With the summer finally upon us, it would appear that old investor adage of “sell in May and go away” definitely doesn’t apply anymore. These days, investors need to keep their eyes and ears open at all times and be constantly in a position to react and adapt to global events. Only last month, we found ourselves on what briefly appeared to be the precipice of WWIII, with a surprise escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict. The “12 day war”, as President Trump called it, might have deescalated as quickly as it began, but it certainly served as a stern reminder that we are living through extremely volatile times. For gold owners, this was yet another confirmation that during these turbulent times, physical precious metals are more important than ever. Especially since the start of the year, and the many previous “surprises” that we’ve seen so far, countless other investors, many that never owned gold before, keep flocking to the metal and fueling the ongoing bull market. With this surge in demand, however, a lot of bad actors have come out of the woodwork, looking to take advantage of unsuspecting gold buyers. As we’ve done in past, we decided to use this issue of the Digger to keep our readers up to date with the current risks in the metals industry: this time, we’ll look into the bigger problem of counterfeit bars and coins. We’ll also turn our attention to Europe, and the unique challenges the continent is facing in its energy industry. The recent blackouts in Spain made global headlines, but what a lot of the coverage missed was the real causes of this incident and why it is likely to become a lot more frequent in the near future. We hope you'll enjoy this issue of the Digger and don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Donald Trump’s return to the global political forefront as the 47th US President came after a tumultuous and very eventful campaign and signified a decisive gear shift for American politics. As he made abundantly clear in his inaugural speech and as he demonstrated in the first months of his presidency, he is committed to reversing most of the signature policies of his predecessor. He proved as much by signing dozens of Executive Orders and rescinding 78 of former President Joe Biden’s within hours of the transition. By now, it is clear that the country is set to return to many of its pre-2020 goals and priorities, especially when it comes to immigration, economic and social policies, foreign relations

Over the last few months, gold has exceeded most forecasts and expectations from just a year ago. The spot price has been breaking high after high, and there are simply too many economic, monetary, and geopolitical uncertainties and too many moving parts that will continue to push both institutional and retail investors to the oldest and most reliable safe haven there is. One of the most closely watched of the uncertainties is, of course, the imminent US election. Once again, the US has managed to attract international interest and attention and to divide, not only its own citizens, but much of the rest of the world too.

In the last edition of their InSights newsletter, the BFI Infinity team made the case as to why precious metals, and gold in particular, had a promising outlook for the 2nd half of the year. Clearly gold delivered. Whereas the upward trend on gold was largely driven by geopolitics, the currency markets are also starting to show indications of broader changes to come, especially for the USD. But why?

In this, our latest Quarterly Digger, we take a look at two of the main questions we’ve been getting from prospects and clients so far this year. One was no surprise, as investors wanted to know why they should still consider buying gold now. While the other was a classic: what should I buy, bars or coins? We’re going to help you out there!

This edition of BFI Infinity’s quarterly Insights puts the spotlight on gold and portfolio risk management with CEO, Daniel Zurbrügg, and CIO, Dirk Steinhoff, respectively, leading the charge with their thoughts and experience.

In our last issue of the Digger, we talked about the allure of Gold IRAs and their tax benefits, as well as how these “Individual Retirement Accounts” in the US allow individuals to invest in physical gold and precious metals with their retirement funds. However, we also shed light on the darker side of the industry, where unscrupulous Gold IRA providers are exploiting unsuspecting investors, particularly targeting vulnerable

Bad actors, greedy opportunists and even outright fraudsters have long been endemic to the retail gold market - they are probably as old as the market itself. This is precisely why we have warned our clients and readers so many times against these dangers, why we routinely alert them to countless different threats and traps, and why our most oft-cited piece of advice tends to be “if it sounds too good to be true, it most probably is”.

Over the last two years, we saw interest rates rise rather dramatically from their very low pre-pan­demic levels. When the whole world went into lockdown in early 2020, central banks proactively lowered rates for the last time in an attempt to support the ailing economy, not sure when the pandemic would come to an end and when economic activity would normalize.

The shift we saw over the past couple of years has been a historic one and its implications are sure to be far-reaching and long lasting. After over a decade of monetary easing and ultra-low interest rates, a policy direction that came to a crescendo during the pandemic, inflation finally and inevitably reared its ugly head.

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For this update I have had a talk with Frank R. Suess who is the group Chairman of the BFI Capital Group and on our investment committee.

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