7 Factors Driving the Gold Price in 2021
There’s only one sure way to make money by investing: knowing in advance which way prices are going to move But since that’s impossible, we have to settle for the next best thing, which is to...
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There’s only one sure way to make money by investing: knowing in advance which way prices are going to move But since that’s impossible, we have to settle for the next best thing, which is to...
Economic prognostication is notoriously difficult and fraught with the potential for error But that doesn’t mean that it’s worthless or meaningless Analysts aren’t idiots, and even if they may...
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average having reached a new record high last week, breaking the 30,000-point barrier for the first time ever, many news headlines proclaimed the end of the market’s...
With Joe Biden the presumptive President-Elect, the work to select his administration’s officials is well underway Biden has already announced some of his key appointments, and analysts are working...
If you thought that the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve and other central banks today seems similar to the response to the 2008 financial crisis, you’d be right Central banks have always...
If there’s one solid reason gold will continue to rise in price, it’s because mountains of debt are enabling it to climb ever higher From governments to corporations to everyday Americans, the...
The law of supply and demand is a cornerstone of economics that helps explain today’s rise in silver demand If the supply of a good decreases, prices for that good will rise If the supply...
Anyone who has undertaken serious analysis of stock markets should realize that stock markets are incredibly overvalued right now Performance of stocks today is driven by two things: hope and...
One of the frustrating things for investors, and particularly precious metals investors, is seeing prices that you know should go through the roof remain stagnant instead Gold investors who have a...
At Goldco, we’ve written quite a bit about how gold can perform better than stocks and bonds But many investors remain set in their ways, and ignore how gold can help improve the performance of...
With the US economy still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus and the associated lockdowns, many are wondering when the recovery will finally occur Millions of Americans are still out of...
When looking at government finance, there are two main areas of policy: fiscal policy and monetary policy Fiscal policy encompasses federal spending, the federal budget, the appropriations process,...
By now only the most oblivious of market observers could deny that financial markets are in a bubble From stocks to bonds, the trillions of dollars of easy money that have flooded markets over the...
It’s hard to tell from media coverage and polls who will win the Presidential election in November Each camp tries to play up positive coverage and claim that it has the advantage And while the...
If there is one defining economic characteristic of the modern age, it is the explosive growth of debt levels Whether personal, corporate, or government debt, debt levels are growing at an...
For anyone who has been following the rise in the gold price recently, it’s an indication that everything we’ve said about gold is finally coming to fruition Gold’s ability to protect investors...
The US economy is officially in recession, and at this point it’s only a question of how deep the recession is Second quarter GDP figures aren’t out yet but, if the US is at all in the same boat...
For all the talk of economic recovery, the reality is that the economy won’t get back to normal until daily life gets back to normal As much as economic crises and economic recoveries are fueled by...
The jobs report that came out last Friday sent shockwaves throughout the economy Economists had estimated that the economy would lose another further 75 million jobs in May, yet the BLS reported that...
As the 2008 financial crisis continues to move to the backs of our minds, and as the current coronavirus kerfuffle becomes all-consuming, many people seem to have lost their awareness of just how...
Just because stock markets have yet to price in the weakening US economy doesn’t mean that all investors are in the dark about what’s going on And that’s why the gold price continues to rise,...