It’s essential to apply the principles of diversification to your whole portfolio and to the individual asset classes within your portfolio, and it’s especially easy and important to do within the precious metals category. Learn about diversifying within precious metals and about the lesser-known precious metals silver, platinum, and palladium. The Defensive Advantage of Precious…
It’s always a good time to learn more about precious metals, but especially when National Coin Week rolls around. Join U.S. Money Reserve as we dive into the reasons to own gold, how gold compares to other popular asset classes, and more. What Are Gold and Silver? Gold and silver are two popular precious metals,…
The number of central banks buying gold is expected to rise substantially in 2020. According to the 2020 Central Bank Gold Reserves (CBGR) survey, 20% of central banks anticipate increasing their gold reserves over the next 12 months, compared with just 8% of respondents in the 2019 survey. Keep in mind that a central bank…
Movies and TV shows about gold—gold discoveries, gold heists, even James Bond’s golden gun—enthrall audiences around the world. Not only does gold fascinate us, but those who have gold fascinate us, too. Many nations prize the precious metal and hold large reserves of it. That same interest trickles down to everyday buyers here in the…
The amount of gold bought by central banks in the first five months of 2019 is up more than 73% than the previous year. With continuing signs of slowing economic growth and rising geopolitical tensions, central banks around the world are looking to diversify away from the U.S. dollar. Could this be a sign you…
We’ve now seen gold not only move over a hundred dollars since May 6th but an additional $43 just yesterday. Tensions with Iran and looming financial uncertainty threaten possible economic decline for the U.S. economy, meaning that gold could rise even more. Join Coy Wells and Patrick Brunson as they discuss these issues and their…
Worried about global economic and political trends, central banks around the world are on a gold buying spree. During the first quarter of 2019, central banks—influential institutions that set monetary policies for their countries—bought 145.5 metric tons of gold versus 86.7 metric tons in the first quarter of 2018, according to the World Gold Council.…
At an international banking seminar this past weekend, prominent figures from the banks of Japan, China, the European Union, and the United States met to discuss their respective monetary systems. For her part, Janet Yellen went on record stating that inflation has been the biggest surprise of the U.S. economy.
Central banks around the world have been quietly buying gold for nearly a decade, reports the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), and have been net buyers every year since 2008. Their demand for gold jumped from less than two percent of total world demand in 2010, to 14 percent in 2014, adds the…
You may already know that the best time to find great deals on grills and patio furniture is at the end of summer, and that the best new car deals can be had at the end of the year, but what about when to buy gold bullion coins? Understanding how precious metals prices move isn’t…
Gold’s many qualities make it one of the most coveted metals in the world. Not only can it be beautifully shaped and sculpted, the yellow metal also conducts electricity, doesn’t tarnish and is biocompatible (meaning it’s not harmful to our tissue). These qualities make it the metal of choice in a wide variety of industries,…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Wednesday that prolonged low interest rates fueled by central banks’ quantitative easing pose a serious threat to the solvency of pension funds and life insurers that could send ripples through the global financial system. As interest rates are expected to stay low for an extended period,…
