Category: Precious Metals

Stock market investors are notorious for using ratios of various types to determine the proper valuation of a stock. The use of ratios extends to analyses of the overall stock market. And one of the ratios that many investors look at is flashing major warning signals that stock markets are incredibly overvalued and headed for […]

In a world that is growing increasingly digital, the importance of keeping online accounts secure is more important than ever. But while much of the focus on online security focuses on accounts with email providers, online merchants, etc., less focus is placed on security at even more important accounts: savings and investment accounts. Like bank […]

Holdings of gold in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit record highs this week as investors sought to move their assets to safety. Total ETF holdings rose to over 2,570 tonnes, eclipsing the previous high set in 2012. This comes at a time when stock markets are still near their all-time highs, making it unusual that both […]

The silver price, unlike the gold price, can be heavily influenced by industrial demand. For a number of years that weighed on the silver price, as demand from the photography industry waned. It seems hard to remember, in the age of digital photography, that we once used cameras with film in them. Once the switch […]

Total world gold mine production decreased last year for the first time since 2008. That’s sure to put upward pressure on world gold prices, as increased demand and decreased supply will work together to send gold skyward, perhaps even taking out its all-time high prices in 2020. Production from gold mines has generally increased every […]

Every American dreams of retiring someday. But retiring, and particularly retiring in comfort, isn’t something that just happens by chance. Preparing for retirement requires careful and meticulous planning, goal-setting, and dedication to the plans you have laid out for yourself. If preparing for retirement were easy, no one would have to fret about it. But […]

Conventional investing wisdom for the past several decades has posited that stocks are the best asset to invest in if you want to make the most investment gains; bonds are the best asset to diversify your portfolio, while still allowing for gains; and gold is the best asset for protecting wealth while avoiding losses and […]

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held its first meeting of the year this week, and it was slightly more dovish than many people expected. Still, it wasn’t enough to keep stock markets from plummeting, as renewed fears of the Chinese coronavirus are weighing heavily on world markets. While markets had looked earlier in the […]

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just recently published its projections on US government spending over the next decade, and the document is a doozy. CBO expects the federal deficit to reach $1 trillion this year, and to average $1.3 trillion between now and 2030. The total debt held by the public is expected to reach […]

Every year we’re warned to get our flu shots. We’re told that the flu kills tens of thousands of people each flu season, and we’re constantly being reminded of the potential dangers of the disease. And at the back of many people’s heads is the history of the Spanish flu, which killed between 20 and […]