Diversification allows us to either reduce risk for the same level of expected return or increase expected returns for the same level of risk and below are arguments for diversifying across stocks, across countries, and across asset classes.
Read More »Silver:S&P 500 Ratio Reversal Will Be Shocking – Here’s Why
The stock market bubble continues to inflate, while the price of silver remains range-bound but a reversal in those two asset classes is coming, and based on history it could be one for the record books. In fact, you might want to refrain from sipping hot coffee while viewing the tables below.
Read More »Alternative Investments: What Are They? What Are Their Advantages?
An alternative investments is an investment that falls outside the conventional categories of cash, stocks and bonds. [Here's how they work, the various types, their risks and their advantages.]
Read More »Be Bullish on Both Stocks & Gold – Here’s Why
The ultimate hedge against inflation is precious metals, and I expect gold, silver and platinum to head much higher in the next months and years.
Read More »How To Hedge Your Portfolio Against Inflation
Investors may be wondering how to position their portfolio to hedge against inflation and this article identifies which asset classes have beat inflation in recent years.
Read More »Silver Could Outperform S&P 500 For Years – Here’s Why
The chart below looks at the Silver/S&P 500 ratio over the past 40-years, highlighting several long-term trends and it suggests that silver is on course to outperform the S&P 500 for years to come.
Read More »Why Gold Mining Stocks Outperform Gold in Bull Markets
Gold mining stocks are much more volatile than gold bullion and have a variety of additional risks dependent on their company structure, jurisdiction of operations, and operational efficiency but they can be an alluring option for investors who are looking for exceptional returns in gold bull markets. Here's why.
Read More »“Unlikely” Doesn’t Mean “Never”: “Rare” Events Happen Surprisingly Frequently in the Markets (+4K Views)
By definition, rare events should seldom occur and applying that understanding to financial markets assumes that all market events follow a normal distribution or, in layman's terms, a bell-shaped curve. More specifically, the statistics say that 99.7% of all daily movements should fall within three standard deviations of the mean, no more. Well, guess what? New research suggests that they clearly don't follow such a pattern - that "unlikely" doesn't mean "never". [Let me expand on that.] Words: 1079; Charts: 1
Read More »The Growth In Money Supply Says Gold Is Going To Go Ballistic
The level of M2 - the total amount of money in circulation in the country - is not only helpful in deciphering the fair value for gold but also where the metal is headed by forecasting how the money stock will trend and...while gold doesn't move in lockstep with M2, it does follow M2 higher over time.
Read More »Are Gold Stocks a Better Choice Than Gold Itself? Let’s Find Out
Most of the biggest gains in gold stocks relative to gold bullion have come in a short period of time at the early stages of gold bull markets.
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