The global coronavirus pandemic has accelerated several troubling trends already in force.
Among them are exponential debt growth, rising dependency on government, and scaled-up central...
The Federal Reserve is warning investors in no uncertain terms that higher rates of inflation are coming.
Yet markets, for the most part, have disregarded...
Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden won’t go down as a great moment in the annals of American democracy.
That much...
The Federal Reserve last week reiterated its commitment to an unprecedented inflation-raising campaign.
Specifically, the Fed aims to push the inflation rate above 2% for...
Since posting new record highs in early August, the gold market has consolidated above $1,900/oz support.
A close below the $1,900 level would carry bearish...
Public and private pension plans face a dual crisis.
The first and most obvious threat to pensioners is that defined-benefit vehicles are severely underfunded.
By one...
Contrary to much politically motivated, media-fueled paranoia about Russia, the former Soviet Union – with a shrinking population and a GDP smaller than the...
Do precious metals still represent good value?
With gold just coming off a new all-time high above $2,000/oz and silver having more than doubled off...
Silver prices aren’t just rising; they’re erupting!
Silver has been ascending at a far steeper rate than the climactic move of 2010-2011 which briefly brought...
