(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) No matter what you read about the December Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, you should keep one important fact top of mind: every number is far above the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target.
Given that fact, it would seem the death of price inflation seems...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration confirmed this week that it has launched an investigation into Rumble, a free speech video platform that has rejected Big Tech censorship.
The Securities and Exchange Commission told leftist magazine Wired on Monday that it does have an active probe into Rumble, though it would not...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) Like many, I once owned a Plymouth Neon. It seemed perfectly fine - looked good, sounded good, and got me from point A to B. But beneath its exterior, it had a critical flaw: a non-functional radiator fan.
This problem, while not apparent in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) Gold has outperformed both stocks and bonds since the turn of the century.
Gold was among the best-performing assets of 2023.
According to analysis by the World Gold Council, gold outperformed emerging market stocks, U.S. bonds, the U.S. dollar, global treasuries, and commodities in general. The...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange) The outlook for pension systems is growing increasingly dire. Promises made to retirees have been generous and they can only be kept if prices for all kinds of assets move consistently higher.
The trouble is that the past three years don’t look like the first...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) Global industrial demand for silver in 2023 is expected to set a record leading to another big market deficit, according to preliminary projections by the Silver Institute.
And silver isn't currently priced for this dynamic.
The Silver Institute released preliminary supply and demand numbers at its...
(Joshua D. Glawson, Money Metals Exchange) There is an untold story in American monetary history. Some are reluctant even to discuss it.
I’m referring to the U.S. Secret Service’s very own role in the destruction of sound money in America.
As constitutional, sound money in the form of physical gold and...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the Democrat-designated House speaker emerita, continued her unprecedented run of incredible stock-market gains in 2023, the Daily Mail reported.
Last year, Pelosi---who, along with her husband, Paul, has a long history of profitable ventures---crushed the market with a 65% rate of return...
By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange
Central banks globally continued to gobble up gold in November, adding another net 44 tons to their reserves, according to the most recent data compiled by the World Gold Council.
Turkey was the biggest gold buyer in November, increasing its reserves by 25 tons as...
By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange
Is a U.S. banking crisis still bubbling under the surface?
If activity in the Federal Reserve’s bank bailout program is any indication, the answer to that question is yes.
Over the last two months, the balance in the Fed Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) has surged, and...
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange
As trading kicks off in 2024, precious metals bulls have high hopes for price breakouts. So far in the early goings of the New Year, though, gold and silver markets are pulling back.
Looking back at 2023, though, gold was among the best-performing assets. The yellow metal...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The Biden administration and leftist media once again tried to gaslight the American public with deceptive claims of a robust economy after the December jobs report showed that the government continued to grow and more people, overburdened by inflation, took second jobs working in the...