How is gold responding to the Federal Reserve’s vote to leave interest rates near zero? Prices rose more than 1%, lifting the demand for the safe-haven metal. Last year, to help prop up the economy, the Federal Reserve promised to increase their monthly bond purchases and sustain those monthly purchases until the economy showed signs … Read more

Time and money are two things our country doesn’t have enough of right now. With each passing day, we come closer and closer to once again reaching our debt limit, also known as, the maximum amount of debt that the US can have outstanding. A few months ago, around mid-October, we came days away from … Read more

Traditionally, this is the time of year where joy and happiness fill homes across the nation. And given how rough this year has been, it’s safe to assume that every American was looking forward to this holiday season. However, it apparently seems to be shaping up to be a doom and gloom type of season … Read more

Did you know that 20% of all US dollars in the money supply, $3.4 trillion, was created in 2020 alone? For quite some time, we have been warning our readers about inflation and what they can do to protect themselves and their hard-earned dollars. Now, beliefs are circulating that the US dollar is headed for … Read more

Do you believe things are improving and that we are indeed “building back a better” economy? Today, America is being haunted by the ghost of the 1970s-style stagflation and its looming over economists’ minds today. Many believe that our economy is headed towards deeper times of turmoil, specifically a time that resembles the economic nightmare … Read more

The stock market exposed a kink in its armor when the Coronavirus fear hit the markets and caused some major indexes to spiral downwards by 30% and more in some cases. Now over a year and a half later, the stock market rebounded from the COVID dip. However, we are still facing many threats, which … Read more

“Quantitative easing is important but if that quantitative easing gets in the money, watch out.” Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel predicts that inflation can visit 20% and even up to 25% levels. If anything above 2% is considered to be high inflation, then the next few years will continue to be rocky to say the least. … Read more

Although the U.S. labor market has shown significant improvement since the initial emergence of the pandemic, Americans aren’t buying that we are in the clear yet. A recent poll conducted by Bankrate showed that nearly 39% of Americans feel that the pandemic is the greatest threat to the economy over the next six months. 21% … Read more

Gold’s appeal dates back centuries and its popularity in global consumer demand has been making headlines recently. The precious metal is seeing buying pressure for its many different outlets, including the more obvious like its institutional financial performance, along with retail, collectors, and the jewelry industry. There are many reasons behind the purchasing of gold, … Read more

The World Bank estimates that global growth will hit a firm 5.6% this year, and although it may not feel like it considering the circumstances, the U.S has been a top leader in global economic recovery. Unfortunately, there are underlying issues that could prove to be significant enough to not only knock us off our … Read more

One successful hedge fund manager believes that gold can increase by nearly 300% over the next five years. In fact, Diego Parrilla, manager of the defensive and gold-heavy Quadriga Igneo fund, predicted that the precious metal would rise to break its historic all-time high in 2020. And it did. Although we hear our fair share … Read more

Like many things, one of the most powerful emotions that affect our financial decision-making and that of the stock market is fear. We saw it last year when the news of the Coronavirus lockdowns hit the markets, causing some stocks to tumble more than 30% in a matter of days. Although the market has somewhat … Read more