JOSEPH MALCARNE Founder & CEO American Sovereign Bullion Part I: A Memory That Never Left I was five or six years old. My mother was at the grocery store checkout line, and I watched her do something that burned itself into my memory: she sorted through the items in the cart, one by one, deciding what she could do without— because there wasn't enough money to pay for it all. That happened more than once. But the memory that has stayed with me most vividly was a different day.

Special Report What Nature Is Telling You About Your Money Right Now READ THE STORY THE SETUP One Moment. Over decades in this industry, I have watched financial experts parade across television screens and conference stages — dot-coms, housing, crypto — each one proclaiming the next great investment. They rose with fanfare, and fell with silence. But two truths have stayed with me through all of it. And right now, they are converging. First: Gold has maintained its purchasin