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  • What Would A Modern Gold Standard Look Like?

    The United States of America began its country ship on a bimetallic standard, which meant that economic transactions occurred through gold and silver purchases (or bank notes drawn against gold and silver deposits). Between 1780 and 1830, most Americans bought with silver—much more common and less risky than carrying gold—and held their savings in silver.

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  • Gold Investing During Trump’s Troubled Administration

    Investment bank Goldman Sachs made waves in late 2016 when lead equity strategist Peter Oppenheimer advised investors to look at “gold as a hedge” against then president-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda. Many in the financial media agreed. Surely, the incoming administration would be good news for alternative assets and poor for traditional equities. Those prognostications

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  • Gold Buying 101

    The first thing to realize about buying gold is that there is practically never a “bad time to buy.” The reason it’s easy to say that with confidence is that gold is a “long term” investment. Even people who bought gold at its peak price in 2011 (over $1,900 per ounce) could potentially see profit

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  • What Is Bitcoin?

    Bitcoin has been called a digital asset, virtual currency and cryptocurrency, but is it really money? According to the definition of “money,” it must meet three criteria. Money must act as a store of value, a medium of exchange, and a unit of account. At this point, most economists (and a number of judges) fail

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  • Why Does Uncertainty Benefit Gold And Other Precious Metal Values?

    Uncertainty is the result of a lack of predictable expectations. When things progress in an orderly and predictable manner, investors consider this a positive and risk-on market condition, because expectations allow for a logical progression to a potentially anticipated end. But when circumstances intervene having the capability to suddenly and unexpectedly derail a logical progression,

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  • What Is The Federal Reserve?

    The central bank of the United States is the Federal Reserve System, or the “Fed.” Superficially, the Fed acts as the reserve holder and supplier of the private sector’s commercial banking system, which means that it takes in commercial banking deposits and coordinates loans between commercial banks. In practice, the Fed dictates banking policies, drives

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  • Everything You Need To Know About The Financial Crisis Of 2008

    On September 24, 2008, in the early stages of one of the worst recessions in American history, President George W. Bush addressed the nation to propose a dramatic bailout plan for the financial sector. In an attempt to sell the emergency bailout to the American public, Bush spoke of the “need to preserve the foundations

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  • Everything You Need To Know About Fort Knox

    The United States Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox or sometimes the “gold fortress,” carved quite a reputation, thanks to the imagination of TV developers, video game designers, novelists, conspiracy theorists, and even policymakers. “The world’s biggest bank,” as it used to be called, has had a rich history: it existed during the Gold

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  • Gold’s Attributes Shine Brightest During Times Of Uncertainty

    The stock market is trying to ignore the increased levels and locations of global tensions, but without much success. The scenario highlights the long-standing attraction of investors to gold and other precious metals during times of increasing inflation and particularly during times presenting an unclear or uncertain economic horizon. Though the 50 year mark for

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  • Everything You Need To Know About The Wall Street Crash Of 1929

    On October 24, 1929 (“Black Thursday”) the United States equity markets had the most dramatic decline in their history. Over the course of four days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 25%. Investors lost $30 billion, or the equivalent to $400 billion in 2017. The real story goes beyond the numbers. The crash of 1929

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