Gold

History, as well as recent action, suggests that weakness in the stock market is more crucial to gold’s future than weakness in the US Dollar.

The gold/oil ratio is recognized as a sort of canary in a coal mine, giving advance warning of turbulence ahead and, for the first time in 3 years, the ratio is below 20-to-1 compared to its historical average of 15-to-1. Were it to go above 20-to-1, making gold too expensive or oil too cheap, and we would be in crisis mode.

All signs point to a recession, which, Rosenberg predicts, is a year away. As such, he suggests de-risking your portfolio. That means raising cash and investing in asset classes that are not correlated to the stock market.

You need to own gold; and you need to own shares in companies that find and mine it. I lay out seven reasons that reinforce the argument for holding gold. Here they are:

For many years I have warned people about the coming risks and changes that the world will experience. Very few people are aware of these risks and even fewer understand them. In this piece, I will make an attempt to summarise what I see coming.

Recent comments by the following analysts reflect the current uncertainty of the gold & silver markets.

Be smart and add a gold position to your portfolio and sit back knowing you made a smart investment. This article highlights 6 concrete reasons why.

Cryptocurrencies are the biggest Ponzi scheme in modern history. It is very similar to chain letters or pyramid schemes. The issuers make tons of money as well as many of the speculators who get in early. In the end, the whole thing will collapse and late entrants will lose everything.

There are certainly times when you can see that the odds are heavily stacked in your favor and we have one of those potential scenarios right now in gold.

Although, on one hand, geopolitical risks have increased the appeal of Gold ETFs as safe-haven investments, a rising greenback and fears of rising interest rates are weighing on their performance. This article discusses some ETFs focused on providing exposure to the space...