it’s hard to see the current spike in equities as anything other than a blow-off move into a final top. It’s the only description for what the equity markets are doing. Let me explain further.

The consensus amongst analysts is that gold is grossly under-valued in view of its bullish fundamentals and now presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for millions of investors worldwide who wanted to own gold but were heretofore leery of its lofty price. Below are 9 fundamental factors behind these bullish opinions.

The argument that the past 10 years of low interest rates has just been an anomaly which will normalize to higher levels in the next couple of years is not going to unfold. Interest rates will be perpetually low for the rest of our lives! Here's why.

On 30 November 2014 the Swiss people will vote on ‘The Swiss Gold Initiative’ in a national referendum giving them the opportunity to determine not just the fate of their own financial system but also to be the catalyst for the return to sound money in the Western World.

For the moment, things are looking pretty good in the United States but...our financial markets are perfectly primed for a fall. Sadly, most people did not see the crash of 2008 coming, and most people will not see the next one coming either.

Many investors believe that the rise of the federal funds rate is detrimental for gold prices but, although this relationship may often hold, investors should be skeptical about this rule of thumb. This article explains why that is the case.

This article answers the question as to how far the employment situation in the U.S. is from "normalizing" by analyzing 6 metrics to help answer the question. The conclusion is surprising. Read on.

This article presents a historical analysis of the impact of U.S. monetary policy announcements on the price of gold in U.S. dollars over subsequent 3-month periods beginning with the Federal Reserve's extra-ordinary 75 basis point Fed Funds rate cut in January 2008 and the most significant central bank policy announcements since. The findings are very interesting, indeed.

Huge growth patterns in markets -- more commonly known as "bubbles" -- have a remarkable timing signature common to every single one of them - they all have lasted 64 or 65 months from initial growth to blow-off top.

The Fed's buying of U.S. Treasuries by creating currency (paper money) out of thin air is inflationary (either now or long term) and those that do not accept this premise are, with all due respect, daft, and is sure to result in a momentous growth in the value of hard assets such as gold and silver. Here's why.