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2015 Silver Forecast: One of the Best Long-Term Opportunities (Video)

John Whitefoot, an Analyst with Lombardi, shares his 2015 silver forecast. Unlike many investors, Whitefoot expects silver prices to rally, catching markets by surprise. He points to three important factors: The S&P 500 is overvalued by 65%, indicating the stock market is in a bubble that will pop soon. Silver has industrial demand that allows […]

Shadow Stats: Gold Near Inflation-Adjusted Low

Peter Schiff has argued for years that government inflation data in the United States is bogus. The Federal Reserve and financial media focus on a broader measurement of inflation that overlooks the significant increases in the cost of living for most Americans. What’s more, the way this inflation is measured has changed dramatically over the […]

Jim Cramer: Gold Is Your Insurance Policy (Video)

Jim Cramer raised a great point on Mad Money this week. You wouldn’t own a house or a car without the proper insurance. So why would you have a portfolio of investments without insurance? Gold is that insurance – the only asset that is guaranteed to minimize the downside risks when there is economic or geopolitical […]

The Economic Politics of the Yuan-Dollar Peg (Video)

News broke this week that China may soon announce a major increase in its gold reserves in order to convince the IMF that the yuan should be included in the Special Drawing Right basket of currencies. Jim Rickards, an expert on geoeconomics, believes the yuan’s inclusion in the SDR is inevitable and will go into […]

Ron Paul on Gold and the Health of the US Dollar (Video)

Dr. Ron Paul discussed the future of the dollar on the Ron Paul Liberty Report this week. He believes that the value of the dollar is in a bubble that will eventually pop when the Federal Reserve is forced to raise interest rates. The best measurement throughout history for the value of a currency is […]

Druckenmiller: Fed Policy Is Extremely Short-Sighted (Video)

There are very few investment professionals voicing concern about the Federal Reserve’s easy monetary policies nowadays. Most economists still believe the Fed will likely raise the Fed Funds interest rate in June, or at least by September. The financial media takes it as a given that the United States economic recovery remains relatively robust, while […]

Gold Will Return as Money in Next Generation (Video)

In his keynote address to the Mines and Money Hong Kong conference, Doug Casey shared his predictions for the future of the world economy and the mining industry. Casey is a well-respected economist and seasoned, expert analyst of the precious metals industry. His economic viewpoint aligns with Peter Schiff’s, and he believes that the astronomical […]

Ron Paul: A Dollar Crisis Is Inevitable, but Unpredictable (Video)

Ron Paul appeared on CNBC to warn that a US dollar currency crisis is inevitable. The host tried to zero-in on a specific time frame for a crisis, but Dr. Paul emphasized that the catalyst for such an event will be an unpredictable change in investor psychology. Most of the time these things [currency crises] […]

Don’t Expect a Rate Hike, because the Fed Is Clueless (Video)

Marc Faber told Kitco News the same thing Peter Schiff has been warning — the United States economy is too weak for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in June. Faber believes that eventually the markets will wake up to just how ignorant and powerless global central banks are. When that happens, investors will […]

The Fed Has Promised Too Much and Can Only Deliver Bubbles (Video)

In an interview on Bloomberg, former Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach tears apart the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. Roach explains that Ben Bernanke has blatantly admitted that the Fed’s goal is to stimulate the economy by growing asset bubbles. Roach’s indictment of the Fed and the US economy is severe, but he […]