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Jim Rickards: Your Personal Gold Standard

Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, published an interesting article over at The Daily Reckoning about why you don’t need to wait for central banks to adopt a gold standard before adopting your own. “There isn’t a central bank in the world that wants to go back to a gold standard. But that’s not the […]

Phony Government Statistics and Gold’s Role in the Coming Crisis

John Williams, founder of ShadowStats.com, published an excellent commentary with Casey Research last week. Williams compares his truthful, adjusted economic data with the nominal data that the US government points to as signs of recovery. He paints a very clear picture of how close we are to another dramatic economic crisis and emphasizes the importance […]

Santelli & Peter Schiff: The Fed Will Lose Control (Video)

Peter Schiff had a friendly conversation with Rick Santelli this morning on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street. They discussed how the Fed’s quantitative easing has become uncontrollable and why this will make the next crisis even worse than the last. I think eventually you’re going to see a real attack on the dollar and the […]

The Dangers of Leveraged Gold Accounts

For investors who follow the fundamentals, the recent plunge in the gold price is an excellent buying opportunity. And indeed, physical metals purchases have continued to be strong around the world. Of course, when opportunities like this arise, so do the people aiming to take advantage of inexperienced buyers. If you believe that the price […]

The Silver Institute’s June Silver News

Stay up-to-date on the latest advances in the silver industry with The Silver Institute’s bi-monthly Silver News. The latest issue, released this week, includes some fascinating articles on the new uses of the anti-bacterial properties of silver.

Is Gold Really Worth $40,000 Per Ounce?

In a new commentary on Forbes, Todd Ganos steps back and looks at gold’s recent volatility through the lens of the yellow metal’s traditional role: gold as stable, incorruptible money. “Recently, there has been quite a bit of volatility in the dollar price of gold.  It certainly can’t be that the fundamental value of the […]

Green Investors Missing Golden Opportunity

By Peter Schiff Gold’s second quarter price plunge is now the largest on record, dropping 23% in the last three months to finish a little over $1,200. Wall Street is gloating that a new metals bear market is upon us. A Duke professor even forecast gold returning to its “fair value” of $800 or lower. […]

What Are Reasonable Gold Market Expectations?

By Jeff Clark from Casey Research The historical record shows that those who get washed out during big corrections miss the greatest buying opportunities of a bull market. With that as context, what can we expect from gold moving forward? Let’s start with the short-term… Full market capitulation is underway. Headlines about gold are almost […]

Top Gun Ben Overshoots the Runway

Jon Pawelko publishes the web comic Lampoon The System to poke fun at insane economic policies and educate the public on sound economics. Click here for more cartoons and information on his anthology book, available for only $15. Follow us on Twitter to stay up-to-date on Peter Schiff’s latest thoughts: @SchiffGold Interested in learning about […]

Indians Keep Buying Gold in Off Season

Indians aren’t deterred by a slump in the gold price. Even in their gold “off season,” Indian jewelry and gold stores continue to sell the yellow metal unabated.