Gold

While this year has been especially lackluster for gold with its price slumping 8% YTD and down 35% from its high.in 2011 this out-of-favor asset class now deserves a place in investment portfolios. Here's why.

Gold and silver have been exceptionally weak this year. Is it finally time to buy gold & silver?

...The World Cup trophy is legendary. It is one of the oldest international sporting competitions..., established in 1930, and remains one of the most popular sporting competitions in the world. Over 3 billion people are expected to watch at least one minute of the tournament and nearly a billion people are expected to watch at least one minute of the final in Russia...How much does it weigh and what is its worth in gold?

History, as well as recent action, suggests that weakness in the stock market is more crucial to gold’s future than weakness in the US Dollar.

The gold/oil ratio is recognized as a sort of canary in a coal mine, giving advance warning of turbulence ahead and, for the first time in 3 years, the ratio is below 20-to-1 compared to its historical average of 15-to-1. Were it to go above 20-to-1, making gold too expensive or oil too cheap, and we would be in crisis mode.

All signs point to a recession, which, Rosenberg predicts, is a year away. As such, he suggests de-risking your portfolio. That means raising cash and investing in asset classes that are not correlated to the stock market.

You need to own gold; and you need to own shares in companies that find and mine it. I lay out seven reasons that reinforce the argument for holding gold. Here they are:

For many years I have warned people about the coming risks and changes that the world will experience. Very few people are aware of these risks and even fewer understand them. In this piece, I will make an attempt to summarise what I see coming.

Recent comments by the following analysts reflect the current uncertainty of the gold & silver markets.

Be smart and add a gold position to your portfolio and sit back knowing you made a smart investment. This article highlights 6 concrete reasons why.