Mike Maharrey opens this near-100th episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo by admitting he’s always been bad at math. But his main point is that math’s weakness as a personal skill doesn’t change its strength as a reality check. Words...
Host Mike Maharrey opens this Midweek Memo by joking that every day is Black Friday now. The episode drops on a Wednesday, yet he insists yesterday was Black Friday, tomorrow will be Black Friday, and last week probably was too.
Since the October interest rate cut, the entire Treasury yield curve from 3-month to 30 years has gone up. In other words, the Federal Reserve doesn’t have nearly as much control over interest rates as it would have you believe.
Gold hit record highs in October, then pulled back—but the correction was much shallower and the rebound much faster than many expected. Prices have been holding near the $4,000 level, with gold bouncing from $4,000 on the very day they...
In this Money Metals podcast episode, host Mike Maharrey talks with money manager Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies about what he sees as a dangerously distorted financial system. Pento jokes that he feels “better than terrific...
On the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Philip Newman, founding partner and managing director at Metals Focus in London. Newman explains that Metals Focus, launched in 2013, is a pure precious-metals research house;...
The conversation ranges from portfolio construction and the gold–silver ratio to physical market squeezes, refinery flows, and what the Federal Reserve’s latest moves mean for the dollar and bonds. Morgan offers numbers, thresholds, and a...
On a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, Money Metals’ Mike Maharrey interviews Axel Merk, president and CIO of Merk Investments. They cover the metals selloff, the recent silver squeeze, thin market liquidity, stress in private...
Gold slips below $4,100 per ounce after a single-day drop of more than $100, while silver hovers just above $48. The speed of the move is the headline, but the setup is the story.
On a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey interviewed Greg Weldon. Gold had pushed past $4,300, and silver broke $54 on the day of recording. Asked if that’s bubble territory, Weldon said you can argue both sides...