Supply Problems Worsen in Minted Silver
Sales of the Silver American Eagles are off to stronger start this year, and the U.S. Mint has once again been caught flat-footed....
February 25th, 2019
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No Gold and Silver? So Far, So Good...
In the original (1960) classic movie The Magnificent Seven, a Western adaptation of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, Vin (Steve McQueen), tells the wry tale of a man who fell off a ten-story building. Pa...
February 21st, 2019
Gold & Silver Prices Firm Despite Dollar, Stock Market Strength
Silver has fallen about $.45/oz from the early January highs, and gold has lost around $9/oz. Frankly, price action could be a lot worse. During that time, the Federal Reserve Note dollar rallied and...
February 19th, 2019
Socialist “Green New Deal” Points the Way to Hyperinflation
Socialist Venezuela's economic collapse and hyperinflationary spiral serves as a warning for American investors. It's what can happen when a government spends perpetually beyond its means and refuses ...
February 12th, 2019
U.S. Congressman Introduces Bill to Remove Income Taxation from Gold and Silver
The battle to end taxation of constitutional money has reached the federal level as U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) today re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income taxa...
February 11th, 2019
The Battle for Venezuela’s Gold Serves as a Lesson in Counterparty Risk
He who controls the gold makes the rules. That old adage applies aptly to the present crisis in Venezuela....
February 6th, 2019
Congressman Demands CFTC Explain Its Failure to Find Silver Market Manipulation Where DOJ Did
A member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee today pressed the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on its conspicuous failure to uncover the very silver market manipulation now be...
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February 5th, 2019
If Financial Markets Make You Nervous, It’s Time to Own Physical Gold in Your IRA Instead
If the sharp selloff in stocks late last year has you looking for other places to invest your retirement money, self-directed IRAs are worth a look. These accounts allow you to switch some of your Wal...
February 4th, 2019
Central Bank Gold Purchases Hit A Record In 2018
Official gold purchases reached a new record in 2018 as central banks continued to diversify away from the U.S. Dollar. Not only was 2018 a banner year for central bank gold purchases, but it was also...
February 4th, 2019
NEW ERA OF THE MODERN PRECIOUS METALS INVESTOR: The Coming Pension Fund Disaster
According to one study, Millennials preferred cash (30%) as their largest investment over stocks (23%). This should be no surprise as the older Millennials have experienced two market crashes, the dot...
February 4th, 2019
Peak Gold and the Coming Supply Crunch
During the lackluster and otherwise unremarkable trading of 2018, a hugely important development took place in the precious metals markets. Gold production, in the estimation of some top industry insi...
January 31st, 2019
U.S. Mint Silver Eagle Sales Jump In January
As the demand for precious metals shows some life once again, sales of the U.S. Mint Silver Eagles jumped in January. Not only have Gold, and Silver Eagle sales increased, so have the precious metals ...
January 31st, 2019
West Virginia Legislator Proposes Eliminating ALL Taxation on Gold and Silver
The West Virginia Sound Money Act is a similar measure that will remove all taxation against gold and silver, including sales and use tax, property tax, individual income tax, and corporate income tax...
Looking at Gold (and Silver) from the Third Side of the Coin
Two years ago at a conference during which I both presented and attended, a Keynote speaker, "Rich Dad" Robert Kiyosaki, introduced me to a different way of looking at things. He posed the question, "...
January 29th, 2019
Fed Folds Under Pressure, Telegraphs Looser Money Ahead
Two big questions have been front and center for Fed watchers in recent months... The first is just how high rates could go before stimulus-addicted markets would falter. The second is whether our cen...
January 28th, 2019
THE SILVER PRICE & BROADER MARKETS: How Will They Trade This Week?
What's in store for silver and the broader markets this week? If we look at the moving averages and what is taking place in the broader markets, we may find some clues. It seems as if the silver pri...
January 22nd, 2019
Arizona Legislator Proposes Securing State Reserves with Gold and Silver
An Arizona legislator has put forward a bill to de-risk the state's financial holdings with a modest allocation to physical gold and silver in the state's reserve fund....
Global Silver Production May Decline More Than Analysts Forecasts
The global mine supply from the top silver producing countries may decline more than the industry forecasts. The leading consultancies reported that global silver production would increase moderately ...
January 21st, 2019
Find the Cheapest Precious Metals Products in the “Bargain Bin”
Privately made bars and rounds, as opposed to government issue coins, are hard to beat when it comes to low premiums. About the only way to lower costs even further is to make some compromises when it...
January 21st, 2019
U.S. Government Debt Bomb Much Higher Than Americans Realize
The U.S. Federal debt bomb continues to increase, even with the government shut down. In just one day, the U.S. public debt increased $50 billion on Jan 15th. While the total outstanding Federal deb...
January 18th, 2019
