This week, Eric Sprott discusses the ongoing selloff in gold prices but also looks ahead to the issues caused by the rising US dollar and higher US interest rates.

This week, Eric Sprott discusses the global economy and how recent trends in the supply and demand of physical gold will impact price in the near future.

Listen as Eric Sprott discusses the latest US jobs report and economic data and then gives his projection for precious metals prices in the weeks ahead.

James Grant of Grant's Interest Rate Observer fields questions concerning the current rally in the US dollar, Fed policy, the bond market and the future of gold prices

Michael Kosowan is the President and CEO of Torq Resources.Mr. Kosowan is an industry expert with over 20 years experience in the junior mining sector, having led mining investment and financings in the USA and Canada through his work with Sprott and other premier brokerage houses.

Ronald-Peter Stöferle is a managing partner at Incrementum AG in Liechtenstein and the author of the annual report, "In Gold We Trust".

The low volatility stock market rally chose to exit stage left as we embarked on our year-end holiday celebrations and cheered the annual growth in our portfolios. Little did we know how soon the calm would be coming to a screeching halt.

The turbulence which riled U.S. equities in early February spread to short-term credit markets during March. As the S&P 500 Index1 slumped towards ongoing retest of February lows, various measures of dollar funding stress surged to post-crisis highs

One prominent 2017 storyline was, "Gold is dead — long live cryptocurrencies!" Gold and cryptocurrencies were cast as opponents in a "monetary" boxing ring featuring the two best alternatives to fiat currencies that are decentralized and function outside traditional government-controlled financial systems.