Stagflation Worries Grow as Inflation Rises and Delta Variant Explodes With each passing month, it becomes more difficult to dismiss inflation signs as “transitory.”  Inflation first grabbed our attention this year back in April, when the year-over-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped 4.2% – at that time the biggest increase since September 2008. Federal Reserve officials and economists were expecting

Weak Real Rates: The True Source of Precious Metals Energy Right Now? Fear of inflation’s dollar-debasing effects understandably sends many savers running for cover behind gold and silver whenever there are signs chronic higher prices are lurking. One of modern history’s best examples of this reaction to inflation took place during the economically tumultuous 1970s. In a period (1970 to

Retirement Savings’ Purchasing Power at Risk from Surging Inflation It has been a long time since the U.S. has seen sustained inflation much above the 1-2% range. But it appears as though the nation may be on the verge of having to wrestle with a meaningful inflation problem once again. Eyebrows were raised a couple of months ago when the

As the effects of the pandemic spread like wildfire last summer, the New York Times informed us roughly half of all Americans were seriously considering the purchase of gold.

As the effects of the pandemic spread like wildfire last summer, the New York Times informed us roughly half of all Americans were seriously considering the purchase of gold.

As the effects of the pandemic spread like wildfire last summer, the New York Times informed us roughly half of all Americans were seriously considering the purchase of gold.

As the effects of the pandemic spread like wildfire last summer, the New York Times informed us roughly half of all Americans were seriously considering the purchase of gold.