Is gold a good investment?
It’s one of the most frequently asked questions about gold. “Is gold a good investment?” I think if you can wrap your head around what the answer to this question means, you’ll be better...
The Problem with Gold ETFs
Earlier this month, I wrote a piece about why I believe GDX and GDXJ are not great vehicles for gold investors.But they’re not the only ETFs out there… and believe it or not, some of these other...
Powell’s End?
“In the short-run, the stock market is a voting machine. Yet, in the long-run, it is a weighing machine.” - Warren BuffettThe price of gold securities - as with all other types of stocks - is at...
Don’t Fall for the “Stock Price Trap”
Right now, there are two significant mechanisms that explain why gold stocks are still undervalued - and they’re working in tandem. The first one is that despite a healthy run-up in gold stocks...
The Two Indicators that Will Tell us When the Gold Bull is Over
Everyone wants to know if the gold bull market is petering out or when it will end. In my experience, gold bull markets don’t end UNTIL another precious metal has an absolutely blow off top.
Royalties Vs. Miners
I’ve split my gold research into two very distinct categories in my paid publications. In one service (Golden Portfolio, or GP for short) I focus entirely on what I consider to be the best and...
Gold Majors are Coming for Value
Over the past month or so, we’ve seen acquisitions start to pick up in the gold mining and royalty space. Today, we had news in both the Golden Portfolio and the Golden Portfolio 10X services...
These Two Gold ETFs Stink
I’ve been writing a lot about physical gold lately - the trends and bullish indicators. It’s an exciting time in this market, because there are so many interesting stories coming out every week...
It’s been a relatively light news week for gold - until today.
Critics of gold frequently point out that it’s not used directly as a medium of exchange much, if at all anymore. That’s one of the main traits of money, along with store of value and unit of...
Why the Dollar is Crashing: A Case Study
People living within a currency zone might have a hard time conceptually with the idea of “selling” that currency. If you live in the United States, you probably don’t think about exchange...
Was it all an illusion?
You have to start to wonder: have the past ~50 years of economic history been a total mirage? A mass formation psychosis of monetary misunderstanding? We tried with lawyers, guns and psy-ops to...
It’s Finally Happening for BRICS?
Students of monetary history are well familiar with the now-decades old assertion that BRICS (the loosely affiliated trade group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South America) is going...