Eric Sprott discusses this week's events and looks ahead for the precious metals and the mining shares.

Eric Sprott discusses the week that was and looks ahead to what will be a very interesting and volatile week next.

Bob Thompson of Raymond James in Vancouver sits in for Eric this week as we discuss Friday's US jobs report, the upcoming FOMC meeting and the impact on gold, silver and the mining shares.

Doug Casey, founder of Casey Research, joins us to answer Sprott Money's questions on the global economy, the dollar, gold and the gold miners.

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.

The current 80x gold/silver ratio is elevated compared with an average of 56x over the past 50 years.

The Berkshire meeting has evolved into a high holiday of American capitalism, uniting 40,000 crusading attendees with millions of global investors in collective celebration of the joys and rewards of investing.

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.