The main reason to buy gold and silver any time is as insurance against extreme negative events. The main reason for buying gold in 2016 remains the risk of an international monetary system collapse. Gold is money in extremis.

Gold may well get as high as $5,000 one day – in the next great 30-year commodity cycle - but you may be dead before that day comes! Here's why.

In an unprecedented move that signals China’s growing global influence, Zimbabwe has announced that it will adopt the Chinese currency as legal tender as it seeks to increase trade with Beijing.

Silver looks like it has bottomed and will move substantially higher. Here's why.

History shows that gold prices rise and fall but inevitably, over time, follow the increase in money supply and debt. As such the next big move will be upward to match the exploding national debt. I support said contention with some most interesting charts showing the long-term relationship between the price of gold and the growth in national debt.

The cloud on the horizon is a flock of black swans. No one can predict when they might land. What can be said for certain is that, at some point, they most certainly will.

This coming autumn we are likely to experience the beginning of the end to the biggest speculative bubble in world history. All bubble assets will implode and the financial system will come under massive pressure

Central banks clearly want inflation and fear deflation and will, therefore, find a way to create the inflation they want resulting in gold prices somewhere between $3,000 and $4,500 by 2025.

The fuse on the global debt bomb has been lit. We are now officially in the crisis to which the 2008 meltdown was just the warm up. Here's why.

Money illusion is a longstanding concept in economics that has enormous significance for you if you’re a saver, investor or entrepreneur. Money illusion is a ruse performed by central banks that can distort the economy and destroy your wealth. Let me explain.