Good Grief Charlie Brown, This Covid is Depressing
I think we as a country, a family, and as individuals are seven months into the Stages of Grief. Below I’ve enclosed an article from Healthline.com that explains the seven…
Dow Stocks vs Gold vs Dollar Chart
Through this date Dow Stocks are about flat for 2020, Gold is up 27.19% while the U.S. Dollar has lost 4.12% of its value. All markets have been extremely volatile…
We Can’t Afford This Country Any Longer
Many of us live in houses we can’t afford, drive cars that are unnecessarily huge and expensive, and run-up charges on our credit cards that were unimaginable to previous generations.…
Stock Market vs Gold Price 20 Years
This chart compares the historical percentage return for the Dow Jones Industrial Average against the return for gold prices over the last 20 years. (DJIA in blue. Gold in gold.)
So You Created $3 Trillion Dollars Out of Thin Air
A person gets up every morning at 6am, showers, eats breakfast, and drives to work. They are in the office for 8 or more working hours with a half hour…
Expect a 35% Decline in the Dollar
“The Vice Tightens on the Dollar” reads the headline warning there’s only one direction for the U.S. Dollar now— down, down, down! Stephen S. Roach is a faculty member at…
Central Banks Worldwide Gold Reserves
Gold Reserves of Largest Gold Holding Countries Worldwide June 2020 (in metric tons) Central banks will typically hold Gold as part of their foreign exchange reserves. The Gold metal is owned by countries because…
56 Gold Forecasts $3,000 to $20,000
We were in the Gold business since 1985, until we recently retired, so we’ve seen lots of Gold forecasts. The wildest I recall was a friend who said we’d see Gold…
Dear Uncle Sam, About That Second Check
Dear Uncle Sam, Thanks for the $1,200 “Stimulus Check” you sent earlier this year. I didn’t need it, I can’t go shopping or eat out so maybe it was too…
Silver Up 18% in Aug then Corrects
Silver has been on a wild roller coaster ride… up 18% in August, then right back down as Gold and U.S. Stocks all went into a surprising correction. So let…
