(Money Metals News Service) In a recent Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey spoke with Jeff Clark, a veteran gold and silver analyst and founder of TheGoldAdvisor.com, about the state of the precious metals markets, mining stocks, and the forces shaping investor sentiment.
Clark launched The Gold Advisor during the COVID-19 pandemic and is the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) On August 11, the national debt officially topped $37 trillion for the first time.
It took a little longer to hit this milestone. It only took 188 days for the debt to grow from $35 trillion to $36 trillion. It took another 265 days to reach...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Since hitting a record high of $3,500 an ounce in April, gold has consolidated and generally traded sideways over the last several months. Some have speculated that the rally might be over, but economist Thorsten Polleit believes the rally is far from over.
In...
(Money Metals News Service) In this week’s Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey draws a sharp parallel between preparing for hurricanes and preparing for financial storms.
Using his own recent investment in hurricane panels as a jumping-off point, he warns that most Americans are dangerously unprepared for economic upheaval—whether...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) On the day before Social Security’s 90th anniversary, fiscal watchdogs are urging Congress to seriously address the program’s impending funding shortfalls – particularly in light of the now $37 trillion national debt – even as lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss increasing benefits.
“The looming shortfalls...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) I wanted to post a quick follow-up to the recent tariff saga that has whipsawed the gold market in recent days—and, by extension, silver, due to their close correlation. I first covered this on Saturday, and yesterday brought the latest development.
After some back-and-forth over...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) What to know about last week’s tariff-driven spike and drop in COMEX gold futures, and what it means for gold’s next move.
What began as a quiet week for gold took an unexpected turn on Thursday afternoon when speculation emerged that gold bullion imports into the...
(Orphe Divounguy, The Center Square) The economy was already slowing, and that was before higher tariffs kicked in last week, raising import taxes to the highest level since the Great Depression.
The latest jobs report showed only 73,000 jobs added in July, falling well short of expectations. But the bigger...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Would you trade fiat dollars for common bottle caps? Probably not, right? Not unless they were some pretty special bottle caps. After all, you’d be trading money for a worthless scrap of metal you can find along the shoulder of pretty much any road.
But...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold represents financial security – even when the world is against you.
Russia has used its extensive gold holdings to keep its economy afloat in the midst of aggressive Western sanctions after it invaded Ukraine. Recent reports indicate Iran is doing the same.
Through the first...
(Headline USA) ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.
Researchers reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Although gold has been relatively quiet in recent months following a strong start to the year, many investors have lost interest or assumed the rally has run its course.
However, I believe gold may be setting up for another powerful advance, with the potential to...