Tom Dyson


Tom’s Mailbag: Timing Precious Metals Transactions, the Bond Market, and Tracking the Dow-to-Gold Ratio

It’s time for another Friday mailbag edition. This week, readers ask Tom about buying and selling precious metals… the benefit of owning gold… timing his Dow-to-Gold strategy… and the stampede out of U.S. bonds…

Gold Is Immune to Asset Volatility

The markets have experienced incredible volatility over the last year. And most assets, like stocks, bonds, crypto, and metals,...

Finding Community in a Small Idaho Snow Town

Tom and Kate have been staying with their three kids in Driggs, Idaho for five months, experiencing blizzards and...

Tom’s Mailbag: Gold, Oil Tankers, and Investing Outside the USA

In today's Friday mailbag edition, Tom explores ways to own physical gold in the U.S. stock market... one oil...

Tom and Kate Get Remarried

Over the course of the Dysons’ three-year around-the-world trip, Tom and Kate fell in love again. Today, they tied...

When Bond Yields Go Negative

Real bond yields went negative in 2003 and have stayed modestly negative for most of the last 18 years....

Who Will Bail Out the U.S. Government?

This weekend’s guest editor, Tom Dyson, is just as worried as Bill about the future of the American economy...