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Understanding The Gold-Silver Ratio

Amy Estes — Fri, 02 May 2025 00:19:42 +0000

A Historical Perspective and Current Insight As gold continues to soar, spiking to $3,400/oz, the gold world is abuzz with growing interest in precious metals. But what about its companion, silver? When gold prices are high, investors tend to focus on the gold-to-silver ratio as an indicator of silver’s value. The gold-silver ratio is the […]

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Will Precious Metal Prices Drop as Inflation Cools?

Johnny Estes — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:23:11 +0000

Inflation Cools After reaching a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022, inflation in the U.S. settled at just 2.4% last September as the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes started delivering the desired results. As inflation cools, investors who flocked to safe-haven assets like precious metals over the last few years are reassessing their options. Investors are […]

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BRICS and the Possible Affect on Gold Values

Johnny Estes — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:24:31 +0000

From October 22 to 24, 2024, BRICS held its annual summit in Kazan, Russia. Among other topics, the group was expected to discuss the potential creation of a currency that could significantly affect the U.S. dollar and the value of gold. To understand how a BRICS gold-backed currency could affect your wallet and the world, […]

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Why Central Banks Are Buying Gold

Johnny Estes — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:43:34 +0000

For centuries, nations and central banks have accumulated reserves of gold to conduct trade, pay for military campaigns, and fund exploration and settlement. Before the advent of fiat — paper — currencies, gold was the primary medium of exchange. Although today’s consumers are more likely to pay for goods and services with dollars rather than […]

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The Gold Standard: A Brief History

Johnny Estes — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:12:05 +0000

What is the Gold Standard? The ‘Gold Standard’ is a monetary system in which a country’s currency (typically paper money) has its value directly linked to gold. Under this system, currencies could be converted into a fixed amount of gold, and the country’s government maintained gold reserves to hold up the value of their currency. […]

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How to Avoid Going Bankrupt With Shadow Debt

Johnny Estes — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:56:05 +0000

Shadow Debt is a concerning phenomenon that gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic. It can have a devastating impact on your financial future. But what is shadow debt, and what’s the best way to avoid taking it on? What Is Shadow Debt? The term “shadow debt” has been used for years to describe debt that […]

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Interest Rates and the Effect on Gold and Silver Spot Price Movement

Johnny Estes — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:39:42 +0000

There’s a commonly held belief among investors that as interest rates rise, the prices of precious metals such as gold and silver drop. Likewise, as interest rates fall, investors expect spot pricing for gold and silver to increase. At first glance, this would seem to make sense. After all, rising interest rates would make fixed-income […]

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Fighting Inflation Risk with Precious Metals

Johnny Estes — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:24:56 +0000

Current State of Inflation Stubbornly high inflation is outpacing wage growth, eroding consumer purchasing power, and raising expectations that the Fed may have to prolong its current high interest rates to get prices under control. This risks further squeezing household budgets and potentially tipping the economy into a recession. All these factors are fueling significant […]

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Stop Trying to Time the Market. Why Now Is the Best Time to Buy Gold Bullion.

Amy Estes — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:56:36 +0000

Gold bullion prices can get volatile as market trends shift, fluctuating in response to many economic and political signals. Price volatility gives a lot of investors the idea to try and time the market. If you could find that spot where the price dips lowest, you could make a lot of money. In reality, though, […]

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America’s debt ceiling: What happens if Congress fails to raise it?

Bill Haynes — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:26:43 +0000

In October, the US government will be unable to pay it bills if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling. The debt ceiling is the legal cap that Congress sets on the amount that the Treasury can borrow. Since 1960, the debt ceiling has been raised 78 times. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the ceiling was […]

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