Investing

Why should you invest in gold & silver? How much of your investment dollars should you allocate to them? Should it be invested in bullion, ETFs, mutual funds, individual mining/royalty stocks or warrants? This article provides the answers.

Jade is valued so differently than other comparable gemstones or precious metals that a Chinese proverb says "Gold has a price; jade is priceless". Jade is not, in fact priceless but the finest jade sells for about the same price per carat as diamonds in the United States.

The number, market cap and currencies of the constituents of the HUI, XAU, GDX, XGD and CDNX indices differ considerably from each other and, as such, each index presents a different picture of what is really happening in the precious metals marketplace. This article analyzes the make-up of each index to reveal the biases of each to arrive at the answer to the question in the title. Words: 1026

This post explains what structured notes are, outlines the two main types, and demonstrates how to implement them in a portfolio.

For all of 2019, the Dogs of the Dow returned 19.7% versus 25% and 31% return for the DJIA Index and SP500 Index, respectively

A short time ago I started looking at the question: "Is gold an effective hedge against a financial crisis?" Having studied the question in more detail, I find the answer is no, gold is not an effective hedge against a financial crisis. Here's why.

Recently I discovered a website which tracks pundits in finance (and politics and sports). Check it out to see how many of the calls and predictions of your favorite prognosticators have turned out to be true. You’ll be surprised and, no doubt, disappointed!

The S&P 500 Index increased more than 31% in 2019, putting last year among the very best going all the way back to 1928. Is it now time for investors to de-risk, or should they continue to hold their positions?

I know, I know, no one likes the bearer of bad news — especially when it comes to stock prices - but someone needs to remind you what usually happens to stocks when the Fed raises rates so it might as well be me. They drop. Let me explain.

It has been a great year for global equities with the average country up 12.45%. Of the 74 countries, 61 are in the green while just 13 are in the red.