Gold vs. the 60/40 Model What 25 Years of Market Data Reveals For decades, the classic 60/40 portfolio was the gold standard for balancing risk and reward. But the data tells a different story. Since 2000, the best-performing asset mix has shifted dramatically toward gold—from playing almost no role in the winning portfolio...
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Money Reserve, one of the nation's largest precious metals distributors, announced the promotion of Michael Goodman to Executive Vice President of Information Services. In his new role, Goodman will lead the company's Information Systems (IS) department, with all IS team...
The Federal Reserve’s new approach to communication regarding financial markets is raising fresh concerns on Wall Street. Since taking over as Fed chair, Kevin Warsh has made it clear he wants to move away from the central bank’s longstanding practice of signaling where interest rates may be headed. Instead,...
A growing number of central banks, regulators, and ratings agencies are increasingly warning that the AI boom's soaring valuations could leave the global economy vulnerable if growth fails to meet expectations. In recent weeks, institutions including Fitch Ratings, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the...
On this episode of America’s Gold Authority® Podcast, host Mike Barnes is joined by Philip N. Diehl, President of U.S. Money Reserve and former Director of the U.S. Mint, to discuss the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to leave interest rates unchanged and what growing disagreement within the central bank could signal for the economy.
Central banks have access to every financial product in the world. Yet when it comes to protecting national reserves over the long term, they exclusively choose physical gold.
Following the Federal Reserve’s 9-3 decision to leave interest rates unchanged, U.S. Money Reserve President Philip Diehl joined BNN Bloomberg to discuss what the policy move signals for the economy, inflation, and gold. Diehl shares his perspective on the Fed’s outlook, the broader economic landscape, and why today’s environment...
On this episode of America’s Gold Authority® Podcast, host Mike Barnes is joined by Philip N. Diehl, President of U.S. Money Reserve and former Director of the U.S. Mint, and Brad Chastain, U.S. Money Reserve’s Managing Director and Global Head of Research, to examine the key differences between physical gold and gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and why central banks continue to favor the real metal.
Gold’s recent price pullback has done little to change its long-term outlook, according to a growing number of analysts who point to continued central bank buying and ongoing economic uncertainty. Though gold prices retreated from record highs earlier this year as expectations for higher interest...
If you’ve started looking into opening a precious metals IRA, you’ve probably run into the word “custodian”—and if you’re like a lot of savers, you may have wondered what that is and why one is required. A gold IRA custodian is an IRS-approved financial institution that holds, administers, and reports on the assets inside a...
On this episode of America’s Gold Authority® Podcast, host Mike Barnes is joined by Philip N. Diehl, President of U.S. Money Reserve and former Director of the U.S. Mint, and Brad Chastain, U.S. Money Reserve’s Managing Director and Global Head of Research, to examine how artificial intelligence could transform the economy—and what it may mean for retirement planning.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes rampant speculation is making it increasingly difficult to operate safely in today’s stock market. “It’s tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling,” Buffett said in a recent CNBC interview. The Berkshire...
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