For more than two generations, spanning just over 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II not only reigned as Queen of England, but she appeared in countless portraits on paper currency and coinage in Britain, across the United Kingdom, and throughout the Commonwealth. With her passing in September 2022, mints around the world have ushered in plans…

For the first time since its founding in 1987, the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation is moving its certification process toward a new scale. Since the 1940s, coin grading has taken place using a 70-point scale developed by Dr. William Sheldon. Modern collectors have become accustomed to the use of this scale in which 70 represents a…

Pullbacks are healthy in all markets, as most operate somewhere around ½ market data and ½ emotions and everything else. We are all human, and our ability to process information and place that information into a trading strategy takes time. We will ask our friends, read financial blogs, study the data, and do whatever else…

Today’s article is the second of three discussing risk management and its use in managing a portfolio of investments, including precious metals. The first part highlighted the most important step: Identifying Risks. The purpose of the 3-part series is to provide you with the tools you may need to make wise investment decisions while avoiding…

What a difference a month makes! Apparently, the Bureau of Labor Services (BLS) is reporting a whopping 517,000 jobs created for January 2023, which is the highest number in about 6 months. That sounds like an awesome way to start off the year, right? Except, the jobs report is not nearly what the media thinks…

The American Eagle Bullion Series at the United States Mint has established a track record over the last decade that was built on raging demand for silver and gold. Over the decade 2012-2022, the American Silver Eagle, in particular, set one sales record after another. The latter half of that decade saw ebbs and flows…

    Previous articles have documented technical indicators, on price charts, that indicate we have ‘broken out’ of the previous trading pattern and that investors want gold and are going long. When generalist investors start talking about gold, it is a sign we are in a bull market. And we have a very popular generalist…

When I first set out on building a portfolio of precious metals, I really didn’t have much of a strategy. I had just decided that it was going to be a course of action to incorporate the metals into my financial plans. I really didn’t know where or how I was going to get them…

For investors buying gold and silver coins as a means of storing wealth, the South African Krugerrand is the coin that started it all. Issued for the first time in 1967, the South African Krugerrand is so synonymous with the gold bullion industry that, in most cases, you can simply use the term Krugerrand and…

The economic news this week has seemed a bit funny to me. We have had these speeches by the various members of the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) discussing the need for potential further rate hikes to slow down inflation. Case in point, Chairman Jerome Powell said the following this week: “Price stability is…

I like to look at the charts in financial markets quite often, probably even every day. They are helpful in giving a very thorough snapshot of what a market is doing at any given time. Charting provides a quick view into immense amounts of data, all in a single place. After all, they say a…

The first question about the precious metals markets always comes up: How do I get started? The second question is what strategies should one use when building up their portfolio of precious metals? And those are very good questions! So, let’s discuss the basics of the gold and silver buying process. The “Spot” Price The…