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Golds 2022 YTD Performance Relative to Equities and Popular Cryptocurrencies

According to a June 30, 2022 article published by the Washington Post titled “Stocks slide, with Wall Street closing out its worst first half since 1970,” the authors note: “The stock market closed out its worst six-month stretch to start […]

Are we heading toward a comparably powerful period of stagflation?

An economic environment consisting of low growth, high unemployment and continuously rising prices is defined as a period of stagflation. While the current environment consists of higher prices, fewer workers, parts shortages, and challenging global distribution channels resulting in multi-decade […]

Do you think gold prices will continue to rise?

We recently received an inquiry via social media asking, “Do you think gold prices will continue you rise?” You can never be 100% certain if gold prices will continue to rise. I think that is a crystal ball type vision […]

Probably the worst inflation call in the history of the Federal Reserve

Back in May we presented an article from The Wall Street Journal where author James Mackintosh opined that investors are woefully unprepared for inflation and, “It is too soon to go all-in on the idea that inflation is inexorably headed […]

Inflation And The Macroeconomic Trap Of Fiscal Dominance

Bloomberg recently published an article by Noah Smith titled “Two Big Things You Need To Understand About Inflation.” The article describes the “macroeconomic trap” known as “fiscal dominance”, or when fiscal policy dominates monetary policy. Smith explains that the current […]

The case for a longer-term uptrend for gold

In an article recently published by Forbes titled “Why Gold’s Long-Term Trend Is Still Up,” author Jesse Colombo provides an image of a monthly chart supporting the premise that “an even longer-term uptrend that began in the early-2000s is still […]