James Rickards

1 week ago | dailyreckoning.com | James Rickards

When I write collapse, I’m not referring just to a financial meltdown. I’m referring to a broad-based social collapse that could call into question the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which some historians refer to as the Peasant Dynasty. In order to understand the vulnerability of China, it helps to consider the counter-narrative that the China is a rising great power. We’ve heard for decades that Chinese GDP would soon exceed U.S. GDP to make China the largest economy in the world.

2 weeks ago | dailyreckoning.com | James Rickards

With so much attention focused on U.S. stock markets, it seems timely to pivot away from stocks for the moment and consider the global perspective. Globalization may be dying in terms of trade and supply chains, but financial markets are inextricably linked in ways that relatively few understand. King Dollar Still RulesThe dollar still dominates the global financial system despite the cracks in the foundation and the valid criticisms.

3 weeks ago | dailyreckoning.com | James Rickards

It’s a subject we analyze continually, and we have recommended gold as part of a sound investment portfolio for years. Today the dollar price of gold is hovering near all-time highs over $3,300 per ounce. Gold has been on a tear lately. It was $1,830 as of October 5, 2023. At today’s prices, that marks a 75% surge in just 18 months. Gold has outperformed stocks by a wide margin this year, but it has also outperformed stocks for the past twenty-five years. Gold was around $250 per ounce in 1999.

1 month ago | activistpost.com | James Rickards

Economy Daily Reckoning, James Rickards What is the Mar-a-Lago Accord? And what would a Mar-a-Lago Accord mean for the value of the U.S. dollar? We begin our analysis with the name itself. Mar-a-Lago Accord is an echo of the three major international currency accords since the original Bretton Woods Agreements reached in 1944.

1 month ago | znews.vn | James Rickards |NXB Dân trí

Những cuộc thảo luận thấu đáo về vàng cũng hiếm như chính kim loại này. Chủ đề dường như dễ xúc động đến nỗi khó mà thừa nhận phần lớn những lời lẽ lý trí. Một mặt, những người phản đối việc trao cho vàng một vai trò trong hệ thống tiền tệ quốc tế có xu hướng viện đến trò công kích cá nhân cũng như các phân tích kinh tế trong nỗ lực chế giễu và gạt chủ đề này ra khỏi cuộc thảo luận.