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I am beyond fortunate to have a beautiful family with children who are either in university or about to attend university. All are finding it more challenging than last summer and the summer before...

As the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation reading peaked at just over 9% and averaged 6.45% last year, many investors were left disappointed by the performance of gold, which is often seen a...

It would be a good time to enlighten everyone on what we know about bank crashes and their possibility here in Canada. Especially in light of the most recent SVB bank crash and two other smaller ba...

In the short term, the US dollar determines the direction of gold. After rallying by over $340 since November of last year to a high of about $1950, gold has recently fallen to a lovely buying zone...

Financial markets have been indicating a possible US recession through signals such as an inverted yield curve where long-term interest rates are lower than short-term rates, a typical indication t...

Canada has tripped 4 Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Early Warning Indicators for Credit Risk (EWI). EWIs can be quantitative or qualitative indicators based on asset quality, capital, liqu...

Central banks worldwide have now blown up the largest speculative bubble of all time, in all things. And we get to watch its slow-motion collapse. It will be one default... one layoff announcement....

In 2007 I was still writing the “Precious Metals Advisor” for another firm and building my book of clients and relationships with Canadians. Harper was the PM, five-year mortgages in Canada average...

Never assume that because we deal in precious metals, we believe the whole truth and nothing but the truth should be precious metals. I came from an organization that thought it was all people shou...