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.
Read More »Apply the Bell Curve to Your Portfolio Asset Diversification – Here’s How (+6K Views)
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
Read More »Why Investors Are Driving Gold To New Heights
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.
Read More »These 2 Possible (likely?) Worst-case Scenarios Would Result In A Crash Of Epic Proportions
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...
Read More »Your Portfolio Isn’t Adequately Diversified Without 7-15% in Precious Metals – Here’s Why (+8K Views)
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.
Read More »Research Concludes: Ideal Portfolio Should Have 27% to 30% Allocated to Gold (+4K Views)
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.
Read More »Apply Gold:Silver Ratio Ups & Downs to Greatly Increase Your PM Holdings – Here’s How (+4K Views)
Should you buy & hold your gold or silver or switch back and forth depending on the gold/silver ratio? This article examines 3 scenarios and identifies certain rules that should be followed to make the most of the ups and downs of the gold/silver ratio to substantially increase your holdings over time.
Read More »The Worst Is Yet To Come! Expect COVID-19 Crisis To Cause Indiscriminate Selling – Here’s Why
This is a real crisis – it's not going to be a short-term problem. The coming 12-18 months are going to be very long and difficult times.
Read More »How Many Stocks Should You Have In Your Portfolio? About 30? Almost 100? Over 1000?
Most people still think that you need exposure all over the board to get good diversification but that assumption is a fallacy. If you don't choose to believe us, that is your loss - literally!
Read More »10 Compelling Reasons To Add Physical Silver To Your Portfolio (+5K Views)
It’s natural and even prudent for an investor to wonder if a particular asset is a good investment or not and that’s especially true for silver, since it’s such a small market and doesn’t carry the same gravitas as gold. At this point in history, however, there are 10 compelling reasons to add physical silver to your portfolio.
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