How Gold Will Play a Role in Economic Recovery
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...
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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 investment performance, many investors look not just at their own performance, but also at the performance of other investors After all, if you’re making 5% annual gains but someone...
With the coronavirus crisis having now lasted over six months, and with no end in sight, the outlook for the US economy continues to look dire Over 60 million Americans lost their jobs at some point...
When it comes to precious metals, many investors wonder whether they should invest in gold or silver Each metal has advantages over the other, and many investors don’t know which one they should...
When investors begin to think about investing in precious metals, their thoughts naturally turn to gold Gold has a long history of use as a monetary metal and as an investment asset It is the...
Investors in any asset want their assets to appreciate in value Being able to understand what causes their assets to appreciate in value is key to making an investment decision, and investing in gold...
In the minds of financial market bulls, financial assets will always go up in value After all, they always have, at least in nominal terms In real terms they’ve often increased in value too,...
The idea of creating money out of thin air to solve economic problems is one of the oldest sophistries of all time The creation of money has been the downfall of many a government and empire over...
To investors who remember the stock market boom of the 1980s and 1990s, the decision to invest in gold may be an uncomfortable one Investors who cut their teeth during that time and who remember...
Making mistakes with your investments can be costly Investing in the wrong asset or at the wrong time could be the difference between tens of thousands of dollars in gains versus tens of thousands of...
If there’s one thing most investors agree on, it’s that investing success can be measured by how much wealth they’re able to amass While disciplined saving and investing is one of the necessary...
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...
The US economy has been in a recession since Q1 of 2020, and there’s a good chance that it could remain in recession for months, if not years, to come That has investors scrambling to preserve...
As much as we’ve heard that there’s no such thing as timing markets, there’s always at least one time that’s better than others to buy certain assets You don’t want to buy when everyone...
In his much awaited speech at the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole conference last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced a move away from the Federal Reserve’s traditional...
One of the trickiest aspects to investing in any asset is finding the right time to buy it There are some who think you should buy whenever you feel the need, while others want to keep holding off...
On August 15, 1971, President Nixon officially closed the gold window, thus severing the last official link between the US dollar and gold While US citizens had been banned from owning gold since...
While much of the coverage you’ll read in the financial media talks about the merits of buying and holding, the reality is that fewer and fewer investors are buying and holding stocks And that has...
Although stock markets seem to have shrugged off the coronavirus and its effects on the US economy, there’s no doubt that the economy is in the midst of a recession that could become a depression...
With gold having recently broken through the $2,000 barrier to set new highs, there was a wave of commentary about where gold might go from here While there’s been some short-term profit-taking,...
With gold having recently broken through the $2,000 barrier on its way to setting record high prices, it has garnered a fair amount of attention, especially from investors who otherwise might not...