Michael Lombardi

Is it just me? Am I the only one to notice that the more Donald Trump becomes a serious contender for president, the higher gold prices go? Well, that’s exactly what has been happening. Today,...

It looks like the U.S. economy is already in a recession, according to these indicators. The Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has been below...

When you take all the fluff out of the markets, like artificially low interest rates and other easy monetary support from the Federal Reserve, we need to realize (at the end of the day) that stocks...

I know it’s a bold prediction: Silver prices are going to surprise investors and provide them with better returns than Gold bullion. I say this because both the fundamental and the technical...

We’re only into the second month of the U.S. government’s current fiscal year and we’ve already racked up a budget of $179 billion. (Source: U.S. Bureau of Fiscal Service, December...

While the mainstream was telling us last year (and well into 2014) that the eurozone economy was coming back, I held steadfast in my prediction that the eurozone’s economic problems would only...

According to the Investment Company Institute, assets in institutional money market funds increased $17.19 billion to $1.69 trillion for the week ended on September 24, 2014. This was the biggest...

Nine months into 2014 and it's time to look at how two popular forms of investment have so far this year and where I think they are headed through year's end. Stocks She Dow Jones Industrial Average...

For the U.S. federal government’s fiscal year, which ends this Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts a budget deficit of $506 billion. (Source: Congressional Budget Office web site,...

The fundamentals that drive Gold prices higher are in full force and improving. Central banks are buying more of the precious metal -- to reinforce their reserves -- while countries that are known to...