Rare Earth Metals: The New Oil of the Global Economy

China’s dominance over rare earth metals in 2025 is reshaping global markets — and driving investors toward real assets like gold. Here’s what it means for the next decade.

Gold vs. Stocks & Bonds: The Winning Gold Portfolio Allocation Strategy

New Morningstar data shows gold outpacing many assets over 1–20 years. See why a 5–15% allocation can strengthen portfolios—and how to own gold the right way.

Saving vs Investing Explained: The One Shift That Builds Wealth

Most people think saving is safe and investing is risky—but it’s the opposite when you understand value. In Saving vs Investing Explained: The One Shift That Builds Wealth, Alan Hibbard shows why holding cash quietly destroys purchasing power and how separating real savings from risk assets builds lasting financial strength.

The Big Beautiful Bullion

Written by: The MacroButler Investors who have done more investing homework than just bingeing Wall Street pundits or tuning into finance soap operas hosted by clueless journalists, will know they basically have two flavours to choose from: contracts and properties. Harry Browne, an economist with a knack for common sense, cooked up the Permanent Portfolio—a no-nonsense, all-weather mix of four uncorrelated assets: stocks, bonds, gold, and cash, each at 25%. Simple, balanced, and built to survive just about any economic circus. On one side we have contracts made of Cash and Bonds which can be seen as IOUs with fancy […]

“Nobody Can Nail The Peak” — The Honest Truth About Selling Metals

“Nobody can nail a peak. And if they say they can, they’re lying. If they do, they were lucky.”  With those frank words, Mike Maloney opens up about one of the most challenging aspects of precious metals investing: knowing when to sell. While countless “gurus” claim they can time the market perfectly, Mike takes a refreshingly honest approach — one based on mathematical ratios, not crystal balls.  The Two Ratios That Matter Most  Instead of focusing on price targets (which Mike considers largely irrelevant), he watches two key ratios that have proven reliable across multiple market cycles:  1. The Dow/Gold […]

As National Debt Tops $37 Trillion, There’s Still One Asset Washington Can’t Print

While the national debt soars $4.7 billion daily, this inflation hedge has zero counterparty risk…

Silver’s Explosive Setup: Why This Rally Could Be Your Last Chance

Silver just did something it rarely does — outperform gold while staying completely under the radar.  If you’ve been following the precious metals market, you know this is unusual. Gold typically leads, silver follows. Gold gets the headlines, silver gets ignored. But right now, something different is happening. And according to Mike Maloney’s latest analysis, this quiet outperformance could be the early warning signal of something much bigger.  “This is exactly how the biggest moves begin,” Mike explains in his latest video with Alan Hibbard. “The best opportunities come when nobody’s paying attention.”  Why This Time Feels Different  The financial […]