This week, Eric Sprott discusses how political and geo-political turmoil in the U.S. is driving precious metal prices higher.

This week, Eric Sprott discusses the latest US inflation data as well as the worsening crisis with North Korea.

This week, Eric Sprott discusses the latest US jobs report and the impact on gold and silver.

Nomi Prins is a renowned journalist, author and speaker.

A precious metals aficionado armed with degrees in finance and economics as well as engineering, David Morgan created the Silver-Investor.com website and originated The Morgan Report, a monthly that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems, and the key reasons for investing in precious metals.

Chris Martenson, PhD (Duke), MBA (Cornell) is an economic researcher and futurist specializing in energy and resource depletion, and co-founder of PeakProsperity.com.

A highlight of 2017 financial markets has certainly been the explosion of interest in cryptocurrencies. We attribute growing interest in digital currencies to a concern shared by many gold investors. In short, resentment is mounting over the financially repressive policies of global central banks.

As an asset class, precious metals have become a contemporary investment enigma. Despite market-leading performances during the past seventeen years, gold and silver still command surprisingly narrow constituencies in most investing circles.

In our mid-April report, we highlighted ten market variables we view as bullish for the gold price. During the intervening month, these factors have remained generally supportive, yet spot gold has traced out a 6.28% correction (from an intraday high of $1,295.61 on 4/17 to an intraday low of $1,214.26 on 5/9).