Currencies and Gold

Silver Cheap Relative to Gold

I like having some gold and silver in portfolios. In terms of how many silver ounces it takes to buy one ounce of gold,...

The Fool’s Gold

We’ve kept you up to date on the import restrictions on gold in India, and some of the ways Indians have been getting around...

Gold Signals Trouble

Gold prices signal distrust with Putin and the future of Ukraine. Reuters reports: Gold rose 1 percent on Tuesday on a sharply lower dollar and...

Bitcoin the Right Idea

The only way the U.S. government is going to pay down its mountain of debt is to inflate away the U.S. dollar. With that...

Top Gold Mining Stocks for Long-term Profit

Although the stock market is basically flat YTD, there is rampant speculation bubbling under the surface. The bubble conditions in the stock market are...

Bitcoin Tax Grab

The latest in the Bitcoin tax grab. Bloomberg's Richard Rubin and Carter Dougherty explain how the IRS has made it more difficult for Bitcoin users...

India: Bringing Home the Gold

If you were watching the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony you saw a curious sight. The team from India was forced by the International Olympic...

Bitcoin: Understanding the Cryto-Currency

Find out what you need to know about Bitcoin right here. This primer will get you started on understanding the digital crypto-currency. Who: Bitcoin was...

Dislocation in Emerging Market Currencies

What has happened so far this month with the Turkish Lira is what currency dislocation looks like. The Fed’s taper chit-chat is like a...

Bitcoin Worth $524,000?

Bitcoin is a speculative corner of the market. To get a better understanding of it read this article by Brian Wesbury in the WSJ: Right...