You probably already know it’s a bad idea to put all of your asset eggs in one investment basket. The same goes for holding all of your assets in one country. But how much thought have you put into political diversification?

The national debt is now more than all of the world’s physical cash, gold, silver, and bitcoin combined. That is right. The U.S. national debt is that big.

A client of the Xetra-Gold Exchange-Traded Commodity was told the fund's designated sponsor, Deutsche Bank, would be unable to deliver the requested gold.

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released its nonfarm payrolls data heading into the Labor Day weekend, and less than three weeks before the Federal Reserve meets to consider an interest rate hike.

Investors bought record amounts of gold in the first half as concerns over Britain’s vote on European Union membership and U.S. presidential elections drove demand for a haven.

The Bank of England today cut its official interest rate for the first time in 7 years, from 0.5 percent to 0.25 percent.

Investor worries remain about the profitability of the European bank sector after the release of the 3rd “stress test” of lenders from across the EU.

The two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve Policy Committee left the nation’s benchmark interest rate as-is but without the unanimity displayed in June.

The theoretical arguments for central bank gold price management are based on the connection of gold with fiat currency. Gold reserves are designed to build confidence in fiat currency. This confidence would be jeopardized if the price of gold increased by too much, which is the theoretical basis...

The important silver threshold line was broken briefly last week and continues to bump up against it in early trading today. If the silver price closes above this threshold line by a significant margin, it could mean big trouble for the bullion banks who hold record silver short contracts.

Since its peak at $51.33 in April 2011, silver has languished in the doldrums, dropping to $13.76 just before last Christmas. Friday’s close of $19.77 going into the 2016 Fourth of July long weekend is its highest level since September 2014

According to an EU official, the liquidity support program includes up to €150 billion ($166 billion) in government guarantees.

Little more than a year after publicly stating that he did not condone a return to the gold standard, Greenspan does now. “If we went back on the gold standard … as it existed prior to 1913, we’d be fine."

With this political and economic uncertainty holding sway for the undefinable future, investors will undoubtedly be seeking safe havens for their wealth.

There were very few surprises today as the two-day Fed meeting came to a close. There was a refusal to raise the interest rate from 0.5%, while economic expectations were lowered for both 2017 and 2018. There were also hints that the current interest rate may hold for longer than previously...

As is perhaps to be expected, Deutsche Bank are keen to underplay their ongoing problems, dismissing speculation that they are “another Lehman Brothers”. But is it right to deny such claims, and are the experts right on this matter?

Even though the Registered silver inventories increased in March, they are currently at 15 year lows. Moreover, the number of Owners Per Ounce of Registered silver has never been higher.

The surge in gold prices since the beginning of this year following three years of decline could gain further momentum if U.K. citizens vote in favor of the Brexit, which is looking increasingly more likely.

The May jobs report brought bad news today as it was announced that far fewer jobs were added to the United States economy than expected.

Several months ago, as Venezuela's hyperinflating, imploding economy was spinning in freefall, leading to the dramatic episodes of total social collapse such as those profiled in "Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: "Countless Wounded" After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food", we wrote th...