Jim Rickards Blog

“Bernanke’s not a trader, so he doesn't think like a trader, he has no exit plan. There’s a good possibility I may never see another rat...

“We don’t have to worry about a recession — we are in a depression,” says James Rickards. “If you take the classic definition of a sustained...

James Rickards, a top adviser for the Pentagon and CIA, is sounding the alarm that America is on the brink of a global “financial war.” “Riv...

"The Fed has released details grudgingly and some disclosures were forced by the Dodd-Frank legislation. Gradually the bailouts have be...

“Each country is degrading its currency in the hopes of spurring growth,” Rickards says. “Look at Japan. The yen has lost 40 percent of its ...

"The Fed’s goals are to maintain nominal interest rates in the range of zero to 2% while seeking inflation in the range of 4%. The resu...

"Jim Rickards on the future of the international monetary system, speaking at the Sovereign Man: Offshore Tactics Workshop in Santi...

"The problem is when central banks fear deflation more than anything, they try everything to defeat it, so, you know, currency wars, mo...

"To me, what's going on is there's a transition from weak hands to strong hands," he said, adding that sellers have includ...

"Jim Rickards of JAC Capital Advisors and Currency Wars fame gave a presentation last week at Jim Grant's Spring 2013 conference ...

"The Fed earns huge profits every year on the interest received on Treasury bonds the Fed owns. The Fed normally pays these profits bac...

Gold ownership is now divided between strong hands and weak hands. The strong hands are Russia, China, some of the other central banks, and ...