April 2011 saw silver prices double from six months before. Why, and what happened next?

After 100 years of the U.S. central bank, does it deserve another try?

Four reasons to waste your time with the deeply historic, deeply human value ascribed to gold.

Hasn't the Federal Reserve done enough harm already?

How labor force participation tells a different story about gold than the headline data.

Only emerging-market savers need gold and silver, right?

Controls on gold inflows don't fix the causes of capital outflows.

Why does hedging remain such a highly contentious issue for gold and silver miners?

A primer on how physical gold stocks are held for Comex contracts, and what stock changes mean.