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12 May 2023
From Creditanstalt to UBS-Credit Suisse: The Dangers of Merging Troubled Banks
At its core, the frantic merger of UBS and Credit Suisse was another chapter in the all-too-familiar topic of ‘too big to fail’ banks. In this article, we examine a similar instance of merging banks into a super bank that failed with catastrophic consequences that brought on a global depression.
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13 Mar 2023
The Weakest Link: Third-party Risk and its Impact on your Wealth
You may have recently heard about the downfall of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank, or the depegging of the stablecoin USDC from the dollar. While these events may seem exclusive to the cryptocurrency market, it is important to recognize their potential implications for other asset classes.
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27 Feb 2023
How Silver Bullion Conducts Precious Metal Audits
A precious metals audit essentially answers this common question from customers, “How can I be sure that my gold and silver bullion are in the vault?”
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16 Dec 2022
Gold Revaluation: Fantasy or a Likely Solution?
Analysts have returned gold price estimates ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 should gold back currencies again. Regardless, what does history say about gold revaluation?
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16 Nov 2022
The Degradation of Money from the Gold Standard to the Fiat Dollar Standard
When we view today’s problems through history’s lens, we see the unmistakable recurring parallels with the past and understand that the central problem is really currency debasement.
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29 Sep 2022
The Repeating Pattern of Screwing Over Dollar Holders
The US national debt stands at over $30.9 trillion USD today. It is the largest debt America has owed since its founding in 1776, and it continues to rise each year.
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13 Sep 2022
Get More Gold By Buying Silver Now
Gregor Gregersen, Silver Bullion's founder, explains how one can get more gold by buying silver now while the gold-silver ratio is high.
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12 Aug 2022
Why Gold Does Not Need to Pay Interest
Gregor Gregersen, Silver Bullion's founder, explains why gold does not need to pay interest. Gold rises and falls in the short term, but gold reliably appreciates over time, whereas inflation incessantly erodes the value of dollars, and interest earned often does not compensate for the loss.
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08 Aug 2022
Gregor Gregersen: Gold and Silver Do Best In Stagflation
Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion, shares why gold and silver typically do well in the current stagflationary economic environment. Drawing comparisons from the stagflation of the 1970s, where gold and silver were in a bull market, he believes precious metals are heading higher in the coming years before governments defeat stagflation.
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03 Aug 2022
How Singapore’s Founding Leaders Foresaw Today’s Economic Malaise Decades Earlier
As we near the celebration of Singapore’s 57th birthday come 9 August, it is opportune to recount the foresight and convictions of the nation’s early leaders that laid the foundations for Singapore’s achievements today. We will focus, in particular, on the history and considerations surrounding the issuance of the Singapore dollar.
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