Friday, February 13, 2026

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Trump Administration Still Running Budget Deficits Despite Surge in Tariff Revenue

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Tariff revenue is closing the budget deficit, but federal spending continues to increase, erasing some of those gains and driving Uncle Sam deeper into debt. The federal government ran a $94.62 billion deficit in January, according to the monthly Treasury statement. That was down 26 percent...

Demand for Gold in Tech and Industry Was Steady in 2025

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Fundamentally, gold is money, but it does have other practical uses, contrary to what some ignorant commentators might tell you. Gold demand in the tech and industrial sectors was generally flat at 222.8 tonnes in 2025. This was down about 1.5 percent from 226.2...

Nike Under Federal Investigation for Anti-White Discrimination

(José Niño, Headline USA)  The nation's top workplace discrimination watchdog made Nike its biggest corporate target yet in the Trump administration's sweeping campaign against corporate diversity programs, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last Wednesday that it opened an investigation into...

Hotel Rips Gold Bars Out of Floor and Sells Them

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When I was a kid, someone superglued a quarter to the cafeteria floor at my junior high school. We enjoyed several days of entertainment watching people trying to pick that quarter up. A few kids were super-aggressive in their efforts to unstick that quarter....

Gold, Silver, and the Discipline to Survive Market Chaos with Ted Oakley

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with veteran investment advisor J. Ted Oakley, founder of Oxbow Advisors. Oakley brought more than 40 years of experience advising high-net-worth clients, but the conversation began far from Wall Street. Oakley shared a...

Agreement Between Shanghai and Hong Kong to Boost China’s Gold Market

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A cooperation agreement between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Shanghai will facilitate gold trading as part of a push to elevate the role of China’s two financial centers in the global gold market. Western markets – London, New York, and Switzerland...

A Violent Gold and Silver Selloff Tests Conviction, Not the Bull Market

(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey returns with a single message for listeners watching the screen turn red. Perspective matters more than panic. He opens with a quick personal aside from Florida, where an outdoor hockey game in Tampa turned...

Investors in the East Line Up to Buy Gold on the Dip

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When the price of gold plunged on Friday, Chinese investors lined up at the only Singapore bank selling gold products to retail customers to take advantage of the dip. The underscores a fundamental dynamic in this gold bull market – regular people want the...

Trump Administration to Create a Strategic Reserve for Rare Earth Elements

(Headline USA) The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth metals, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. The White House confirmed on Monday the start...

Insider Talks: Total Pandemonium in the Gold and Silver Supply Chain

(Money Metals News Service) On Friday, January 30, Mario Innecco, also commonly known as Maneco64, interviewed Stefan Gleason, President & CEO of Money Metals Exchange, as gold and silver corrected sharply after rallying to all-time highs. Innecco framed the price action as historic. But so is the situation in the global...

Some Thoughts on the Gold and Silver Sell-Off

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold and silver both sold off on Friday in a correction that was probably overdue. Gold kicked off last week trading just over $5,020. As the week went on, the price soared, topping above $5,600 before crashing back below $5,000 on Friday. The yellow...

Warsh Nomination as Fed Chair Sparks Irrational Gold and Silver Selloff

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) So, President Trump has announced his pick for Federal Reserve Chairman, and the markets are not pleased. Everybody seems convinced that Kevin Warsh is a “hawkish” pick, and markets are throwing a temper tantrum because they think he might take the easy money punch...
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