Earlier this month, J.P. Morgan made an important announcement that received scant coverage in the media: the bank would now accept gold as collateral for loans.

This week, the financial media celebrated as the Dow closed above the 12,000 mark for the first time since June 19th, 2008.

If one were asked to describe the major global economic changes that have unfolded since the financial crisis began, a good starting place would be the massive shift of debt from the private to the public sector.

In the first few days of July, the prices of gold and silver appeared to break a five-month upward trend by drawing […]

The European Union’s debt crisis, the threatened collapse of its fledgling ‘euro’ currency, and the uncertainties created by the UK elections may […]