Precious metals news

Back in those heady days of plus-forty silver, I used to tell myself that only I wish I had been enlightened just a few months earlier. My actual “date of […]

While the US government touted its “record” settlement reached this week with Bank of America for mortgage fraud that helped fuel the 2008 recession, the details of the agreement indicate […]

The banking cartel may not realize it, but they woke up a sleeping giant… physical silver investment demand.  Before the collapse of the U.S. Housing and Investment Banking Industries, there […]

“When it becomes serious, you have to lie.”  -Jean-Claude Juncker  At the height of the Crisis in 2008, the system as we know it, both financial and political, came hours within ending, […]

This week gold joined silver in breaking down, setting a new cycle low, and selling off relatively hard.  Miners followed. Gold joined silver in the general PM move lower this […]

In the wake of this morning's 6.0 quake in the San Francisco Bay area- the largest quake in over 25 years in the area, perhaps it is time to finally […]

We're excited to introduce the new SD...8 months in the making!  New and upgraded features include:  Live Market Data: Hover over the Gold & Silver spot prices in the top […]

Gold has slid during this past week on mounting fears of interest-rate hikes.  Between the latest FOMC meeting’s minutes and the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, American futures […]

"Their various reconnaissance aircraft have been wandering around foreign airspace for decades and watching the military secrets of other countries like a disgusting thief spying over his neighbor’s fence.   However, […]

Gold drifted lower this week, with the price undermined by lack of interest on low volume and a slightly more hawkish tone in the FOMC minutes released on Wednesday. The […]

By the late 1920s, Joseph Stalin became the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union after having eliminated his opposition.  He topped it off in 1929 by serving a decisive blow […]

Is Jim Rickards a Disinformation Agent as a PM Fund Manager alleged this week, or is he simply intending to advise and prepare people for what he genuinely believes is […]

This is the final installment in a three-part series exploring three key reasons why gold could be the best hedge in the event of a major market correction. For part one, click here. For part two, click here.
As we wrote previously, there are many stories in the news lately exploring the various ways to protect yourself from a major market correction. They talk about hedge funds shorting US municipal debt, junk bonds, and foreign bonds in Asia and the eurozone. However, hardly anyone in the media mentions the use of physical gold bullion to protect your savings from a stock market crash.  We believe gold will outperform any of these conventional “safe havens” for three key reasons.
The third promising factor for gold in the event of a major market correction is that there are simply few alternatives. Even the conventional “safe bets” don’t hold up to scrutiny in today’s environment.
Treasury bonds have been one of the most traditional investments for protecting savings a...

There are laws in place which may be fought, denied, or lied about, but in the end, reality always reasserts itself, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.  Which […]

The 30 statistics that you are about to read prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the middle class in America is being systematically destroyed.  Once upon a time, […]

The West's power & influence is on the wane. It is clearly not in the interests of the long-standing members of the EU to escalate a sanctions and financial conflict […]

CDC research scientist comes forward, anonymously, comes clean, tells Dr. Brian Hooker that the CDC has known about the MMR vaccine connection to autism for at least 11 years. Has […]

Silver's overall price action today was that of a failed rally; at one point silver was up +0.20 but failed to hold its gains, which I consider generally bearish. Silver's […]

Besides what the Fed is doing by printing money, there is another big threat to the dollar, warns Alasdair Macleod. Countries in Asia are banding together in order to rid […]

The Saddle Ridge Hoard was amassed from coins during a period which was unique in history.   You see, while gold coins were in abundance, due to the gold standard, it […]