The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) continues to buy unprecedented amounts of gold as the global financial is deleveraging (i.e. investors exchange credit assets for gold). In 2024, the Chinese central bank covertly bought 570 tonnes, encouraging gold’s ascent in...

Today, April 2, 2025, is what Donald Trump and his team are calling “Liberation Day.” Because later, the president will host an event in the Rose Garden to sign reciprocal tariffs that, in the words of his press secretary, “will roll back the unfair trade practices...

The U.S. dollar's status as the global reserve currency continues to erode, with gold and “non-traditional” reserve currencies gaining ground.

Indian investors are turning to gold as the domestic stock market tanks. This isn't a surprise, but there is a twist. Indians are increasingly turning to ETFs to gain exposure to the yellow metal.

In the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey tackles the most frequently asked questions from investors, precious metals enthusiasts, and citizens concerned about the state of the economy. 

At its core, a tariff is a tax levied by a government on goods and services imported into the country. The primary purpose of tariffs is to generate revenue for the government.

Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Inflation or the managerial class? Inflationism is as much a tool as it is an ideology and a phenomenon. Inflation, of course, promotes consumption at the moment as prices change faster than incomes.

The reciprocal tariffs are set to go into effect today, and it's happening at a time when we're continuing to see massive amounts of gold flow from London and stand for delivery in New York.

Yesterday’s analysis generated quite a sizable response (as per our email inbox) and I’m not surprised. Gold moving to its key Fibonacci-extension-based (a.k.a. Phi-based) target and then reversing is indeed a major development.

In 1933, people thought the world was ending and urged government to do whatever it could to relieve the pain of the Depression. In compliance thereof, FDR issued Executive Order 6102 on April 5, 1933 “forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold...

The best-performing precious metal for the past week was silver, up 3.91%. on the back of gold’s lift this week as precious metals got a boost from rising trade tensions, helping to send gold to another all-time high along with a new upgrade in year-end forecasted...

Below, we conduct a necessary autopsy on the death of Constitutional money. Most of us, myself included, have a favorite lawyer joke (or two), but law school had its shining moments, including our deep dive into the US Constitution.

Washington D.C. is still a prime breeding ground for bad ideas. One of the dumbest, and more dangerous, is the idea of swapping U.S. gold reserves for Bitcoin. In fairness, we should first mention we are encouraged by the growing acceptance by a handful of...

In a timely episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with veteran journalist and Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) co-founder Chris Powell to discuss gold's historic surge past $3,000 an ounce and what it signals about the global...

Today brought a storm of news strongly confirming all the points I laid out in my weekend Deeper Dive as to why we are certainly heading deep into a recession and into rising inflation at the same time, which would be “stagflation.” All contary to the one stock...

I finally found something that can survive an association with Nazis. Gold and silver. A trove of around 15,000 rare gold and silver coins worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million is about to go up for auction.

Fundamentals for Gold Miners are already strong but could become white hot as inflation adjusted Gold price has broken out of a 45-year-long base.

Long before fiat currency, digital dollars, or cryptocurrency, America’s Founders sought to anchor the young nation’s economy in gold and silver, i.e. sound money.

There's a reason that most of the world's greatest investors are also financial historians. Because there's a lot that can be learned from the past, and a lot of patterns that do repeat. And in some cases, can be profitably forecast.

There's a big buyer in the gold market right now, who wants the gold in a big way. And in this morning's show, Vince Lanci explains why.