "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them." and 30 other “actual” descriptive employee performance evaluations. Share them at the office to lightened things up.

A 98 year old lady (yes, 98!) actually wrote the following letter to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the local newspaper and we thank him most sincerely for doing so. Perhaps it is something you should require from your bank as well.

The general consensus is that precious metals will continue to thrive over a longer horizon. Here's why.

The world’s best kept investment secret is GOLD: Gold has gone up 7.5X this century; Gold's compound annual return since 2000 is 9.2% compared to a 7.7% (incl. reinvested dividends) for the Dow Jones so why are only 0.6% of global financial assets in gold? The simple answer is that most investors don’t understand gold because governments suppress the virtues of gold.

the daily chart is currently bearish, indicating the continuation of the correction or consolidation in the short term. However, new lows below USD 60,760 are not yet foreseeable.... A volatile back-and-forth between approximately USD 61,000 and USD 67,000 could be sufficient to build a base and to then generate a new contrarian buying signal within a few days.

The gold-silver ratio tells you how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold given the current spot price of both metals and, as such, we can look at historical trends and draw conclusions about the prices of both metals.