By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com “How much do gold coins weigh?” You’d think this is a super-simple question to answer. After all, every modern gold bullion coin has its weight stamped right on it. If I buy a 5 lb. bag of flour at the grocery store, I expect it to weigh 5 lbs. When...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com The U.S. Mint has been hard at work over the years. If you aren’t an active collector or bullion buyer, you might believe that American Eagles are all that's available when it comes to investment-grade U.S. gold coins. Although it’s true that gold eagles are the most popular of the...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Since the beginning of the year, we’ve shipped more ounces of silver than we did during any six-month period last year. We’ve been getting a ton of customer inquiries, asking, “What’s the best silver to buy?” The honest answer is, we don’t know. Instead of giving you silver investing advice,...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com It is ever so rare to hear an official in the U.S. talk about gold. We have the largest central bank gold stockpile in the world, more than twice as much as the runner-up, four times as much as China. Even so, judging by policymaker statements and actions, you’d think...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Everybody knows that, when interest rates go up, gold goes down. Investopedia will tell you about the “widespread popular belief is that there exists a strong negative correlation between interest rates and the price of gold.” “Negative correlation” means they move opposite one another. Correlation usually ranges from 1 (moving...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Why, really? It has its own bullion reserves. According to officials, gold isn't all that and currencies are vogue. So why would governments ask citizens for their private gold? Let's dive into two cases, historical and current. 1933: Roosevelt nationalizes private U.S. gold The first is when President F.D. Roosevelt...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com I’ve been reading Ray Dalio’s book, the newer one called Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order. Generally it’s a fantastic book, incredibly researched, thorough, and highly recommended.  The key concept, which he repeats frequently, is that studying history’s most turbulent economic and political periods reveal why the times...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com We know about the gold standard, or at least we think we do. We'd mostly like to return to it. The idea of “money” as having intrinsic value, having its own utility beyond simply paying for stuff, has a lot going for it. Especially today, when we’re seeing 7% year-over-year...

Why does the American Eagle objectively stand above other top gold and silver sovereigns? And not just the American Eagle: we can go all the way up to the pricey 20th century Gaudens to prove the point. As we use the word "objectively", coin collectors might already be feeling restless. But whether one wants to...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Many expected gold to post a new all-time high last year, which would have made two in a row. Alas, it didn't. Gold finished the year around $1,800, lofty but not as high as die-hard gold bugs wanted. Cue disappointed music? Not just yet. A recent in-depth analysis by Goldman...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com The U.S. Mint has many products, none of them unappealing. Yet the American Eagle one-ounce silver proof coin stands out as the top seller. Why? Don't silver stackers hoard bullion for investment value? Don't collectors want the most valuable item, which would be the various gold American eagle proof coins?...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com With this brief guide to gold prices, we're going to dive into the nitty-gritty of the gold market. How is the price set, how often does it move and why? Let's start with the basics. What is the spot gold price? The spot gold price is gold's currently-traded market price,...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man who defined an era. One of only 21 Americans to win the Nobel Peace Prize, a man who spoke truth to power regardless of the cost. He courageously sided with the disenfranchised, the despised and the overlooked over and over again during...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com I'm tempted to answer my own question with a simple and dismissive prudent investors and go home and kiss my wife. But if you really think about the question, it's a subject worth getting into. There are definitely some misconceptions about who buys gold bullion, how and in what amounts....

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Any bullion investor worth his gold dust knows about the gold-to-silver ratio. It measures how many ounces of "the white metal" silver it takes to buy an ounce of gold. Right now, the ratio sits at levels that are historically warped by any standard. That's one reason why everyone's been...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Perth Mint (as we've said many times before) strive to stay at the cutting edge of innovation compared to other government mints. (Really, only the Royal Canadian Mint comes close.) We spent some time talking about the silver lunar coins series. Now, let's take it to the next level… Meet...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com It's always nice to add some spice to your silver bullion stack. Our customers have had the foresight to load up on American eagle gold and silver coins during a time of unprecedented economic and worldwide uncertainty. We adore eagles, whether they're bullion, proof or uncirculated, partially because they sport some of...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Price forecasts for any assets can be tough. Big banks, with their teams of hundreds of highly-trained analysts, get it wrong a lot more often than not. Sometimes, just to keep things interesting, they get it very wrong. Instead of pretending to have a crystal ball or a time machine,...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com The year's winding down, and in between shipping last-minute holiday orders, we've been putting together our thoughts on the year as a whole. 2021 economic highlights Honestly, there's not a lot of good news here. The major themes we saw: Possibly the most reckless Federal Reserve in American history Roaring...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com We get a lot of questions from first-time precious metals shoppers about how to buy bullion. Gold or silver? Coins or bars? We get it. Bullion investment these days can feel daunting. People are waking up to the reality of how different, and indeed less valuable, paper gold is compared...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com For a famous billionaire fund manager, Ray Dalio offers a surprising amount of useful information and insight for the everyday person. He's not afraid to ask the tough questions, like: Why in the world would you own bonds, when the economics of investing in bonds (and most financial assets) has...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Gold is pretty much synonymous with risk-free investment. The kind of track record it boasts has warranted that no entry point is wrong. And whatever the entry point, it still boasts plenty of upside on every corner. But to truly understand how difficult this is to achieve for an asset,...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com It does seem like everyone's buying silver these days, even if the paper market price might not show it. We know that investment demand has been skyrocketing, and now, the latest report from the Silver Institute tells us that this year's demand will total 1.29 billion ounces. It's the first...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com Okay, it's official: inflation, at 6.2% year-over-year, is out of control. Almonty Industries CEO Lewis Black has some discouraging predictions… Next year, you're really going to start to feel it. It will be a tough year. There is a whole generation that has never been in an inflationary environment. And...

By Paul Vanguard, for BullionMax.com There isn't really a bad time to buy gold. It's not an investment that's going to make its buyers wish they didn't buy into the hype. Today, considering the relatively mild movent in gold's price despite a very favorable environment, is looking like a great time to buy bullion &ndash...