Gold Editorials & Commentary

After last week's gold and silver selloff, Goldman Sachs has a new report out to their clients telling them how to respond.

Through the first half of 2025, gold-backed funds globally reported the highest semi-annual inflows of metal since H1 2020 in the early months of the pandemic. After modest outflows of gold in May, flows flipped positive in June with ETFs globally adding 74.6 tons...

Gerardo Del Real of Resource Stock Digest sat down with Stefan Gleason, president of Money Metals Exchange and a longtime advocate for sound money stewardship and smart precious metals ownership. 

I occasionally give presentations on gold and silver to audiences that aren’t familiar with the sector. So I try to include as much of the basic rationale for owning the precious metals, stressing that there are two distinct reasons to do so — as insurance and as an...

Retail sales were down for May with the AP reporting, “The figure was pulled down by a steep drop in auto sales, after Americans ramped up their car-buying in March to get ahead of Trump’s 25% duty on imported cars and car parts. Excluding autos, sales fell 0.3% in...

With tension in the Middle East, as well as in the financial markets, there are probably few men on the planet who have more to say about these issues than Dr. Jim Willie, the Golden Jackass.

Remember Trump’s Art of the USD? It works. Two weeks ago, I published what many considered a bold thesis: that markets had reached "Peak Chaos" and that Trump's tariff strategy would follow predictable patterns from his own documented playbook in The Art of the Deal...

Debt worship and the simple rise of the citizens of China and India are two of the main reasons why the US government’s fiat currency is in trouble, and the trouble is likely here to stay.

There is almost complete unanimity among economists that the most important role of the central bank is to attain price stability. Allegedly, the policy of price stability promotes economic growth and individual well-being.

On the fourteenth of last November gold was $2,536 an ounce, today it’s $3,334. Silver was $26.38, now its $36.92, platinum was $851.56, today it’s $1,391.00. Gold, silver and platinum have done extremely well over the last while, can you point to any particular...

While many Western investors still haven’t hopped on the gold bandwagon, Asian investors have been piling up yellow metal. For example, affluent Hong Kong investors have nearly tripled their gold holdings over the last year.

As Americans celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and festivities, it’s worth remembering that the ideals of 1776 were more than abstract declarations—they were backed by bold action, including the rejection of debased money and the embrace of gold and silver...

The Central Banks have been driving the gold rally over the past few years with record amounts of gold purchases. The pace is somewhat lower this year, although increased in May.

Gold climbed on optimism that the Federal Reserve will resume rate cuts in the second half of the year, while investors closely watched U.S. trade talks ahead of the July 9 tariff deadline. Bullion rose 0.6%, nearing $3,323 an ounce, as traders priced in higher odds...

Remember how I told you that the Tariff deadlines will likely be extended? It’s starting to happen. Quoting Yahoo! Finance: “Trump had targeted July 9 as a self-imposed deadline, when his "pause" on steep April tariffs would go back into effect. Global markets have...

We've seen an historic rally in the gold and silver markets over the past year and a half. But is the move already done, or are we still waiting for a big breakout?

We’re all waiting anxiously to see whether Trump’s bold initiatives usher in a golden economic era. If this is going to happen, we should see the Dow Industrial lurch toward 100,000 at any time.

Two weeks ago, we had some weakness in the precious metals sector, and I've been talking about a correction, or a consolidation continuing. But this past week, something important has happened. I am seeing more bullish signals in silver and also one bullish signal...

Well, during this holiday shortened week the metals are having decent success. Gold is up about $60 or 1.7% to come in at $3,342 an ounce. Turning to silver, the white metal is performing slightly better, up nearly 90 cents or 2.4% to check in at $37.05.

Through this year’s 27 trading weeks-to-date, the most recent one for Gold posted a unique set of parameters not yet recorded during 2025.  Ready?

Gold sector cycle is down. Trend is up for gold stocks, and down for USD and gold. A pullback is now in progress.

Silver is having a great summer, just clocking out June with one of its best performances of modern times.  Silver’s breakout surge and silver-ETF-share demand are far outpacing gold’s.  Such strong upside action in this seasonally-weak time of the year reveals...

The Federal Reserve Board voted last week to move ahead with a proposal to scale back the amount of capital that banks must hold as part of their assets. A Reuters report indicated that the amount of capital that banks must set aside will depend on the size of the...

Here are today's videos and charts.

In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey dives into the troubling trajectory of the U.S. dollar, recent warnings from international banks, and the growing shift toward gold among global central banks. 

The pace of central bank gold buying picked up slightly in May. Globally, central banks officially added a net 20 tonnes of gold to their reserves in May, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council. This compares to 14 tonnes in April.

There’s an old truth we forget at our peril: when money loses its integrity, freedom soon follows. Throughout history, the erosion of honest currency has marched in lockstep with the erosion of civil liberties.

Remember the story that I outlined in my gold price forecast for July 2025? We saw more of the same yesterday, but on a micro-scale.

Credit expansion, AKA more and more debt, into von Mises‘ Crack-Up-Boom would bring Stagflation at best, and Hyperinflation at worst in the not too distant future.

Last week, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system, published a report analyzing vulnerabilities in non-bank commercial real estate (CRE) investors. A key focus was the ...