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
Maybe we should call it Zombie Inflation. Every time the mainstream declares price inflation dead and buried, new data comes out and rains on the funeral.
Retail sales showed a healthy increase of 0.5 percent in July. At the time, analysts claimed this was a sign of a resilient consumer. Turns out, they charged that shopping spree to their credit cards.
For the third straight month, gold flowed into ETFs globally, led by North American and European funds. This continues the general trend this year. Gold inflows into ETFs through the first half of 2025 hit levels not seen since the...
With the price of gold at record highs and demand surging in Asia, many ultra-wealthy families are embracing a 19th-century model and jumping into the gold business, taking on the role of bullion traders, financing, shipping, and flipping...
The gold bugs are right. Gold is an important asset that everybody should hold. And yet, the mainstream looks at these so-called gold bugs with derision.
Higher gold prices have put a damper on central bank gold buying, but the World Gold Council still categorized August purchases as “firm.” Globally, central banks added 10 tonnes of gold to their reserves in August.
Government regulators in India are considering easing restrictions on the inclusion of gold ETFs in the country’s pension funds. This could supercharge India’s already surging gold investment market.
Over the last several weeks, I’ve seen several stories about a massive gold discovery in Uganda. According to the reports, exploration surveys indicate a deposit of 31 million tonnes of ore that would yield approximately 320,158 tonnes of...
For the first time since 1996, foreign central banks hold more gold than U.S. Treasuries as the world continues to de-dollarize.
Gold has been on quite the bull run, up 26 percent in 2024 and another 27 percent so far this year. This impressive run occurred despite American investors largely remaining on the sidelines.
