Gold, Silver & Other Commodities

Gold has long been viewed as the “safe-haven asset” - one that can protect investors against the ravages of stock market crashes - but does gold’s safe-haven reputation still hold up? Can gold actually protect your portfolio from a tumbling stock market? The infographic below shows the 10 biggest declines in the S&P 500 since 1970 and compares them with gold price movements during the same time.

Fortunately for gold investors, the spike in real yields may be coming to an end. The Fed is slowing down its rate hikes and CPI has fallen significantly. When real yields stagnate or revert, it will be like lifting a 100-pound sack from the back of the gold price.

Silver always has been – and always will be – one of the most important metals in the world. As silver demand increases for technology and industrial applications, its value will follow.

In a pivotal move towards bolstering the supply chain security for clean energy technologies, the U.S. Department of Energy has released its much-anticipated 2023 Critical Materials Assessment. Among the materials deemed critical are aluminum, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, and various types of steel and metals like gallium, iridium, lithium, and magnesium.

If you ask the average investor, you might think that buying stocks is the best way to grow your wealth - the S&P 500 has an average return of around 10% per year - but it may surprise you that silver has consistently outperformed stocks — with an average return of 14.35% over the last 20 years.

There’s a 99% chance of a recession within the next 12 months and this places gold, which is as heralded the best safeguard against economic turmoil, in the spotlight for at least this year and in 2024. In addition, this article highlights four further reasons why a bullish outlook for precious metals remains intact over a longer horizon. 

The time has now come for the 99.5% of financial assets which are not invested in gold, silver or precious metals mining stocks to grab both the investment and wealth preservation opportunity of a life time. Making that decision before it is too late is likely to determine your financial and also general wellbeing for the rest of your life!

This article provides my answers to various questions about gold, inflation, and the Federal Reserve.

No matter how high the price of gold goes in U.S. dollars, the value of an ounce of gold remains the same. Gold is literally priceless.

Current and future weakness in the dollar — the result of much better inflation readings and the subsequent expectation of the Fed putting an end to its interest rate-hiking cycle, potentially even lowering rates — bodes well for...gold and other commodities that tend to gain value on a lower dollar.