For a long time now, precious metals have been considered alternative assets – assets that exist outside the realm of those bought and sold through traditional financial institutions such as banks and brokerages. For me, one of the great ironies in viewing assets like precious metals and real property as “alternative” has to do with […]

In the face of both general economic uncertainty and specific fiscal and monetary policy initiatives that potentially threaten the stability of the dollar, interest in physical precious metals among American savers remains strong. As the pandemic’s economic fallout was quickly spreading last summer, the New York Times detailed survey results that said roughly half of […]

There’s no disputing that both gold and silver posted impressive performances in 2020. As financial markets spent the balance of the year working to recover from the springtime pandemic shellacking, precious metals marched to the beat of their own drummer and climbed solidly higher. The drummer, in this case, appears to have been both the […]

Despite nearly three months of trading sideways, gold’s prospects continue to look excellent. The overall upward trend in gold began in March 2019 when the Federal Reserve announced interest rates would be headed back down. The announcement was about more than the mere next step for interest rates. It was a declaration the economy remained […]

Not so long ago, experts were telling us the economic recovery from COVID-19 would be quick. That has changed. Those voices are still out there, to be sure. But with increasing frequency and volume, we’re also hearing the healing process could be very long and very drawn out. The “V-shaped” recovery so many had been […]