The stock market is in a topping process, brazenly manipulated by white-collar carnies who cut their teeth at Sloan, Wharton and Stanford. These newly trained ass-bandits have been working Microsoft shares to hold the broad averages aloft while they offload...

Everyone likes to be flattered by being called “great,” especially Donald Trump. Equally as flattering is to have one’s entire country called “great” if not “the greatest,” “exceptional,” or “indispensable.” Or perhaps even “a shining city on a hill,” reminiscent of...

Weekly wrap-up in precious metals.

After writing about the faulty economic numbers put out by the federal government (or not put out on time as if they were hiding them or are figuring out how to continue forward while downsizing), we have another report that came out on Friday that shows the job...

I thought I’d start this week off a bit differently, so I’m beginning with my Dow Jones to Gold Ratio chart.  This chart illustrates how since the dollar’s link to its $35 gold peg was broken in August 1971, the Dow Jones and gold, have for the most part been...

We simply must start with the spotlight on Silver:  Sweet Sister Silver!  As if shot out of a cannon this past Monday, Silver swiftly soared, by Wednesday reaching 36.27 — a level not having traded in better than 13 years (since 29 February 2012) — then onward to as...

Gold stocks just surged into another decisive secular breakout, at an unlikely time.  Gold remains mired in a six-week-old high consolidation, and is just entering its seasonally-weak summer doldrums.  So seeing outsized gold-stock strength now is unusual, though it...

For the first time in five months, gold-backed ETFs globally reported modest outflows in May as investors took profits.

As U.S. debt soars and foreign central banks stockpile gold, four members of Congress today introduced a bill to require the first comprehensive audit of America’s gold reserve in decades.

Central banks have been aggressively adding gold to their reserves over the last three years, and several African banks are poised to join the party.

Is private equity (PE) going dark? And what does this have to do with gold? In fact, the answers are becoming harder to ignore.

Mike Maharrey opened this week’s Money Metals Midweek Memo with an anecdote about metal detecting—a light segue into a serious look at gold scarcity. He recounted the 1979 discovery of the Golden Beauty, a nearly 10-pound gold nugget found in Western Australia, now...

Incentives matter. Policymakers ignore this axiom at their own risk. The U.S. government’s weaponization of the dollar has made many countries wary of holding greenbacks, and we’ve seen an accelerating de-dollarization over the last few years.

The New York Fed recently released its household debt report for the first quarter. The chart below shows percentages of delinquent loans.

The USD Index is bottoming – check. It moved to a super-strong combination of long-term support levels – double check. The USDX declined after Trump’s comments just like it had declined in early 2018 after Mnuchin’s comments (which led to a major bottom) – triple...

The US Dollar Index fell following the credit downgrade announcement and continues to decline. But what will this mean for average Americans?

On Monday’s Episode of the Tucker Carlson Show, Carlson interviewed Catholic Bishop Robert Barron, largely to discuss topics related to the election of Pope Leo XIV. Most of the interview is unremarkable for our purposes here at mises.org, but at one point, the...

Normally there's a lull in the gold market during the 'summer doldrums.' But in this morning's show, Vince Lanci explains why you might not want to wait around for that this year.

Gold, silver, and mining stocks just had a stellar day, significantly improving their technical setups. Gold jumped 2.8% while silver surged 5.38%, driven by a weaker U.S. dollar and escalating trade tensions with China. 

Gold mine output has been basically flat since 2018. Could this signal that we are at or near “peak gold?” Gold mines globally produced an estimated 3,661 tonnes of gold in 2024. It was a new record, but only 3 tonnes higher than the previous record set in 2018.