How Savvy Investors Do (and Don’t) Hedge against Inflation
By Stefan Gleason Inflation is a corrosive force that gradually – and sometimes rapidly – eats away at the nominal value of savings and investments….
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Silver’s Long Consolidation Looks Like a Launching Pad
By Stefan Gleason The primary trend for gold and silver over the past year and a half has been the absence of any clear direction…
China Moves to Neuter King Dollar in International Trade
By Stefan Gleason Last Monday, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched the first futures contract for crude oil priced in Chinese yuan. It’s a major…
5 Big Drivers of Higher Inflation Rates Ahead
By Stefan Gleason Investors got lulled into a state of inflation complacency. Persistently low official inflation rates in recent years depressed bond yields along with…
Gold Market Consolidates Near Important Levels as Government Shuts Down
By Stefan Gleason The gold market has been mired in a four-and-a-half year basing pattern. The rally that began late last year has taken prices…
Precious Metals Markets Outlook 2018
By Stefan Gleason The first trading days of 2018 are confirming signs of renewed investor interest in the precious metals sector after a long period…
Threats to Digital Wealth Point to Need for Tangible Backup
By Stefan Gleason Recent high-profile cyber security breaches at Equifax and other financial institutions highlight the perils of an all-digital economy. When wealth can be…
As Sanctions on North Korea Ramp Up, War on Cryptocurrencies Heats Up
By Stefan Gleason The dangerous provocations between North Korea and the United States haven’t yet escalated enough to rattle financial markets. The U.S. stock market…
Alert: Gold Breaks Out to New 2017 High
By Stefan Gleason Gold’s naysayers and doubters came out in full force earlier this summer as sentiment reached its nadir. The mid-year pullback in prices…
Commodity Cycle Upturn to Lift Precious Metals Prices
By Stefan Gleason Safe-haven demand for physical precious metals came in soft through the first half of the year as a rising stock market reinforced…
6 Things Precious Metals Naysayers Get Dead Wrong
By Stefan Gleason Answering the Most Common and Current Objections Gold attracts its fair share of detractors. But the most common objections to gold as…
How Precious Metals Can Help Protect Your Wealth From Hackers
By Stefan Gleason Could your wealth be hacked? It’s a threat most investors overlook. But they do so at their own peril. If elections can…
The Commodity Cycle: What It Means For Precious Metals Prices
By Stefan Gleason The cycle for any commodity follows the same basic pattern… When prices are low, production falls. As new supplies diminish, the market…
What The Death Of The Penny Means For Our Money
By Stefan Gleason The dollar’s reign as the world reserve currency will come to an end some day. But before that happens, the penny will…