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2024 in Review: The Performance of Precious Metals
In a year marked by significant global economic shifts and geopolitical uncertainties, gold has emerged as the standout investment of 2024. Gold outperformed stocks, bonds, and other commodities. After starting the year at $2,050, the precious metal delivered a remarkable 33% return that surpassed both the S&P 500 and traditional fixed-income investments. *As of…
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Thanksgiving Dinner Has Gotten More Expensive – Unless It’s Priced in Silver and Gold
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…
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If Silver Could Talk – What She Told Me When I Wrote to Her
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…
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Gold in Q2: Price Rebounds, While Catalysts Grow
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…
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Correction! It Takes Even FEWER Ounces of Gold and Silver to Buy a House
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…
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The 5 Realities About Silver—And What They Signal Is Ahead
Looking at the silver market over the past 50 years reveals some very clear tendencies. Tendencies so strong, in fact, that we can reasonably predict what’s ahead for the price. Here are five realities about silver that, based on history, point to what’s coming for one of our favorite monetary metals… Reality #1: Corrections Are…
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Two Charts, One Message: Get Ready to Load Up on Silver?
An ideal way to invest is to identify an asset that is both undervalued and poised to rise. Easier said than done, but if an investor can find an opportunity that meets those two criteria, they can put the odds greatly in their favor. Well, that may be exactly what we have with silver right…