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Top Investment Reviews in 2024
Gold and Silver Hold Strong in August While Asset Price Sell-Offs Rip Through Economy
In August, the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum both fell by over 11 percent. While many onlookers saw a market...
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Want to Become a More Conservative Investor? Follow These 9 Principles for Managing Risk in Your Portfolio
Investing in equities and other volatile assets carries a lot of risk. In fact, studies show that about 80% of investors lose...
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How to Prepare for Retirement? 15 Tips To Get It Right
Retirement is something that we all have to plan for, and the earlier you start planning for it, the better....
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What is Raw Silver? A Guide for Investors and Enthusiasts
Raw silver refers to silver ores, which are sometimes called native silver. While nuggets of silver ore can still be...
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Millennial Thoughts on ESG Investing: A Critical View
The term “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) investing was first coined in the Freshfields Report, published in October 2005. The Report...
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Hold Strong Amid Uncertainty; But the Next Big Test Looms on the Horizon
When it comes to Bitcoin, and the crypto market more broadly, no news is often good news. In July, macroeconomic...
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Your Guide to Selling Silver: How to Liquidate Silver Coins & Bullion in 2023
Silver prices have seen major price movements so far in 2023, with a maximum variation of 13.79% between the metal’s year-low in...
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Precious Metals ETF: A Primer for Gold Investors (2023)
Every year, more investors turn to precious metals to protect and grow their wealth. Among the various investment options available,...
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The Bear Market is OVER—Bitcoin Soars to 13-Month High; Gold-Backed Currency on the Way
Congratulations, you’ve officially survived the Bitcoin bear market. After crashing to a multi-year low of $16,500 per token amid the...
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It’s Official: A Gold-Backed BRICS Currency Is On The Way
In a move expected to fuel the ongoing de-dollarization trend, the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)...
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Protecting Your Wealth: Safeguarding Against Gold IRA Scams
Today, about 10.6 percent of American investors are invested in precious metals such as gold and silver—many of whom have decided to...
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Copper Bullion Investing: A Hidden Gem in the Precious Metals Market
After dipping to multi-year lows, the price of copper has lifted above its US$4.00 per ounce sticking point in Q1 2023. Although...
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Where should your Gold IRA metals be stored?
Buying into a gold IRA is one thing, but knowing how to properly store your newly purchased metals is another....
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Gold, Silver, and Crypto Hold Steady as Stocks Inch Up
Year-to-date Bitcoin price chart (Source: YCharts) A lot has transpired since March’s regional banking scare. Just as it looked like...
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World Gold Council: What Is It, and Why Should Investors Pay Attention?
Since its founding in the 1980s, the World Gold Council (WGC) has made an indelible mark on the precious metals...
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May 2023 Newsletter: Crypto Has Another Strong Month; Gold Steadies, Silver Rallies—Alternatives Looking Up in May
The spring season is in full swing and, with the cold weather having thawed, perhaps the dreaded Crypto Winter has...
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April 2023 Newsletter: Bitcoin Skyrockets In March, Precious Metals Rally—Is This the End of the Crypto Winter?
Last month, Bitcoin broke the $29,000 mark for the first time in almost a year. Ethereum, on the other hand,...
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Bitcoin and Gold Both Steady in February, Silver Slouches, and Central Banks Buy the Dip
Perhaps the biggest year-to-date winner in the alternative asset market is Bitcoin. It’s generated little fanfare by the mainstream media,...
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My Digital Money Review: Your Source for a Bitcoin IRA in 2024?
Founded by industry veteran Collin Plume, the California-based My Digital Money (MDM) is the successor of Noble Bitcoin, which itself...
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Bitcoin Pumps 28% in January: Short-Lived Gains, or Are We Just Getting Started?
With investors hoping for a reversal in monetary tightening policies that caused economic downturns throughout 2022, speculative assets such as...
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