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April 30, 2026
After the early-week shakeout, markets are starting to show a more defined structure. The dollar is back at recent highs (but still below key resistance), gold continues to extend lower, silver is holding (but barely), while platinum and palladium remain clearly under...
In a recent episode of the WTFinance Podcast, Matthew Piepenburg, Partner at VON GREYERZ, joined Anthony Fatseas to explain why central banks are facing an impossible dilemma: raise interest rates to combat inflation and risk destabilising an already fragile, debt-...
The Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to leave its policy rate unchanged at this week’s meeting. The CME Group puts the odds that the FOMC will continue to target the federal funds rate within the 3.5 to 3.75 percent range at 99.5 percent. But the near...
Gold and silver are down again today, as it's becoming more obvious that the Strait of Hormuz isn't opening any time soon.
What if you could just pull money out of the ground? That’s exactly what men are doing in the Hindu Kush mountains of eastern Afghanistan. They are scouring the rocky Kunar riverbed for flecks of gold.
April 29, 2026
The best-performing precious metal for the past week was gold, but still down 3.13%. Even through the sector’s sharp swings, K92 Mining showed strong technical resilience, holding above its 50-day moving average as operational momentum builds.
The Fed has recently published a study examining a core question in banking: do banks fail because of runs, or because they become insolvent?
In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Philip Newman, Managing Director and founding partner of Metals Focus, to unpack the forces shaping gold and silver markets in 2026.
The notorious drug cartel Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan, has been described by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as “a violent and powerful criminal organization.” Its leaders are also on a U.S. financial blacklist.
Judy Shelton isn’t your typical Washington insider. Sure, she’s advised presidents and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan. She was even nominated to serve as a Federal Reserve governor. But there is one big difference between Shelton and...
A commodities reporter for the mainstream financial media emailed me last week asking me to summarize the state of the gold market.
Two successful professionals—one a semi-retired entrepreneur, the other a top attorney—both had the intelligence and capital to manage their own investments. Yet both watched their portfolios suffer devastating losses, despite doing everything conventional wisdom told them to do...
April 28, 2026
The UN Secretary-General is warning of a global food emergency. The German Chancellor says America has "no strategy." Russia's president pledged to "do everything" that serves Iran's interests. Hezbollah's leader called peace talks a "grave sin." The US rejected Iran's...
The “Rising oil means the Fed might hike rates so gold must fall!” narrative is in play. It works… until it doesn’t. There are oil price and inflation numbers where citizens begin to panic-buy gold, but what those numbers are is currently unknown.
According to some economic commentators, the key for economic stability is that the central bank should state clearly the likely course of the monetary policy ahead. In this way of thinking, expected monetary policy is a factor of stability while unexpected policy sets...
The new week is opening with a familiar theme: pressure is building, but the market still isn’t moving in one clean line. The dollar is once again showing technical weakness, while metals are splitting into two camps: some continue to hold inside consolidation, while...
April 27, 2026
Fears about “inflation” the war-driven rise in prices of certain commodities and their knock-on effects have bounced Treasury yields a bit. The 10-2 yield curve has flattened under this pressure as the market weighs whether or not this will manifest in a more hawkish...
Gold and silver have largely defied traditional safe-haven expectations during the 2026 Iran conflict, experiencing significant volatility and price declines rather than consistent rallies. Gold fell over 10% and silver over 20% in March 2026, often dropping when oil...
Here are today's videos and charts.
The silver and gold market has been a little boring. It's about to get more boring, but I'm going to tell you why that matters and why that's important.
April 26, 2026
With the action seen over the past month or so, Gold dropped down to form a late-March trough of 4132.70 (June, 2026 contract). From there, however, the following action confirmed a bottom in place with our 34 and 72-day cycles, with the latter currently viewed as...
Since the Dow Jones’ last all-time high on February 10th, its eighty-first BEV Zero since entering scoring position in November 2023, it has been correcting; a 10% claw-back from its last all-time high. This week the Dow Jones closed with a BEV of -1.91%, less than 2...
This past Wednesday, our deMeadville analytics produced a near-term “sell signal” for Gold. This past Thursday, our deMeadville analytics produced a near-term “sell signal” for Silver.
April 25, 2026
Gold sector cycle is DOWN. Trend is up for USD and down for gold & gold stocks. Correction continues.
This is wild news. Just shocking. I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t read it with my own two eyes. The state of California levied a $ 20-per-hour minimum wage for fast-food workers, and it led to “negative outcomes.” Wow! Just wow!
A lot's happened in the last two months, and as the Iran war gets ready to begin month 3, with seemingly no end in sight, in today's show we offer a handguide of what you can expect going forward in the gold and silver markets.
April 24, 2026
In a fiat system, your money is constantly being devalued. That means you are losing purchasing power month after month. From the government’s standpoint, this isn’t a bug. It’s a feature. Fiat money printing enables governments to spend far beyond what they could if...
Earlier this week, Ugandan officials announced the country’s central bank has begun to buy gold from domestic producers to bolster its reserves.
April 23, 2026
Below, we look soberly at the historical case of gold in the backdrop of current headlines and a global financial system nearing an eruption moment. Although the catalysts of oil, war, bond dysfunction, and bloated stocks may seem modern and unique, the current case...
Gold is different. Gold needs acute fear. Bombs falling, escalation risk, "civilization will die tonight" rhetoric. That generates the spikes. A chronic standoff with ships being shot at, but no dramatic headlines about infrastructure strikes doesn't produce the same...
Energy price increases are hitting Americans hard. In the March 2026 Everyday Price Index, my colleague Pete Earle noted that the Iran war drove up energy prices, with adjacent industries feeling the impact, while core inflation remained muted. These price increases...



