Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for MoneyMetals.com with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.
Mike Maharrey Articles
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...
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...
Gold inflows into ETFs through the first half of 2025 hit levels not seen since the pandemic, and that trend continued through July. According to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council, 22.8 tonnes of gold valued at around $3.2...
Citibank just did a 180 on gold and now forecasts new record highs before the end of the year. Just six weeks after lowering its forecast and warning that gold could drop below $3,000 before the end of the year, Citibank now projects gold...
Higher prices appear to have put a drag on central bank gold buying. However, the pace of expanding gold reserves remains far above the historical average.
Do you know what you get if you blow up gold? Gold! Just in a lot smaller pieces. One of the important characteristics of gold is that it’s virtually impossible to destroy. You can melt a gold bar, but once it cools, it’s the same bar of...
The strongest physical investment gold demand since 2013 helped push overall demand up a healthy 3 percent through the first half of 2025, but American investors, by and large, sat on the sidelines.
As widely expected, the Federal Reserve maintained its wait-and-see position, taking no interest rate action during the July FOMC meeting. However, there were some evident cracks in the committee as two members dissented from the majority...
Gold outperformed every major asset class in the first half of the year, but it wasn’t the top commodity. That honor goes to platinum.
High prices continue to put a drag on Indian gold jewelry sales even as investment buying surges. India ranks as the second-largest gold market globally behind China.
