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On January 1st, 2016, the new bail-in regime became law putting at risk the deposits of savers and companies in the EU.EU countries join the UK, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand in having plans for bail-ins in the event of banks and other large financial institutions getting into difficulty. It is now the case that in the event of bank failure, personal and corporate deposits could be confiscated.The bail-in architecture was seen in the Cyprus bank bail-ins that were seen in 2003. Then, deposits of over €100,000 were confiscated in “haircuts” in order to bail out banks in Cyprus.  [...]

Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support in 2015 and wishing you and yours a healthy, prosperous and happy 2016. Adam Hamilton of Zeal Intelligence has looked at gold’s prospects in 2016 and he thinks the worst may be over for the yellow metal.He is a newsletter writer and consultant and is an expert on precious metals, commodities and stock markets. He believes gold is undervalued on a host of different metrics and will move higher in 2016 – likely sharply.Gold certainly had a rough year in 2015, grinding inexorably lower on Fed-rate-hike fears and investor abandonment. But gold bullion [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2016 CONTACT: COL Steven Ellsworth, ret. Butternut 703.802-0252 Clifton, Virginia—Colonel Steven Ellsworth, ret. of the Butternut Company has announced the annual selection of “The Best Secured Coin Shows for year 2015.” COL Ellsworth personally attended over 40 coin shows and conventions in 2015, closely observing and evaluating the various types of security measures provided to both dealers and the public. In addition, he receives numerous reports from across the nation from coin dealers, collectors and crime-incident reports from the media and law enforcement sources. This is the 19th year a report with show-listings has been [...]

4 Escudos, ND (Decree of December 24, 1841). San Jose Mint By Carlos Jara – as posted on World Numismatics LLC …….   The Central American Republic, also referred to as the Central American Federation, formed by the five countries of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, and officially established in July 1, […] The post World Coins – Collecting Coins of the Central American Republic appeared first on CoinWeek.

Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support in 2015 and wishing you and yours a healthy, prosperous and happy 2016. David Collum has again conducted a comprehensive, insightful and frequently witty review of the year past. Collum is a professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University.In addition to his academic interests, he authors an annual review of the financial, economic and geopolitical year. The review is a must read and includes interesting information about the astute academic’s investment strategy and indeed the breakdown of his investment portfolio:Precious little of my portfolio changes most years. I began 2015 with the distribution shown [...]

Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV) announced it has amended, by way of entering into a supplemental indenture, its original note indenture with its senior secured holders of its $52.5-million senior secured notes placed on May 30, 2014, to extend and expand the debt facility. As quoted in the press release: In light of the challenging commodity-price climate faced by the entire mining sector, the Company initiated discussions with its Noteholders in late-Q3 to seek adjustments under the Notes to both strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and preserve working capital. Under the amended agreement, the Company has issued an additional $8.4 million [...]

“Joseph urged the Pharaoh to set aside one fifth of the crop in the good times and store the grain to ease the famine in the bad times, because if he didn’t do that, the good times would be forgotten and all the people would remember was the bad times. This wouldn’t be politically good for the Pharaoh.”“This is where economics began, on the shores of the Nile. This is where the Hebrew Joseph began to interpret the dreams of the Pharaoh, claiming that the economy moved in cycles. This was also the birth of the seven-year business cycle, plus [...]

INN has created a series of Free Reports for investors, reviewing highlights of 2015 and looking forward to 2016. Over 50 articles covering over 40 investing topics including insight and forecasts from hundreds of sources, these Free Reports offer incredible value to investors. All new for 2016, these free reports are mobile and tablet friendly. This means you can take them to go or read these free reports at your leisure. Feel free to share with your friends and family – anyone you feel should be looking at the investing opportunities that 2016 presents. Critical Metals Outlook: The Potential for [...]

by KEVIN FOLEY, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR HERITAGE & STACK’S-BOWERS TO HOLD AUCTIONS AT FUN & NYINC The January Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Convention has undeniably become the commercial highlight of the year. With a roughly 600-booth bourse, the show is populated by dealers from virtually every state in the country. Add in dealers sharing tables and one can estimate nearly 1,000 separate business entities in the booths. The FUN show itself is anchored by two Heritage Signature Sales: one focused on coins and the other on rare currency. The combined prices realized for these two sales typically aggregates in the vicinity [...]

2015 is almost at a close, and it’s definitely been a tough year for silver-focused investors. The metal has roles to play in both the precious and industrial sectors, and unfortunately has been hit by headwinds from both sides.  Nevertheless, market participants continued to seek out silver investment news throughout the year. Here, the Investing News Network (INN) has gathered the most popular silver investment news stories of 2015 — unsurprisingly, the list shows that silver bugs have been heavily focused on what the silver price may do next, and on what companies may still be profitable in today’s difficult price environment. 1. When Will [...]