The HUI Gold Bugs index has fallen twice as much as gold’s bear market loss of 43% but, looking at the charts, both are saying the lows may already be in.

1. Is gold a safe-haven or a hedge, and what is the difference between them? 2. What is gold supposed to be a safe-haven or a hedge in relation to? 3. Does gold protect investors from a stock market crash, bond market volatility, inflation, or a systemic crisis? 4. Do the safe-haven properties of gold depend on the country and the time horizon?

On the very last day of the last two Shemitah years, the stock market crashed so badly that it set a brand new all-time record and now we are in another Shemitah year. It began last fall, and it will end next September. Could it be possible that we will see another historic market crash?

When comparing the S&P 500 to the Barron's Gold Mining Index (BGMI), the ratio reached a high of 6.32 during the 1987-2000 bull market. The ratio today is 6.39. The higher the ratio, the cheaper gold companies are which means...we are seeing the cheapest gold stocks ever!

The market's history often provides clues to its future - we're big fans of precedent analysis - so now's a good time to delve into prior, similar instances to see what they led to [and, therefore, what we might expect in the next 2 months].

When it comes to market sentiment, gold is at the bottom of the barrel as almost everyone is predicting a complete collapse in the gold price and is falling all over each other to predict the new and lowest price for gold. Why is that so? What does it all mean? Read on!

Today's market and economic conditions strongly suggest that tomorrow the following events will unfold.

New changes in the Federal Reserve's discount rate will reverberate through global markets and more than likely increase the price of gold. Here's why.

The market will continue to keep us all guessing - that’s what markets do best - but in this article I present 10 predictions for the remainder of 2015. Some are contrarian calls well outside of the mainstream but, as 2015 has trained us to expect the unexpected, I believe them to be the right calls.

The bear market for gold is long in the tooth...and gold stocks are the most undervalued they have been in decades.