Category: Precious Metals

After reaching the $1,600 mark last week, gold began to really break out. While many market analysts had expected gold to see major resistance at $1,600, and perhaps some profit-taking, gold took on that barrier and continued to move up. That confounded many who still rely on outdated correlations and relationships to determine what’s going […]

It can be tempting to look at your 401(k), IRA, TSP, or other retirement account and think that you’ve got it made. Maybe you have $100,000 in your account, or $250,000, or maybe you’re one of those lucky ones with over $1 million. But rather than thinking of the lump sum in your account, have […]

The story of stock markets over the past several years has been one of phenomenal growth. The bull market in stocks since 2016 finally gave many investors the feeling that the US economy had recovered from the financial crisis. From less than 16,000 points in early 2016, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has rocketed up […]

Every week seems to bring more and more bad news about the Chinese coronavirus. While new cases and new deaths seem not to be accelerating, much of the country remains completely shut down. With about 30% of the US semiconductor sector dependent on products from China, that could put a major damper on US industry. […]

The decade of near-zero interest rates in the aftermath of the financial crisis has helped fuel the creation of one of the largest debt bubbles in history. But while the corporate debt bubble gets much of the attention, as well as the $23+ trillion national debt, household debt grows largely unnoticed. And that household debt […]

Millions of investors realize that a market crash is coming, they just don’t know when. The “everything bubble” has been building up for years, with prices of assets throughout the economy losing touch with reality and underlying economic fundamentals. And despite more and more negative news coming out of China regarding the coronavirus, stocks remain […]

Reading about saving for retirement makes everything seem so simple. You just save a portion of your paycheck, invest the money in productive assets, and watch your retirement assets grow. Piece of cake, right? But most of us realize that it’s not so simple. That’s why it can be so infuriating to read stories about […]

In yet more confirmation that monetary policy normalization will never occur, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell stated in his recent testimony before Congress that “low rates are not really a choice anymore.” The mountain of debt incentivized by the past decade of abnormally low interest rates has grown so large that if the Fed were […]

With so many headwinds affecting the world economy, 2020 is looking like it could be a very dangerous year for many investors. Stock markets may have gained 30% last year, but that was only due to the collapse of markets in late 2018. A 30% rise this year would have the Dow Jones pushing 40,000 […]

Now that we’re into February, tax season is well underway. W-2s and 1099s have been mailed, and many Americans are feverishly getting their paperwork in order so that they can get their tax refund as soon as possible. Millions of Americans pay tax preparers to do their taxes for them, spending in some cases hundreds […]