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- How Battery Metals Have Helped Us Outperform During the Slump in Gold Price
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- March 4, 2021
Gold hasn’t been getting much love from investors lately due to rising bond yields, and bullion-backed gold mutual funds and ETFs have seen significant outflows so far this year through the end of February.
- Gold Still Attractive as the Bond Selloff Looks Overdone
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- March 1, 2021
The 10-year government bond yield is now higher than the S&P 500 dividend yield, giving stocks a serious run for their money.
- Inflation Is Coming for Your Wealth. Here's What Investors Can Do About It
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- February 25, 2021
Inflation is back on investors' minds lately, and some may be wondering how to position their portfolios to confront this potential new scourge.
- A New Commodities Supercycle Could Be Powering Up After a Long Freeze
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- February 22, 2021
As many of you know, I grew up in Toronto, where winters can be brutally cold. Like most people who live in northern U.S. states, I’m accustomed to driving on snowy, icy roads. But then, roads in the north are plowed, sanded and salted when there’s snowfall. With rare exception, the roads here in sunny San Antonio, Texas, do not see that kind of maintenance. There are no snow plows or salt trucks. Driving, then, can be several times more precarious when we get the kind of extreme weather that hit us last week.
- Asian Stocks Have Momentum in The Year of the Ox
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- February 17, 2021
In pre-pandemic years, the Lunar New Year has been an opportunity for individuals and families to travel and visit loved ones. Millions of Chinese people took as many as 3 billion trips in early 2019, representing the largest annual human migration in history.
- Tesla Just Bought $1.5 Billion Worth of Bitcoin. Is Apple Next?
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- February 9, 2021
Tesla intends to start accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment. No word on gold or other precious metals, though...
- 5 Reasons Airline Stocks Could Be a Buy in 2021
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- February 4, 2021
Commercial aviation still has some challenging times ahead of it, but I believe the worst is behind us, meaning now may be an opportune time to get exposure.
- Reddit Investors Who Played GameStop Are Now Upvoting Silver
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- February 1, 2021
The Reddit-fueled rally has drastically impacted price discovery in not just GameStop but other underdog stocks as well. Shares of movie theater operator AMC Entertainment, Bed Bath & Beyond, BlackBerry and Tootsie Roll Industries have also popped. Now it's silver.
- Precious Metals Outlook 2021: Renewable Energy Will Be a Key Driver
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- January 27, 2021
2020 marked the fifth straight year of positive gains for the yellow metal. In the past 15 years, gold has been up 80% of the time, a remarkable track record.
- The Gold Standard Ended 50 Years Ago. Federal Debt Has Only Exploded Since
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- January 25, 2021
In the years since the end of the gold standard, there’s been a significant lack of discipline in government spending. Today, the federal debt is closing in on an astronomical $28 trillion, which is more than 130% of the size of the U.S. economy.