Asset Allocation

The level of M2 - the total amount of money in circulation in the country - is not only helpful in deciphering the fair value for gold but also where the metal is headed by forecasting how the money stock will trend and...while gold doesn't move in lockstep with M2, it does follow M2 higher over time.

…Politicians try to juice up the economy during election years to improve their chances of re-election…but after the election is over and the next election is far away, they reverse the course and restrict the fiscal and monetary stimuli. Thus, major elections produce economic booms and busts, as politicians try to create an artificial boom before every election and take advantage …

The silver market is only 1/10th the size of the gold market so it’s prone to crisis-driven upside explosions as money floods into it during periods of high inflation and, today, the stage is set for an explosion in inflation. I expect it to kick off a crisis-driven mania into silver like what happened in 1980 and, adjusted for today’s prices, that means silver soaring above $160 a [troy] ounce.

it is evident that holding gold should be a priority for investors considering the looming economic uncertainty within the economy, as well as the historically superior performance of gold over the last 20 years.

There are way more U.S. dollars in existence today than at any point in history, but yet the silver price is not reflecting that reality. Currently, it is really one of the easiest decisions to make silver part of one’s investment portfolio.

80% of my investable income is in cash, precious metals and a small number of stocks. That might seem crazy, but the Pareto Principle, Zipf's Law and the bell curve have convinced me that it's a waste of time and money to get any more diversified. [Let me explain why that is the case.] Words: 396

Wall Street is in the throes of a gold rush, as investors drive the price of the precious metal to new heights. Here's why.

Historically, the Autumn months have been especially dangerous for the stock market (think October 1929 & 1987) so, this fall, investors need to be prepared in the advent that...

The traditional view of portfolio management is that three asset classes, stocks, bonds and cash, are sufficient to achieve diversification. This view is, quite simply, wrong because over the past 10 years gold, silver and platinum have singularly outperformed virtually all major widely accepted investment indexes. Precious metals should be considered an independent asset class and an allocation to precious metals, as the most uncorrelated asset group, is essential for proper portfolio diversification.

In the early part of the 1980s, there were many seminal gold price studies that showed 5% to 10% of an investment portfolio could have been optimally allocated to gold from 1968 to 1980 to maximize a risk return allocation based on performance. Even today many high profile and alternative financial experts...say a 10% gold allocation makes sense but a closer look at the facts show that they may be a little understated in percentage terms. Let’s take a closer look as to why this may be the case.