Considered as a precious metal for over 6,000 years, Silver has been a trading metal in nearly every ancient and modern culture. It’s value has been proven as a precious metal and time-tested commodity, as its intrinsic value still persists. Regarded mainly as an investment and industrial commodity, Silver has been a good portfolio diversifier and hedge against inflation. It is considered a secure and affordable investment and has earned a place in the portfolios of many different types of investors for that reason. In addition to owning physical metal, investors can gain access through the derivatives market, metal ETFs and mutual funds, and mining company stocks.

A form of digital or virtual currency secured by cryptograph, Cryptocurrency is a digital medium for exchange. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized networks based on blockchain technology, rendering them immune to government interference or manipulation. Cryptocurrencies face criticism for a number of reasons, including their use for illegal activities, exchange rate volatility, and vulnerabilities of the infrastructure underlying them. However, they also have been praised for their portability, divisibility, inflation resistance, and transparency.

A general Obligation Bond is a municipal bond that is backed by the general creditworthiness and taxation power of the issuing municipality.

The 2 Year US Treasury Bill is a United States Treasury Bond with a 2 year life

A Benjamin Graham classic, The Intelligent Investor, is the stock market bible since its original publication in 1949. It is designed in a form suitable for the laymen and it overflows with the wisdom to guide in the adoption and execution of investment policies. Graham's philosophy boasts not of profit maximization but loss minimization.

Backwardation is when the current price of an underlying asset is higher than prices trading in the futures market. It can occur as a result of a higher demand for an asset currently than the contracts maturing in the coming months through the futures market. Traders use backwardation to make a profit by selling short at the current price and buy at the lower futures price.

Harry S. Dent Jr. is a bestselling author and a well-known demographic. He is a famed expert when it comes to cycles, history, and economics. Dent anticipated the populist wave that has driven the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump, and other recent shocks around the world.

Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian School economist, historian, and sociologist. He was one of the last members of the original Austrian School of Economics. Mises believed that economic truths are derived from self-evident axioms and cannot be empirically tested. Mises had a strong influence on young people. The resurgent Austrian school in the United States owes itself in no small part to Mises’s persistence.

Black Monday is a nickname for the US stock market crash that happened in 1987

Quasi-Government institution that manages a countries currency, money supply and interest rates.

The Mining Industry is involved in the extraction of precious minerals and other geological materials through the use of sophisticated and productive machinery, along with digitization, to continuously prosper by increasing productivity while decreasing cost. With its main assets its reserves and resources, this industry provides most of the materials to build infrastructure and instruments of daily use, to obtain large amounts of energy, and to supply agricultural needs. Typical activities in the mining industry include metals production, metals investing, and metals trading. With the present mining challenges, the mining legacy has repeatedly discussed its relationship with environmental health and sustainable development.