Frank Holmes

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• Precious Metals Pulled Ahead Of The Pack In The First Half Of 2020

  Published 13 July 2020 | viewed 8,853 times

  Every year around this time, we check in with raw materials for our popular commodities halftime report. This year, it wasn’t even a competition. Precious…

• What's Fueling The Silver Stock Rally?

  Published 05 June 2020 | viewed 3,777 times

  The price of silver soared in May, jumping more than 19 percent on safe haven demand as well as increased expectations of a swift economic…

• The Fed Is Printing Money At Unprecedented Levels

  Published 28 May 2020 | viewed 8,615 times

  “I think there is a strong likelihood we will need another bill.” That’s according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who supports additional fiscal stimulus to…

• Gold ETFs See Surge In Investor Interest

  Published 12 May 2020 | viewed 3,409 times

  A month is all it took to wipe out a decade of jobs growth. U.S. employers cut an unprecedented 20.5 million jobs in April, the…

• The Great Coronavirus Lockdown Pushes Gold Closer To $1,800

  Published 15 April 2020 | viewed 3,787 times

  Gold and gold stocks are among the highest performing assets of 2020 so far as investors seek a haven amid the coronavirus-fueled rout, and as…

• How Fast Will Markets Recover?

  Published 18 March 2020 | viewed 3,375 times

  We may very well be headed for a recession—some economists believe it’s already here—but we’re most definitely in a bear market, normally defined as occurring…

• Is It Time To Buy The Blood On The Streets?

  Published 17 March 2020 | viewed 4,159 times

  If anyone has the right to say “I told you so,” it’s Bill Gates. Two years ago, the co-founder, former CEO and now former board…

• Don’t Worry About China’s Factory Slowdown

  Published 07 March 2020 | viewed 5,574 times

  Chinese manufacturing activity slumped to a record low in February as the coronavirus outbreak temporarily shuttered plants and factories and travel restrictions impacted the supply…

• Buying Opportunities Arise Following Last Week’s Historical Selloff

  Published 03 March 2020 | viewed 2,558 times

  As I write this, the market is officially in correction territory, with the S&P 500 off 14.5 percent from its all-time close on February 19.…

• Wall Street Is Going Crazy Over ‘Ethical’ ETFs

  Published 04 February 2020 | viewed 3,791 times

  U.S.-based ETFs had a red-hot 2019, ending the year with $4.4 trillion in assets, a 30 percent increase from 2018. Even bigger changes could be…

• What Investors Need To Know About The Coronavirus

  Published 28 January 2020 | viewed 3,309 times

  Saturday marked the Chinese Lunar New Year, a time when as many as 400 million people ordinarily travel to visit family and go on vacation.…

• Tariffs Are Causing A Slowdown In U.S. Manufacturing

  Published 09 January 2020 | viewed 3,298 times

  The U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the fifth straight month in December, with the monthly reading from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) hitting its…

• $7 Trillion In Unfunded U.S. Pensions As Domestic Debt Hits A Record High

  Published 26 November 2019 | viewed 11,857 times

  Flying in the face of negative economic news, U.S. factories picked up steam for the third straight month in November. The preliminary manufacturing purchasing manager’s…

• Should You Buy Into The World’s Largest IPO?

  Published 11 November 2019 | viewed 2,964 times

  Imagine waking up in your posh high-rise penthouse facing the Red Sea. Above the bustling city hangs a giant artificial moon that livestreams images from…

• Broad Commodity Funds Don’t Give Enough Exposure To Gold

  Published 07 November 2019 | viewed 3,201 times

  In a September report, the World Gold Council (WGC) pointed out that some investors are underexposed to gold. The gist of the study is that…

• Opportunities Arise Amidst A Blitz Of Negative Headlines

  Published 30 October 2019 | viewed 3,759 times

  “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.” The quote, attributed to former President Bill Clinton, is one of my favorite pieces of advice. Clinton was…

• The Ugly Truth About Investing In Private Equity Deals

  Published 16 October 2019 | viewed 3,248 times

  The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and for that we can largely blame policies of envy that increasingly restrict investors’…

• Is It Time To Buy The Dip In Gold?

  Published 15 October 2019 | viewed 4,179 times

  “Travel,” Mahatma Gandhi once said, “is the language of peace.” If that’s the case—and I happen to believe that it is—then I’m extremely bullish about…

• Market Volatility Sends Investors Scrambling Into This Asset Class

  Published 10 October 2019 | viewed 7,786 times

  For reasons unknown, October has historically been the most volatile month for the stock market—by a goodly margin. Between 1950 and the end of 2017,…

• Precious Metals See Record Inflows As Investors Hedge Against Teetering Economy

  Published 08 October 2019 | viewed 6,808 times

  Will he or won’t he? That seems to be the question on a lot of traders and investors’ minds today with regard to Federal Reserve…