Weekly Touchpoint — Uncontained Coronavirus, Institutions Flock to Gold
The coronavirus now appears uncontainable. Fears are mounting that the fallout could trigger worldwide recession. However, the coron...
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Digital Banking System Could Crush Your Financial Security
It’s as simple as this: If you’ve saved a lot over the years, you have a lot to lose. Like many people, you probably rely on the bankin...
Weekly Touchpoint – Digital Currency, Coronavirus, Debt
An inevitable march is very much in progress toward a world where all nations have digital currency. A number of countries are in various stag...
Gold’s Performance as Portfolio “Insurance”: Financial Crisis Lessons
No one likes to lose money. However, long-term savers often think it’s a waste to allocate money to assets that are portfolio-stabilizing – ra...
A U.S. Digital Dollar Could Soon be Real. Is Your Portfolio Ready?
If you’re skeptical about a digital version of U.S. currency becoming reality, we have news for you. Two weeks ago, a former Commodity Futures...
Gold Strengthens with Recent Threats, Proves Safe-Haven Value
People turn to safe havens for protection from trouble. For retirement savers, safe havens are assets and instruments that protect portfolios ...
Weekly Touchpoint – Sanders Presidency, Coronavirus, Gold & Silver
Final results of the glitch-ridden Democratic Iowa caucuses remain elusive. One thing is clear, however. By the time the dust finally settles ...
How Coronavirus Could Trigger Recession – Wealthy Savers on Alert
Geopolitical, political, environmental and health crisis events tend not to last. Their immediate, beneficial effects on the price of gold ten...
Weekly Touchpoint — Digital Dollar; Coronavirus Sparks Gold
Is a digital U.S. dollar about to be fast-tracked? A number of nations – including China – are in “research and development” to crea...
$2,000 Gold Could Rise from Political Tension Says Largest Hedge Fund
Some experts are saying we could see $2,000 gold this year (per ounce). Those who see a robust year ahead for gold agree on economic reasons t...
Weekly Touchpoint — Economic Conditions Are Not What They Seem
The average American is surely thrilled these days with his or her 401(k) account balance. For those who accept the government’s long-held pos...
Gold Surge Will Happen Despite War Threat, Due to Economic Weakness
Recent Iran/U.S missile exchanges and the general prospect of continued Middle East destabilization have dominated the gold narrative o...
Weekly Touchpoint — Stars Lining Up for Gold Surge This Year
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said last September he didn’t ever see the central bank turning to negative interest rates. But ...
Middle East Tension Could Spark Robust 2020 for Buying Gold
On Tuesday, January 7, the same day Iran launched a missile attack on Iraqi facilities housing U.S. troops, gold surged 2%. Iran’s atta...
Weekly Touchpoint – Subprime Lending Return Expected in 2020
“Subprime lending.” Remember those words? It was practically all you heard about when the global economic system was brought to its ...
Casey Analyst: “Epic Gold Bull Market on Menu for 2020.”
Experts say mainstream markets are living on borrowed time and owe continued success to little more than the accommodations of central ...
Augusta Precious Metals Thank-You for Helping K-9s for Warriors
Another year is about to come to a close, and it’s a perfect time to thank all of you for allowing Augusta Precious Metals to be at you...
Weekly Touchpoint: Risk-Asset Market Buys Derided by Toogood
Financial markets continue to surge higher against the backdrop of a troubling global economic outlook. Observers are becoming less res...
2008 Recession Still Haunts Retirement Savers Worried About a Repeat
Households all across the country saw the value of their retirement accounts sink when the 2008 recession took its toll on financial ma...
Weekly Touchpoint – Analyst: Climate Ripe for 3,000-Dollar Gold
The price of gold has retreated some from recent highs, but not by much. It continues to trade reliably in the 1,450- to 1,500-dolla...
Physical Gold Hedge Strategy Relied on by Financial Elite
I have written with some frequency about the astounding rate at which the world’s central banks have been stocking up on gold. There is...
Weekly Touchpoint – German Banks Break Negative Interest Taboo
Negative interest rates are no longer an anomaly. Sweden, Switzerland and Japan are just a few of the nations that, along with the E...
Bloomberg: Why Financial Markets Are Not the Economy
Because they have so much at stake, retirement savers should take great care to ensure they don’t confuse robust market performances wi...
Weekly Touchpoint – South Carolina Bill: Gold/Silver as Tender
Worldwide concern is growing over the dangers of record debt levels and the destructive potential of fiat currency. It’s not surprising...
New Cornell Report: U.S. Job Quality Sinking in Last 30 Years
There is a dark truth lurking behind the exceptionally low U.S. unemployment rate. It has hovered right around the 4% mark for roughly ...
Weekly Touchpoint – Kissinger on Trade War Consequences
It’s no secret the U.S. and China have political ideologies in direct opposition to one another. The two countries’ geopolitical rivalr...
Data Reveals Americans Economic Prisoners in Own Homes
It’s probably an understatement to say I discuss underlying weaknesses in the economy with some frequency. Guilty as charged, but why b...
Weekly Touchpoint – Experts: Soaring Markets Due to Cash Infusions
We are over a decade into the current bull market, and key indexes are still hitting new highs. Experts say there is only one thing sus...
Weekly Touchpoint: Erasing Student Loans Potentially Devastating
One of the biggest concerns about America’s economic future has to do with recent generations’ changing sociopolitical perspective. Cre...
Report: Cyberattack Could Prompt Next Financial Crisis
The good news is that financial markets are maintaining their resilience in the face of recent economic stresses. The bad news is that ...
Weekly Touchpoint: Slashing Interest Rates Not Enough
In spite of a decade-plus of significantly loose monetary policy applied the world over, global economic output remains feeble. It is p...
40% of Americans: We Are Unprepared for Recession
The results of a recent Bankrate survey say roughly 40% of Americans are not prepared to withstand the effects of a recession. Accordin...
Weekly Touchpoint: Fund Managers Say Trade War Will Never End
Numerous experts lay the blame for many of the world’s current economic troubles at the feet of the rancorous trade war between the U....
Dutch Central Bank: Gold is Answer if Economy Collapses
The global economic engine continues to sputter, and many of the world’s governments and central banks are expected to resort to drastic measu...
Weekly Touchpoint: Seniors Need Money, Keep Working
Provision Living, a provider of comprehensive assisted living communities across the United States, recently commissioned a surve...
Survey: Every Region Faces Crisis-Level Financial Risks
Last week’s blog article referenced gold’s nickname: the “crisis commodity.” I wrote about it in the context of the recent Iranian drone attac...
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