Investors should expect three things for the remainder of this year (2026) and throughout next year (2027): 1) a lower gold price, 2) a stronger U.S. dollar, and 3) higher interest rates.
The global bond market is in disarray as bond prices keep falling after breaching two-decade lows. The 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield exceeded 5.5% (5.532), and TLT (Treasury Long-Bond ETF) set another record low at 78.83. That’s a...
After a not-so-stellar initial press conference in July (FOMC HogWarsh), Fed Chair Warsh spoke clearly last week regarding the Fed’s latest interest rate decision…
Treasury Secretary Bessent said last Wednesday that Treasury would roughly double long-dated buybacks (of U.S. Treasuries) to at least $4 billion per operation beginning in September. The bond market responded strongly, and so did gold,...
Treasury Secretary Bessent said Wednesday that Treasury would roughly double long-dated buybacks (of U.S. Treasuries) to at least $4 billion per operation beginning in September. The bond market responded strongly, and so did gold, while...
FOMC remains on autopilot for the time being. The decision to keep the target federal funds rate at 3.5-3.75 percent is primarily due to a perceived need to appear non-confrontational.
The declines in gold and silver are continuing, although gold has exhibited stubborn resistance to silver's downside lead. Gold's potential for a huge price decline is not obvious to most investors because they focus on the assumed...
The Fed first announced a shift in emphasis regarding price stability and interest rate policy in March, 2022… “In support of these goals, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1/4 to 1/2 percent and...
New lows for gold, silver, and bitcoin continued last week. Gold (spot) broke below $4,000, dropping as low as $3959 on Wednesday before closing at $3998. A small rebound brought the yellow metal up to $4088, where it closed in New York on...
In a previous article, New Closing Lows For Gold And Silver, I said the following... "Irrespective of all the 1) fundamentals, 2) proclamations about what is different now, and 3) justifiable arguments and expectations for much higher...