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Don’t Trust the Government, Gold Still Inflation Hedge

In his latest article at Forbes, Jack Adamo analyzes the history of government inflation statistics and why gold is still an excellent hedge in spite of the popular narrative that inflation is “under control.” “The other problem I find with the inflation-to-gold ratio analysis is this: We are truly in unknown territory with the U.S. […]

Lewis Lehrman: The Rise and Fall of Real Money (Video)

Lewis E. Lehrman, author of the new book, Money, Gold, and History, spoke at the Cato Institute last month about the history of central banking and the destruction of the gold standard. Lehrman’s lengthy talk is a great introduction to the rise and fall of real money. His new book includes 40 years of essays […]

World Gold Council on Fundamental Gold Investing (Video)

Bob Alderman, Managing Director for the World Gold Council, speaks about the enduring value of gold and the yellow metal’s current role in a long-term investment strategy. The case for owning gold is a simple supply and demand story, [and] it has always been that way. What’s changed over the past several months is that […]

A Solar Silver Bull in China

By Jeff Clark from Casey Research Last month, big news came out of China. It may have gone unnoticed by most investors – and there’s really no reason why it would have been covered extensively by mainstream media – but it’s important if you’re a silver investor. China raised its target for solar generating capacity […]

Jim Rickards: The Fed Is Just Wrong About Recovery (Audio)

Enjoy this excellent audio interview with Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, on the Korelin Economics Report. Rickards dissects the Fed’s forecasting record and explains why quantitative easing is destroying the economy. “The Fed’s forecasting record has been abysmal. The Fed has been wrong four out of the last four years in terms of their […]

Bernanke Admits To Congress: We Are Printing Money, Just ‘Not Literally’

Forbes published an excellent summary of Ben Bernanke’s congressional testimony this week, highlighting the Fed Chairman’s ridiculous flip-flopping as he answered questions with whatever story suited his needs – one minute the economy is recovering, the next it isn’t doing so hot. “In his semi-annual testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services, Fed Chairman […]

Jim Rickards: Your Personal Gold Standard

Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, published an interesting article over at The Daily Reckoning about why you don’t need to wait for central banks to adopt a gold standard before adopting your own. “There isn’t a central bank in the world that wants to go back to a gold standard. But that’s not the […]

Phony Government Statistics and Gold’s Role in the Coming Crisis

John Williams, founder of ShadowStats.com, published an excellent commentary with Casey Research last week. Williams compares his truthful, adjusted economic data with the nominal data that the US government points to as signs of recovery. He paints a very clear picture of how close we are to another dramatic economic crisis and emphasizes the importance […]

The Silver Institute’s June Silver News

Stay up-to-date on the latest advances in the silver industry with The Silver Institute’s bi-monthly Silver News. The latest issue, released this week, includes some fascinating articles on the new uses of the anti-bacterial properties of silver.

Is Gold Really Worth $40,000 Per Ounce?

In a new commentary on Forbes, Todd Ganos steps back and looks at gold’s recent volatility through the lens of the yellow metal’s traditional role: gold as stable, incorruptible money. “Recently, there has been quite a bit of volatility in the dollar price of gold.  It certainly can’t be that the fundamental value of the […]