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It’s been tough going for many silver bullion investors who look back fondly on silver’s surge to nearly $50/oz in 2011 . . . .

Yesterday’s surge in silver prices finally sprung the shiny white metal free from the congestion it was caught in for the past couple of months and suddenly brings to light the prospects of an important long-term breakout . . . .

With higher US inflation, a weaker US dollar and geopolitical tensions on the horizon, Wayne Gordon explains why he thinks gold prices will rise even higher in the long term . . . .

Global debt has now reached over 327% of global GDP, $237 trillion. Prior to the financial crisis it was less than $150 trillion. The amount by which it has surged in just one year is the same amount as the ballooning national debt of the United States . . . .

Gold has remained disappointedly range-bound through equity turmoil and rising geopolitical tensions. A flirt above $1360/oz last week was cut short by hawkish Fed minutes but more positive inflation prints could yet kick-start the returns needed to entice meaningful inflows . . . .

Gold is famously correlated inversely to the dollar and since the dollar has been weak of late the price is relatively strong, at just over US$1,340 per ounce . . . .

Donald Trump’s trade policies are breathing new life into precious metals. Measures of 60-day historical volatility for gold and palladium futures climbed to the highest in about a year. Volatility in silver also increased . . . .

Physical gold demand in most Asian hubs was muted this week, weighed down by stronger prices, despite a slight pick-up in buying in India ahead of the wedding season and a key festival . . . .

Republican Congressman from West Virginia Alex Mooney has proposed a bill “to define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.” The problem is that the US may not have enough physical gold to back the greenback, an expert tells RT . . . .

The U.S. trade deficit increased to a near 9-1/2-year high in February as both exports and imports rose to record highs, but the shortfall with China narrowed sharply . . . .