(Money Metals News Service) This week’s Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, hosted by Mike Maharrey, delivers a sharp and timely analysis of the accelerating global pivot away from the U.S. dollar and the growing strategic importance of gold.
Maharrey ties together current events, economic indicators, and monetary trends to highlight how central...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In May 2023, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes hired a non-profit group called “States United Democracy Center” to help target conservatives who dared contest the state’s controversial 2020 election results. About 11 months later, Mayes announced indictments in Arizona’s so-called “fake electors” case.
Fast forward another...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson raised eyebrows Monday by announcing a taxpayer-funded grant program for descendants of slavery — suggesting it would be reserved exclusively for black residents.
Johnson, a far-left Democrat, unveiled the program at a Juneteenth event, framing it as part of his broader reparations agenda, launched...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After running a surplus in April thanks to tax day, the federal government was back to business as usual in May, spending massive amounts of money and charting another big budget deficit.
At $316 billion, the May budget shortfall was the second-largest of the fiscal year....
(Money Metals News Service) In a wide-ranging and candid interview on the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Axel Merk—President and CIO of Merk Investments—to explore the deepening divide between government fiscal behavior and investor interests.
The conversation centered on growing sovereign debt, entitlement reform avoidance, shifting macroeconomic dynamics,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Did you know the Seminole Indians refused to conduct trade using paper money?
True story. When doing business with white traders, the Seminoles insisted on barter or silver coinage.
Why?
Because they understood the unreliability of fiat currency and the government that "backs" it.
I learned this...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) In a compelling interview with Investing News Network host Charlotte McLeod, Jp Cortez, Executive Director of the Sound Money Defense League, detailed a new legislative push to audit the United States’ gold reserves for the first time in decades.
The initiative, known as...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has unmasked Sapphire Egemasi, a 29-year-old tech influencer, as the alleged architect behind a sophisticated international fraud operation that siphoned over $1.3 million from Lexington, Kentucky’s city coffers, according to a report by the Daily Trust.
She was arrested by the FBI in the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) While accounting rules are intended to foster transparency and facilitate accurate financial reporting, they can also mask the true financial state of an organization.
Today, a commonly used accounting trick could be obscuring risks in the U.S. banking system by papering over the significant...
(Money Metals News Service) On the latest Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey welcomed Michael Pento, founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, for an in-depth look at the gold market and broader financial trends.
Michael Pento believes gold is in a clear consolidation phase after hitting a record $3,500 per ounce in mid-April.
“The rally was...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration is rethinking how it deals with Chinese-linked tech firms after a short-lived self-driving truck company was found to have stolen a vast trove of U.S. intellectual property.
Founded in 2015 by Chinese entrepreneurs and backed by Chinese capital, TuSimple was once hailed as...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) For the first time in five months, gold-backed ETFs globally reported modest outflows in May as investors took profits.
After charting the largest inflows of gold since August 2022 in April, gold-backed ETFs globally reported modest outflows of 19 tonnes totaling $1.8 billion last...