Asset Allocation

While the correlation between bonds and stocks tends to increase during economic turmoil, gold usually becomes negatively correlated with other asset classes in such times. This means that the diversification benefits of gold are maintained and may even increase in during severe crises. Let me explain further and provide some caveats.

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

Martin Armstrong says gold touched rock bottom last week and will begin to rally sometime after October 1st, 2015 and reach $5,000+ an ounce in 2016.

Historically, the average P/E ratio of the S&P 500 is 16.64, and a reversion to said mean would represent a further decline in the index of 33%.

Is this the time to be buying gold mining stocks? Maybe, maybe not, but if you don't own any at all, this is a good time to start thinking about them. Here's why.

We are content to pay for house insurance for most of our lives yet very few of us have actually experienced a fire or a major disaster where we had to use the insurance. We are comfortable with paying the premiums every year in order to avoid a catastrophic loss. Well, owning gold is tantamount to owning an insurance policy on your investment portfolio.

The information provided by the Gold/Housing ratio in 2015 flat-out contradicts many widely held perceptions about market valuations today.

As an investment, gold is not for the faint of heart. You can make or lose a fortune, depending on your entry and exit points so, that being the case, is now a good time to buy gold?

If you have no gold or silver, you will be “Greeced,” “Cyprused,” or otherwise financially screwed for not taking responsibility for your own economic future. Those who already own either or both gold and silver know this although they still foolishly complain about the paper price continuing to decline - and that focus is grossly misplaced. Here's why.

Reasonable people understand that the stock market can go down as well as up so after a six year run that pushed the Dow Jones up dramatically, maybe it’s time to stop looking for reasons to buy stocks and begin looking for reasons to sell. This article presents 7 sound reasons to do the latter.