Gold & Silver

There are many risks right now that favor owning gold in your portfolio. Below I’ve selected 5 of the most compelling charts that highlight why I think you need gold in your portfolio now.

While this year has been especially lackluster for gold with its price slumping 8% YTD and down 35% from its high.in 2011 this out-of-favor asset class now deserves a place in investment portfolios. Here's why.

Gold and silver have been exceptionally weak this year. Is it finally time to buy gold & silver?

Silver prices are down more than 70% from their 2011 peak. I don't know if silver prices have bottomed - and there are plenty of risks to consider - but I think a long, patient position at current prices or better will be rewarded over time. Here's why.

...The World Cup trophy is legendary. It is one of the oldest international sporting competitions..., established in 1930, and remains one of the most popular sporting competitions in the world. Over 3 billion people are expected to watch at least one minute of the tournament and nearly a billion people are expected to watch at least one minute of the final in Russia...How much does it weigh and what is its worth in gold?

The relationship between silver and the Dow is such that significant Dow peaks are often followed by significant silver rallies. It is for this reason that silver can provide a great opportunity to bank Dow profits and even grow them much bigger.

We have been following silver’s performance closely and anticipating a strong move in silver price for a while now. As we write this article, the silver price is still trading within the range on its 35 year silver chart, and we believe the resolution of the long term triangle pattern will be resolved very soon. Summer 2018 will set the tone for silver and gold price for the rest of 2018 and possibly early 2019. Here's why.

History, as well as recent action, suggests that weakness in the stock market is more crucial to gold’s future than weakness in the US Dollar.

Every year, humans gobble up around 28 million tonnes of the metal in uses mainly related to its electrical properties – and as we transition to a green energy paradigm, copper will be an even more vital ingredient to human progress than it is today.

The gold/oil ratio is recognized as a sort of canary in a coal mine, giving advance warning of turbulence ahead and, for the first time in 3 years, the ratio is below 20-to-1 compared to its historical average of 15-to-1. Were it to go above 20-to-1, making gold too expensive or oil too cheap, and we would be in crisis mode.