John Rubino: As the federal government gradually assimilates the rest of the country, a few states have begun to fight back. From the Kansas City Star: Read more…

Deborah Baratz: With earnings season in full swing, on Monday Nov. 5 silver mining company Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE:SLW) will announce its third-quarter earnings before the bell.  Read more…

Jared Cummans: Investing for income has become a popular strategy in recent years, as low rate environments and paltry yields have made a steady stream of income a coveted luxury. Similarly, investing in gold and silver has been surging in popularity as the years Read more…

Brian Sylvester: Resource nationalism is becoming a growing problem for many mining companies. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Sean Rakhimov, editor of SilverStrategies.com, shares his insights for safely investing in silver mining companies in a volatile world. Read more…

JT Long: Sprott’s Charles Oliver says it’s a great time to be heading up a precious metals fund. Gold and silver companies are trading at spectacular valuations, quantitative easings by the governments of the world are poised to strengthen the metals’ prices even further, Read more…

John Rubino: The idea of a “debt jubilee” — that is, a wide-spread forgiveness of debt as a way to reset the US financial system — has been bouncing around for a while. But it hasn’t gained mainstream traction because it seems, at first glance, to be too simplistic Read more…

Bob Kirtley: With the ECB, Federal Reserve and other central banks embarking on fresh rounds of “quantitative easing” various global currencies are being debased at an unprecedented rate. As a result, precious metals have woken from their momentary slumber, Read more…

Carolyn Pairitz: Silver has been an important metal for thousands of years, often used as a medium of exchange or jewelry in ancient times. The mineral was traditionally mined Read more…

Jeff Nielson: Experienced precious metals investors are familiar with the topic of “negative lease rates” for gold and silver bullion. However, even novice investors can infer Read more…

AFTER months of “quanticipation“, the Federal Reserve has finally done it. Ben Bernanke yesterday announced another round of asset purchases. Read more…

SO, LIKE the Queen asked, why didn’t anyone see it coming? ”At every stage,” replied Professor Luis Garicano, showing Her Majesty the LSE’s new £71 million ($140m) faculty building in November 2008, “someone was relying on somebody else and everyone thought they were doing the right thing.” Read more…

THE WHOLESALE gold price drifted lower to $1730 per ounce Monday morning in London, some ten Dollars below Friday’s six-month high. Read more…

Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: The message to investors should be most clear by now: Quickly get your cash out of financial institutions and buy some gold. Read more…

Kevin McElroy: I firmly believe that the U.S. dollar is a burning match. The longer I hold one in my hands, the less it’s worth. Eventually, it appears, it will be worth nothing at all, and I’ll get burned. Read more…

Jared Cummans: Coin collecting may not be the most popular form of investing, but it certainly has been a mainstay of niche investors for many years. Anything from a misprinted penny to an experimental coin that was never circulated can be highly sought after by Read more…