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At this point, gold’s historic performance is impossible to ignore.  In the last 6 weeks, gold zoomed past not one, two or even ten price records…  Gold has scored to FOURTEEN all-time highs… so far.  And Barron’s says gold prices are “about to shoot even higher.”  As...

Idaho introduced a bill to make gold and silver coins legal tender in the state…  Wisconsin cancelled its sales tax on gold…  And Louisiana is considering a bill that would give citizens access to gold-backed debit cards.  These pieces of 2024 legislations are part of...

During last Wednesday’s FOMC meeting, the Fed chose to keep the benchmark interest rate high.  And Fed Chief Powell suggested three rate cuts may still be on the table in 2024, possibly starting in June.  These potential rate cuts may supply a major tailwind for gold...

On the surface, the US economy looks like it’s improving.  Inflation has slowed, job reports are encouraging, and Washington says everything is looking up.  But despite the glowing reports, economic trouble is brewing in crucial financial sectors.   Starting with an...

Gold skyrocketed to an all-time high of $2,195 per ounce last Friday.  And many gold owners who’ve seen how gold tends to perform during times of economic turmoil were ready because they remembered…  Gold gained after the 2000 dot-com crash—rising almost 60% by 2004… ...

The most popular investing search term in the United States according to Google isn’t real estate, natural gas, oil or even stocks right now…  It’s gold.  In second place?   Silver.  Most investors know gold tends to rise in uncertain economic times.   And with so...

After years of ultra-low interest rates, runaway money printing and reckless deficit spending, the Fed s facing a serious dilemma.  Servicing the nation’s debt is growing more and more difficult… if not impossible.  The more they borrow, print and spend to help ease...

The internet is awash with a murky mix of good advice, a few half-truths and a whole heap of nonsense about gold.   And for anyone considering gold for the first time, sorting fact from fiction can be a challenging task.   So today, let’s clear up 3 of the most common...

Analysts say silver may soar in 2024.  JPMorgan forecasts the precious metal will reach $26 an ounce by midyear and jump to a 10-year high of $30 an ounce by 2025.   Michael DiRienzo, executive director for the Silver Institute, also forecasts fresh highs in the...

Last Sunday, Fed Chief Jerome Powell answered some tough questions on CBS’s 60 minutes.  When asked if the rising national debt is a danger to the economy, Powell responded: “The US federal government’s on an unstainable fiscal path. And that just means the debt is...

If all your wealth is held in US dollars and dollar-denominated assets, now is the time to fortify your financial legacy with gold.  Because despite Washington’s efforts to strengthen the US economy…  Our nation’s financial problems are only growing.  The...

2024 started with a bang, but not the kind Washington wanted.  Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—a centerpiece of the Administration’s new economic strategy—was supposed to trim the deficit.  The plan was a bold policy attempt with a mix of tax tweaks and green energy...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has declared victory for the Fed.  In a CNN interview last Friday, she announced a “soft landing” for the economy—a scenario once considered only “possible.”   And she may be right.   After all, the Fed’s 11 steep rate hikes cooled...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Washington levied sweeping sanctions against Moscow.   Now, Washington is investigating legal ways to seize $300 billion of frozen Russian assets to help fund their Ukraine support efforts.  Nobel Prize–winning Yale economist...

Gold’s remarkable ascent to an all-time high of $2,152 per ounce in December 2023 was driven by a mix of economic and geopolitical reasons.   As we head into 2024, here are 6 catalysts that may help push gold to a new record high:  Catalyst #1: Fed Pivot On December...

What a year for gold!  The precious metal leapt out of the gate at $1,824 per ounce in January, possibly bolstered by tailwinds from continued inflation pressures, Fed rate hikes and colossal central bank buying in 2022.   As you may recall, inflation reached a...

$33,900,000,000,000… The US national debt is soaring past $33 trillion — a number so big a stack of $100 bills would reach more than 24,000 miles high.  And according to the Peterson Foundation:  $33 trillion is roughly the economic value of China, Japan, Germany,...

  Well, we’ve been talking about when and why it would happen… Gold prices soared to a record high of over $2,100 per ounce on Sunday, Dec 3. This marks a 14% gain for gold prices in 2023 – with a 4% jump in the last week alone. At the time of this writing, spot...

As 2023 winds down, the world’s “smartest money” is hoovering and hoarding gold at the fastest pace since 1967.  According to the World Gold Council (WGC), global central banks bought another 800 tons of gold in the first 9 months of this year — a 14% increase...