Gold

According to the latest report from the World Gold Council, central banks added 336.2 tonnes of gold to their reserves in the second half of 2015, up from 252.1 tonnes in the first half of the year. Using the WGC's data, we put together a list of the biggest gold hoarders out there. Check them out below.

Do what the smartest country on the globe is doing (China) and buy and hold as much physical gold and silver as you can. Why? Because you will be up the proverbial creek without a paddle if you don't have either metal.

Inflation is finally picking up, and could quickly get out of hand. If inflation tops 5%, the potential top for gold prices is $6,000, taking into account money supply expansion since 1980.

Gold will NOT break the psychological level of US$1,000 in the first quarter of 2016 because this precious metal has three buy signals (daily, weekly and monthly). The last one is dated February 29th, 2016 at US$1,237.76!

I am baffled by the reluctance of knowledgeable analysts to entertain the prospect of substantially higher precious metals prices in the months and years ahead. Why this lack of confidence by almost every analyst when the messy ‘political process’ virtually guarantees such increases?

It is impossible to understand and appreciate the tremendous appeal of gold and silver without understanding the precise and comprehensive definition of the word "money". This article does just that.

Every investor owes it to himself to make sure that his investments will not be completely wiped out in the coming financial Armageddon by providing an adequate level of insurance against risks that prey upon the value of paper investments i.e., physical gold held by the investor himself on his own premises.

While it is never too late to buy gold one look at the current gold:silver ratio clearly suggests that silver and/or the stocks and warrants of quality gold and silver miners and royalty companies are a MUCH better buy at their current prices than buying gold.

Instead of gold, people commonly think of paper money as the only medium of exchange and as a store of value; cash is after all their unit of account. They see the gold price rising when they should be seeing the value of paper money falling.

The current rally in gold & silver is but one of many steps in a bottoming formation. Each successive step confirms the one that came before. The next step will be to watch the next downward reaction to see how it unfolds in order to assess the significance of the rally over the past two weeks.