Blog posts tagged with 'counterparty risk'

Derivatives can provide price exposure, but exposure is not possession. Explore how derivatives, netting, clearinghouses, collateral, and physical gold and silver fit into today’s interconnected financial system.

As housing costs rise and job uncertainty grows, Lynette Zang examines why ownership feels increasingly out of reach, why speculation can begin to look like opportunity, and why physical gold and silver remain central to a sound money strategy.

Tokenization is changing how stocks, Treasury securities, gold, and other assets are owned and controlled. Lynette Zang explains why ownership rights, custody, collateral, and direct possession matter for financial sovereignty.

AI data centers, digital banking and Treasury debt management reveal a common shift: when access gets tight, the rules change. Lynette Zang explains why direct ownership, physical gold and silver, and sound money strategies matter for financial sovereignty.

Lynette Zang answers viewer questions on hyperinflation, property taxes, crypto banking, physical gold and silver, Goldbacks, ETFs, the spot market, financial privacy, sound money strategies, and preparing for changing rules around financial access.

Inflation may be cooling, but prices, borrowing costs, government debt, and interest expenses continue to pressure households. Lynette Zang explains the hidden credit battle reshaping the cost of living and why physical gold and silver can play a role in a sound money strategy.

The yen crisis reveals a deeper weakness in the financial system. Lynette Zang explains financial claims, counterparty risk, physical gold, and why understanding what you actually own matters for wealth preservation.

Lynette Zang and Mises Institute economist Mark Thornton examine soaring stock valuations, household financial pressure, the AI debt boom, private equity risks, monetary control, and why physical gold and silver remain central to sound money strategies.

China’s ICBC is restricting access to certain gold and silver contracts and removing leverage. Lynette Zang explains what this could mean for paper gold, physical gold and silver, and direct ownership.

Discover four hidden ways the debt-based dollar can weaken purchasing power, separate labor from ownership, increase reliance on financial access, and prepare the public for programmable digital money.