$50 Silver “Virtually Guaranteed”

There is not just a similarity in how gold and silver trade at the same time period, but also how they trade at similar milestones, despite the fact that those milestones are sometimes reached at different times. This can cause silver or gold to be the leading...

Fed to Launch QE3 by Buying Mortgage Securities

The Federal Reserve, worried that improvement in the unemployment rate has stalled, announced a third, large purchase of bonds on Thursday in an effort to bring down long-term interest rates and spur growth. The Fed said it would buy mortgage-backed securities at a...

Silver Steals the Spotlight From Gold

Silver has been a top performer among major metals this year, and it looks set to continue to steal the spotlight from gold, with investment and industrial demand for the white metal expected to rise. “We could see a spectacular performance in silver” during the rest...

Why is Putin Stockpiling Gold?

According to the World Gold Council, Russia has more than doubled its gold reserves in the past five years. Putin has taken advantage of the financial crisis to build the world’s fifth-biggest gold pile in a handful of years, and is buying about half a billion...