The year hasn’t been off to the start Americans had hoped for and uncertainty around the country’s progress is growing. Many are wondering where this leaves gold, especially considering that the global monetary policy remains very accommodative. Chief gold strategist at State Street Global Advisors, George Milling Stanley, said in a recent webinar that gold’s … Read more

Gold is off to yet another strong start this year. Up nearly 3% in less than a week, this may be the second consecutive year that gold sets an all-time high fueled by uncertainty, fear, and doubt. Unemployment numbers are still up, the approval and passing of a second stimulus package that came in late … Read more

Gold has always been seen as a safe haven asset for Americans in uncertain times. What started as a strong year quickly changed due to the emergence of COVID-19. With such a turbulent year, let’s take a quick review of gold’s performance and recap a brief analysis to see what we can expect in 2021. … Read more

Second place is never as good as first place, right? Well, in this instance, it’s not. In fact, it’s better. Silver is a precious metal that tends to be viewed as second in line with gold being the leading asset. And although gold went on a rally to break its historic all-time high in 2020, … Read more

The Fed recently held their last meeting for the year, and surprisingly, they are very optimistic about what 2021 may bring. But of course, the path to get there isn’t so clear. They held true to their promise to keep interest rates at or very close to 0% and made it clear that this would … Read more

2020 has been turbulent, to say the least. And with just two weeks remaining in the year, another stimulus package is approved by Congress. At $900 billion, the new bill is smaller than the first stimulus package; the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed in March. However, the gold market responded just as strongly to the … Read more

Economic uncertainty has pushed Americans into safer assets. With gold’s soaring performance this year, international banks are joining in on the action. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) feels strongly about gold’s future, which by the way, has a lot to do with the dollar’s weak performance. Many have pegged gold’s 10% retracement towards … Read more

The media rarely ever fully agrees on one topic entirely across the board. While this year certainly proved that when it came to other talking points, for financial or investment, things seem to be a bit different. Real estate, bonds, or a new company entering the market is traditionally the week or month’s finance hot … Read more

When a large corporation like Wells Fargo publicly announces its bullish outlook, especially the potential of gold prices rising, it’s something worth noting. While owning gold is by no means new, in fact, it has been around much longer than any currency we are familiar with today, the head of real asset strategy at Wells … Read more

There’s no question that everyone wants the global pandemic to be over, but excessive optimism in a short amount of time is a sign of wishful thinking. While reasons for optimism are growing, there is still an overwhelming amount of fear and uncertainty revolving around our nation. The reality is the US is still facing … Read more

Another round of fiscal stimulus is in the works as Washington faces a looming deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The news has sparked instant price rises in safe-haven assets like gold. Why? Because the more new money that is printed, the lower our current currency value goes, leading to higher inflation. The Federal Reserve’s … Read more

In early November, we received good news that a COVID-19 vaccine would soon be available to Americans. This announcement acted as a signal to some that we, as a country, would soon be free and clear of the virus and the many troubles that came with it. Many even went as far as moving their … Read more