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Silver's unique properties, along with the relatively small quantities of silver needed in many applications will make it hard to replace – even as the price of silver per ounce rises....
October 16th, 2014
This fall, the Federal Reserve is expected to finally wind down its latest monthly bond-buying program known as Quantitative Easing. What will the end of this $4 trillion (and counting) debacle mean f...
October 14th, 2014
Metals prices rallied a bit last week, but the fact is that spot prices are languishing near their four-year lows. There isn't a whole lot to smile about, but there is an opportunity for tax-savvy inv...
October 13th, 2014
Analysts and some precious metals' sellers tend to focus on the "insurance" aspect of owning precious metals....
October 8th, 2014
Prices for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium have been driven below the all-in costs of production for many of the major miners....
October 6th, 2014
Learn the inside skinny on silver's rising demand as an industrial metal, what investors should expect from the coming hiatus of Federal Reserve money printing, about our attractive new gold and silve...
October 2nd, 2014
By now you've probably read at least one pithy column penned by Money Metals columnist Guy Christopher. But if you haven't had the opportunity, you sure need to!...
September 25th, 2014
It has been said gold goes where it is best appreciated. Rapidly rising wealth across Asia has Easterners in Turkey, Iran, Vietnam, and China buying gold, saving gold, and using gold as money....
September 24th, 2014
Opportunistically minded retail customers swooped in and bought large quantities of gold and silver coins, rounds, and bars last week, as precious metals spot prices accelerated to the downside. Trad...
September 22nd, 2014
Our precious metals Specialists enjoy addressing the many excellent questions posed by our customers on an individual basis, and we do our best to share some of the most common questions and answers i...
September 17th, 2014
At least one official inside our own Treasury Department now has something in common with officials in Russia and China. He believes it is time to put an end to the dollar as the world's reserve curre...
September 15th, 2014
In past years, governments and central banks have suppressed gold and silver prices by sending massive amounts of physical metal to market....
September 10th, 2014
Merit Gold and Silver goes down in flames. And Tulving closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, reportedly stiffing customers for tens of millions of dollars....
September 4th, 2014
Palladium's outstanding performance this year isn't generating much coverage in the financial media, but it is grabbing the attention of some astute investors. Palladium prices are up nearly 24% for t...
September 2nd, 2014
Independent Living Bullion has transformed into more than simply your trusted source for low-cost gold and silver coins, bars, and rounds – we're now ready to offer a full suite of secure, convenien...
September 1st, 2014
The production of precious metals – as well as the base metals copper, lead, and zinc usually found in conjunction with them – presents a certain amount of environmental risk between the time they...
August 27th, 2014
The FOMC minutes released last week confirmed the Fed bond purchase program, which has run nearly continuously for the past 6 years, will end in the fall. Meanwhile, they've suggested they will begin ...
August 25th, 2014
Over the past few years, a sea change in international finance has been underway which will impact your pocketbook in a big way. Little noticed at first, it is becoming more obvious (and dangerous) wi...
August 20th, 2014
This month's dam breach at a waste pond constructed many years ago at Imperial Metals Corp's gold and copper mine has made waves throughout the mining community....
August 18th, 2014
Instead of calculating the worth of your gold and silver in dollars, count your precious metals in ounces. This frees you from fretting when the dollar price is down, which should only be a welcome s...
August 14th, 2014
