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...
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April 2, 2025
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.
Can the U.S. be trusted with German gold? That’s a question being asked by some German officials. Germany ranks second in gold reserves behind the U.S. It officially holds 3,352 tonnes of gold with about 1,236 tonnes (37 percent) held in Federal Reserve vaults in...
April 1, 2025
Will tomorrow’s US tariff tax announcement mark a key “all the bad tax news is in” low for the stock market? Could it mark a high for safe-haven gold?
It is now almost 14 years since I published my first public article on gold analysis. Back in August of 2011, I outlined my expectation for a top in gold at $1,915 even though it was involved in a parabolic rally at the time.
March 31, 2025
Even though the action in the Precious Metals sector late last week suggests a period of near-term consolidation / reaction to ease the current overbought condition, the charts suggest that a massive and possibly unprecedented upleg is brewing, so we will start this...
Here’s some cold water on the notion that Trump’s radical trade policies could help bring about an economic golden era. I’d written here last week that punitive tariffs might be the only medicine strong enough to jolt the world into doing honest business. Foreign...
Friday recap of the week in gold and silver.
March 30, 2025
The Dow Jones closed this week with a Bear’s Eye View of -7.62%, meaning the Dow Jones closed 7.62% below its last all-time high, seen on 04 December 2024; 45,014. Okay, so what?
Well! Can we all say “Gold 3100!” After all, why stop at 3000? For this past Thursday as Gold’s contract volume rolled from April into that for June came +29 points of fresh price premium and (per Tag Team from ’93): “Whoomp! There It Is!” as 3100 June Gold...
Yesterday was an exciting day for silver, which surged another 2.5%, finally poking out above the key $34–$35 resistance zone we've been watching for months.
March 29, 2025
We have a generational breakout for the CDNX, GDXJ, and SILJ junior stocks indexes in play. Here are today's videos and charts.
Gold sector cycle is up. Trend is up for gold & gold stocks. We are holding long position. Upside price target = $3200.
March 28, 2025
Gold broke through $3,100 following a short consolidation, and we’re likely entering the final leg of the rally into an April peak. Silver futures closed above $35.00, and we’re at the critical point in the trend where prices could accelerate rapidly towards $40.00...
Interest in gold stocks is really mounting, fueled by gold’s record-shattering monster upleg. Traders are rediscovering this high-potential contrarian sector, just driving major gold stocks to a dozen-year secular breakout. The miners are earning massive record...
Forecasting time and price is a mug’s game. But we all do it sometimes. This is a lesson I have learnt after about 65 years of market experience. Instead of time and price, it is much more important to understand TRENDS and RISKS.
Goldman Sachs has a new gold report out. Where in addition to raising their primary price target, they also talked about how gold could even exceed $4,500 per ounce in the next 12 months in an extreme tail scenario.
March 27, 2025
Gold has broken above $3,000 and appears poised to push even higher. So far, platinum has not followed gold’s lead but seems to be watching from the sidelines. What is causing this divergence?
In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey issued a stark warning about the state of the U.S. economy, monetary policy, and the Federal Reserve’s quiet but significant moves.
Trump appears to be using a 1970s, or worse, 1930s playbook; and those playbooks did not work even though the US had a large industrial base at those times
As gold and silver continue to rally, the bank short positions in each metal are also growing. And silver is nearing it's all-time record for largest bank short position ever once again.