So supply is soft for silver, demand is rising, and investor sentiment is very negative—the perfect scenario for silver prices to start rising again.

Without the ability to deficit spend and export our inflation, it will come home to roost and the dollar will suffer or even collapse as have other debt-ridden fiat currencies throughout history.

Consequently, I expect physical gold demand to be stronger in the future than it is today. I further anticipate the decline of the U.S. dollar.

A budget deal doesn’t make gold a “slam dunk sell”, as Goldman’s head of commodities trading Jeffrey Currie said it would on October 7. Instead, says Schiff, gold is a “screaming buy”.

Gold rebounded from an eight-week low on speculation that the Federal Reserve will delay reducing its stimulus program amid the first U.S. government shutdown in 17 years,

After the Fed announcement, gold’s gains far outpaced other markets, with the S&P 500 equities index around up 1 percent

Silver futures rose to the highest since May, entering a bull market, as equities slumped and the dollar declined, increasing demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment.

China’s consumption of gold in the first half surged by more than 50%, reinforcing expectations that the nation will overtake India as the world’s top gold consumer this year,

Those paper debts may be adequately disguised as real assets for now — but soon, smart investors are going to make the switch into truly beneficial physical assets, like gold and silver.

Gold advanced the most in two weeks as the dollar dropped for the fifth straight session, increasing demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment.