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The silver bull is back. After five long, frustrating years of price smashes followed by one failed rally attempt after another, silver prices have decisively broken out to the upside....
Stefan Gleason
August 9th, 2016
Precious metals prices fell sharply on renewed concerns the Federal Reserve will be raising interest rates sometime this fall. Friday's jobs report painted a picture of healthy growth, fostering a new...
Clint Siegner
August 8th, 2016
This year marks the 101st anniversary of Andrew Jackson rolling over and over in his grave. Back in 1915, the brand new Federal Reserve pasted the 7th President's likeness on its first $10 debt note �...
Guy Christopher
August 3rd, 2016
After years of buying based on progressively lower metal prices, bullion investors find themselves facing a dynamic that has been missing for awhile: higher prices. That leaves them in a bit of a quan...
Clint Siegner
August 1st, 2016
Over time, charts for a bull market tend to print higher highs and higher lows on the way to the primary top. Two steps forward, one step back, creating a visual stair-step effect....
David Smith
July 27th, 2016
Gold and silver stole the show in the first half of 2016. Can metals investors expect an encore performance in the second half? It is certainly possible, but the markets will need some help. The trick...
Clint Siegner
July 25th, 2016
Confidence is slippery, even when you are a metals investor sitting atop the best performing assets of 2016. It doesn't help when 4 years of a miserable bear market remains fresh in our memories. Any ...
Clint Siegner
July 18th, 2016
From half-cents to silver dollars, each featured the likeness of an unnamed woman. The images varied, thanks to different engravers, but together they became recognized as Lady Liberty. Then, almost ...
Guy Christopher
July 14th, 2016
There are a few common misconceptions associated with precious metals and how they may not be helpful to a preparedness plan for either a SHTF scenario or potential economic collapse....
Dan Novak
July 14th, 2016
The Justice Department announced last week they won't be prosecuting "crooked" Hillary Clinton. Ayn Rand never met Hillary or her husband Bill. But she clearly knew what it means for society when scou...
Clint Siegner
July 11th, 2016
So it is with Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who parlayed his sound money bona fides into the top post at America's private banking cartel and current issuer of our un-backed currency...
Stefan Gleason
July 7th, 2016
Now that the precious metals' five-year cyclical bear market is acting like it's been replaced by a vibrant bull run in the opposite direction (up!), many analysts who chided the ongoing rise in the m...
David Smith
July 6th, 2016
Fans of liberty cheered for Farage and for Brexit. And, after the sharp recovery in equity indexes around the world, it looks like stock investors have begun cheering as well. Many say stock market lo...
Clint Siegner
July 5th, 2016
British voters rocked financial markets overnight Thursday and throughout Friday by deciding to exit the European Union. Few expected the outcome as polling and odds-makers both got it wrong. Now trad...
Clint Siegner
June 27th, 2016
The dust is still settling after Britain's seismic Brexit vote June 23rd. At issue: who should control British economic and immigration policies – Brits themselves, or unelected bankers and their b...
Guy Christopher
June 27th, 2016
With each passing day, systemic risks in the financial system become greater. Smart money insiders and billionaire investors are taking note – and taking defensive actions....
Stefan Gleason
June 22nd, 2016
This year's presidential election is getting lots of attention, and customers are asking about how the outcome might impact the gold and silver markets. The questions generally fall along two lines. O...
Clint Siegner
June 20th, 2016
You didn't come here today for bad news. There's plenty of that everywhere you look, and even where you don't look. So here's the good news. A new rush to gold has begun. To see where we're headed, ...
Guy Christopher
June 15th, 2016
We often cite the gold: silver ratio as an indicator for the precious metals markets. When the ratio is high (gold is relatively strong versus silver), that typically corresponds with a cyclical low a...
Stefan Gleason
June 13th, 2016
Will you take action to protect your family's financial house as the ground begins to shift beneath their feet? Afterwards, will you be able to state "I took sensible steps to act upon the information...
David Smith
June 8th, 2016
