Financial markets

In every crisis there is opportunity. The Greek word for crisis means to separate or sift and only keep what is worthwhile. And this is what the investors who want to survive the coming crisis must do. Get rid of all bubble assets AND BUY HARD ASSETS.

Many emerging markets are now turning to submerging markets as country after country is experiencing falling economies, currencies and stock markets.

The world is less well equipped to manage a major financial crisis today than it was a decade ago, according to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

In spite of not normally looking back, I have had a look at a Newsletter that I wrote in July 2009 when gold was just over $900 and the Dow 9,100. It was called “The Dark Years are here” and received quite a lot of attention at the time. This was at the end of the sub-prime crisis when the Dow ha...

This is it! The autumn of 2018 will be momentous in the world economy, markets and politics. We are now seeing the Last Hurrah for stocks, bonds, the dollar and most asset markets.

We are now seeing an overwhelming body of evidence coming together to suggest that gold and silver have hit bottom, and that even if they haven't, the bottom is very close and downside risk is very limited.

Owning physical gold for wealth protection purposes is the best preserved secret in the West. In this part of the world, virtually nobody holds gold. At the same time, the wise people in the East continue to buy all the gold that is produced annually. China, India, Iran, Turkey, Russia and many m...

Financial and precious metals expert Egon von Greyerz is sounding the alarm about record breaking global risk and warns, “With this risk, people have to take insurance."

What constituted, up to now, worries in Italy, Spain, Portugal and, of course, Greece, risks happening in France as well. Bad loans, or non-performing loans, along with the risks they entail for the banking system, constitute a new danger that has to be seriously taken into account.

The shortage is here. It is a fact. In the weeks to come, you should find many articles to read about the growing delays in delivery of silver. There should be real problems for delivery at the end of September and the beginning of October.