Fiat Money & Investing

Why Gold and Silver Aren’t Going Higher

“Wise traders know to pay attention when stuff that’s supposed to happen doesn’t,” says Yahoo! Finance breakout correspondent and former CNBC Fast Money cast member Jeff Macke. “Right now, gold should be going higher, but it’s not.” This is what we’ve been saying at Silver Monthly for quite some time now; and that doubles for …

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Silver Monthly 2012 Stock Profile: Silver Wheaton (SLW)

Silver Wheaton is not a silver miner. It’s ticker, SLW, does not represent an exchange-traded fund. And yet, Silver Wheaton is described by some analysts as a “pure unhedged paper proxy on silver prices.” How is this possible? Unique Business Model Silver Wheaton has a unique business model. Rather than investing millions in the development …

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Romney to Bernanke: You’re Fired! Is this Bullish for 2012?

When Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008, he promised to deliver “change we could believe in.” And yet, once in office, the supposedly far-left Obama reappointed George W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and the Bush-appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke. I guess Obama’s “change” did not extend to the …

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How Gold and Silver Can Help Keep Uncle Sam Out of Your Wallet

Tax Day falls on April 17 this year. To most Americans, this is just another day – they have their taxes automatically withheld from their paychecks, and by now, they’ve probably already received the refunds they earned by intentionally overpaying their taxes and giving the federal government an interest-free loan. For the financially undisciplined and …

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The Presidential Cycle: Investment Guide or ‘Nonsense’?

In investment terms, the presidential cycle refers to the fact that stocks have historically performed better in years 3 and 4 of a president’s term than they have in years 1 and 2. Historically speaking, this is fact, even if some analysts want to call it nonsense. Looking back to 1948, Investopedia finds that stocks …

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Santorum on Economics and the Federal Reserve: Dead Wrong

“Conservative” Rick Santorum does not support abolishing the Federal Reserve. This is no surprise, really. Santorum does not claim to be freedom-oriented, but instead, focused on the government-led propagation of so-called “conservative” values. He openly loathes the Constitution and hates federalism. The ends justify the means in Santorum’s ideology, and the Fed is the means …

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