Overnight: Gold was a little choppy last night, awaiting today’s key US CPI and Retail Sales readings. It traded in a range of $2355 – $2374, largely fading movement in the US Dollar. The yellow metal advanced to its $2374 high during Asian and early European time, where it was capped by resistance there ($2373-79,…
Our quarterly report—what we prepare for institutional investors—examines the performance of gold and silver vs. other major asset classes during the fourth quarter and full year of 2021. We also review the conditions that could ignite their prices in 2022. The big story in 2021 was the jump in inflation. And then the Fed’s announcement…
It’s no surprise to our constituency, but silver remains one of the most undervalued investments that can be bought today. Regardless of almost any asset class you compare it to, silver offers a better value to investors right now than almost anything else. A big reason is because it’s one of the few assets still…
The American Farm Bureau Federation says the cost for all the ingredients of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner rose 5% this year, now $49.24. No surprise it’s higher in 2021. But our question here at Hard Assets Alliance is… do gold and silver offset this rise? That’s a fair query, since gold is down 2% on…
I wrote to silver last week—yes, the physical metal herself, the one we trust and convert our paper dollars to. And as luck would have it, she wrote me back. I’d like to share our correspondence with you… Dear Silver, I’m a big fan. Your industrial uses in our modern society are exploding, and you’ve…
The CPI is rising, lockdowns are easing, and cooped-up citizens are ready to party. That’s the context as we begin the second half of the year. Let’s look at how gold and silver performed in the second quarter and year-to-date, along with the factors that could impact them in what may be an exciting second…
We update our charts every year on how many ounces of gold and silver it takes to buy a house in the US. It’s an exciting thought, to potentially be in a position to buy a home with just your stash of bullion, a possibility that seems increasingly likely given the bloated nature of the…