History’s largest mining operation is about to begin

© Elicia Edijanto Unless you are given to chronic anxiety or suffer from nihilistic despair, you probably haven’t spent much time […]

By Aidualc | 05 Feb 20 | Posted in Commodities, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Oil Market is Bigger Than All Metal Markets Combined

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist,   Ever since the invention of the internal combustion engine, oil has been one of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Nov 17 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization

By Texas Precious Metals LLC, Millions, billions, and trillions… When we talk about the giant size of Apple, the fortune […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Nov 17 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Real Estate, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China Consumes Mind-Boggling Amounts of Raw Materials [Chart]

By Jeff Desjardins, Over the last 20 years, the world economy has relied on the Chinese economic growth engine more […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Oct 17 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Where do our raw materials come from? (Chart / Infographic)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Nice chart/infographic,  Where do our raw materials come from? From the BullionVault, WHICH countries produce […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Feb 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Silver — Once and Future Money

  Jim Rickards Before the Renaissance, world money existed as precious metal coins or bullion. Caesars and kings hoarded gold […]

By Aidualc | 13 Oct 16 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

10 Alternative Investments Outside of Stocks and Bonds

By Jon C. Ogg, 247WallSt, Investors in 2016 have to be scratching their heads when it comes to where to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Aug 16 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Betting on Deflation May Be a Huge Mistake. Here’s Why…

Precious metals investors heading into 2016 worry the dollar will continue marching ahead, right over the top of gold and […]

By Money Metals | 08 Jan 16 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

GDX Gold Miners’ Strong Q3 Results

By Adam Hamilton, Market Oracle, The beleaguered gold-mining sector continues to be plagued by monumental universal bearishness.  Nearly everyone assumes […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Nov 15 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)

Gold is Dead, Long Live Gold

  – Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Among our less prescient perspectives has been the expectation that […]

By MarketAngel | 12 Aug 15 | Posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)