The dollar index, which is already teetering below the critical level of 80, now looks like it could move to a new historic low. How low, no one knows, but the dollar is in serious trouble.

Front month Gold prices sat on top of $700 this morning for the first time in 16 months as the further decline in the U.S. dollar became more evident.

The TSX Venture dropped in August by a few hundred points, which frightened a lot of investors away from that market for the time being. Volumes are returning to post-summer levels, but there is...

Much like the dot-com meltdown earlier this decade, the money disappearing never really existed in the first place, but was merely the novel creation of a bunch of fraternity brats who smirk at the...

Recently, an associate sent me a chart of the TSX Venture Composite's performance, and it wasn't the one above. It was a one-month chart, which, if you look at the last inch of chart on the right...

How many times has history taught that the most successful investors eschew the herd mentality in favor of some original thinking?

Recent financial shockwaves to markets in the United States and around the world have caused investors to once again look to gold for protection of their wealth.

Since the beginning of the year, gold prices have stagnantly bounced back and forth in a 50-dollar channel between $640 and $690 per ounce. Despite this relatively uneventful and sobering price...

In an attempt to raise monies, big financial houses are selling stocks across the board to cover losing positions stemming from this credit derivative risk.

Sixty years ago, it was believed that cigarette smoking was actually good for your health, and a whole generation of people bought that proposition hook, line and sinker. Later, as the truth was...

This week, Italy announced that it would utilize its gold reserves to help alleviate its national debt, currently running at 107 percent of Gross National Product, or the entire productivity of the...

While the likelihood of the US ranking in size of economy is unlikely to be usurped at any point in the near future, the status of the U.S. Dollar as the premier reserve currency is seriously...