INVESTMENT RARITIES INCORPORATED
was founded in 1974 by Jim Cook, and has since grown to be one of the nation’s leading silver and gold dealers. In the 44 years of service, IRI has logged 400,000 transactions for 60,000 customers equaling $3 billion sold and delivered.
From the desk of Jim Cook
Rising Inflation
The business cycle theory of the great Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises maintained that a reduction in the growth of money and credit would almost immediately translate into a slowing economy. A corollary was that the stock market would sense this decline and begin to roll over. In the last few months, that is exactly what happened. The reaction by the monetary authorities has been to reverse course and jack up the expansion of money and credit once again. However, Mises also warned that the amount of money and credit needed to restart the boom must be greater than ever before. READ MORE
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A New Silver Issue for the Justice Department
It’s been four months since the U.S. Department of Justice secured a criminal guilty plea from a former JPMorgan trader for spoofing and manipulating precious metals prices on the COMEX. The Justice Department made it clear that it was engaged in an ongoing investigation into COMEX precious metals trading by no less than three important divisions within the agency; the Criminal Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Attorneys Office. READ MORE
