The Federal Reserve is caught in a web of its own making. Financial experts believe that the Fed’s back is now against the wall with no good options left. Peter Schiff, chief market strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management, and renowned gold bug, had the following to comment, “The Federal Reserve has trapped themselves; either … Read more

“So we have an asset bubble. Now that’s not just in tech stocks; it’s in everything.” A recent statement quoted by one of the men responsible for making a trade that “broke the Bank of England” in 1992. This one single trade was placed against the British Pound and netted his firm over a billion … Read more

If we thought the dot com bubble of the ’90s or even the housing crash of 2008 was significant, then we haven’t seen anything yet. Well, at least in the eyes of Michael Burry, the investor who gained fame for calling the 2008 crisis, and more importantly, bet billions of dollars against it and won … Read more

Talks of inflations squeezing and ultimately hindering our nation, continue to be the topic in circulation right now for alarming reasons. Everywhere you look right now costs seem to be increasing. Whether that’s been through the outlandish increase of the price of homes, materials like lumber, or everyday consumer products like cooking oil or corn, … Read more

If the old saying, “history repeats itself” holds true, then now may be a great time to start paying attention to what’s going on around us. Historically, we are revisiting inflation levels not seen since 2008. And we are all too familiar with how the years following that period of time treated us. Millions of … Read more

Last year we saw a strong performance by gold as it broke past previous all-time highs and set a new milestone above $2,000. This wasn’t the case for gold at the beginning of this year. Gold’s price retraced to retest levels around $1,700. However, some may seem to forget that even in a bull run, … Read more

The stock market’s volatility over the last year has undoubtedly been more than usual. Because of this, we have seen many analysts calling for extremes on both ends of the market, both bull, and bear. While no one knows exactly what the market will do next, nonetheless a year or two from now, when we … Read more

At one point in time, one million dollars was a financial threshold goal that many Americans believed would grant them financial freedom. At the very least, it would provide them with a more than comfortable retirement. Sadly, this is no longer the case. With each year that progresses, we veer further and further away from … Read more

Talks of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ legitimacy as an investment have been circulating for the past year. Some have even gone as far as to call Bitcoin the new “digital gold.” However, when a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin sees a 30% one-day drop, we wonder how anyone could consider it a safe haven for wealth. Take … Read more

Let’s take a moment to clarify how much the Federal Reserve has “helped us” protect and strengthen our nation’s currency over time. Since 1913, when the Federal Reserve was established, a dollar then now has around the same buying power as $26 today. Everyone knows the dollar is worth so much less than it once … Read more

The silver market has been stealing the show from its more famous cousin, gold. The increase in demand for silver has caused it to soar up to 74% in the last year. The reason? Industrial demand. Strategists say the rally is likely to continue as the global economy reopens. Silver can be found in electric … Read more

Despite their individual growth rate (or lack thereof), assets across all markets usually share one pattern in common: growth followed by retracement. Strong performing assets go on to see continued growth after a retracement and will continue to follow this up and down pattern. In short, nothing goes straight up. The same holds true for … Read more