Gold & Silver

I have come out of retirement for this one off, once only, speech to warn that the good ship “Life As We Know It” is sinking. You have the choice of getting into a life boat now or going down with the ship. The life boats consist of precious metals and other assets that will survive the coming currency destruction. [Let me explain.] Words: 1400

Precious metals investors should temper their expectations for higher prices, and take appropriate defensive action. Here's why.

Here are 6 rules for buying and selling gold, silver and gold palladium the right way. [You'll] not only get the best-possible prices but also [know] how to feel good about the quality of your purchase!

We are at the beginning of a major shift out of paper assets into real assets and the more I studied the merits of owning gold and silver the more I realized that silver was the smart decision. Let me explain.

It really is that simple. Once you tune out the white noise of the main stream media, recognize Keynesian economics for the claptrap it is, and come to terms with the painful reality that policymakers and financial elites navigate the ship of state to their benefit, not yours, the basic truth of my contention that gold should explode will resonate with you. Words: 630

Precious metals should rank at the top of your investment “to buy” list. While prices cannot be predicted with precision they will go dramatically higher as confidence in paper money deteriorates. Gold bugs have their politicians and their messy political process to thank for this inevitable event!

These 7 gold ratio charts show what to look for in regards to seeing confirmation that a new bull market is truly underway. It is the general trend we want to focus in on and this article helps one focus on doing just that.

Comments I have made that "when this [financial crisis] finally ends the big winners are apt to be the ones who have lost the least purchasing power. Keeping score in nominal dollars is likely to be meaningless. Gold tends to hold its purchasing power regardless of what happens to fiat currency” have prompted questions about a) how to achieve such purchasing power with physical gold when this stage is reached, b) how to go about buying things with gold coins and c) how gold would be utilized under the assumption that a barter system would develop when dollars become worthless. [Let me explain.] Words: 700

Stop looking to gold for the answers. The only thing you need to know about where the gold price is headed is what the U.S. dollar is doing.

The gold/silver ratio has rather shockingly continued to rise steadily, and this month it has even broken above 90:1 but don't expect some kind of automatic reversion of the gold/silver ratio down to dramatically lower levels in favor of silver just because the current ratio seems very high. It is much more likely that future silver rallies will peak and top out around a gold/silver ratio in the range of 50:1. Here's why.