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.

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 ...

The silver price has recorded its highest monthly close in 14 years at $36.05 for the month of June. The last time the price closed this high was July of 2011, when the precious metal notched a close of $39.23. Despite near-record prices, investor interest remains...

Earlier this month, in her first public speech as the Federal Reserve’s Vice Chair for Supervision, Michelle Bowman laid out her vision for how the central bank should oversee and regulate US banks. At the heart of her approach is pragmatism: identifying problems,...

By signing sound money legislation earlier this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ended Florida’s discriminatory practice of assessing sales taxes on small purchases of gold, silver, or platinum bullion and coins.

Economists were expecting find another 100k jobs were created based on today’s report, but we got 33k in net job destruction, instead, while the numbers from the last report were revised down in addition to this bad news. So much for “the economy is strong and...

After last week's selloff, the gold price has once again rebounded, and is now back up over the $3,350 level.

The gold bull run of the 1970s started with a default when the US defaulted on its gold obligations in August of 1971. The current gold bull market will likely end closer to major debt defaults.

After I posted today’s early heads-up, gold price moved several dollars lower, and now it’s even clearer that the breakdown below the rising line was not invalidated.