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Thursday Edition: July 3, 2025

Silver’s Great Summer

Silver’s strong June is especially notable because typical drivers like futures buying and SLV-share demand don’t fully explain it. This suggests rising global investment demand. It’ll be interesting to see how it unfolds.

Florida Ends All Sales Taxes on Gold, Silver, Platinum

Including Florida, 44 U.S. states now fully or partially exempt gold and silver from sales taxes.

Connecticut Ends All Taxes on Purchases of Gold and Silver

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed House Bill 7287 into law, which includes a provision removing the last remaining tax on purchases of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion.

High Inflation and High Job Losses Flare up together with a Sudden Intense Burn Rate

Economists were expecting to find that another 100k jobs were created based on the recent report, but we got 33k in net job destruction instead.

Guess Who Is Urging Central Banks to Sell Their Gold Reserves

OMFIF published an essay by Sobel deploring the increasing acquisition of gold by central banks noting that "monetizing" central bank gold reserves "could generate resources for good use."

Price Inflation Accounts for Entire Increase in Retail Sales Since Pandemic

Retail sales increased rapidly as the country emerged from the government-imposed pandemic lockdowns.

How The World Is Quietly Preparing for a Gold-Backed BRICS Currency

If you’ve been wondering whether gold still matters in a digital, dollar-dominated world, this is the episode to watch.

How Financial Collapse is Manifesting on the Gold Chart

The current gold bull market will likely end closer to major debt defaults.

Dollar Index Falls, Boosting Metal Prices

When we come to the gold market, you can see you're back up here, and for the week, it's up 2.59 percent right now. You no longer have the pattern of lower highs, lower lows. 

Wednesday Edition: July 2, 2025

Death of the Dollar is Becoming One of the Big Stories of the Year

There have rarely been worse years for the dollar than this one, but what is the dollar’s decline being credited to?

BIS Annual Report Again Verifies GATA’s Calculations of the Bank’s Gold Swaps

The BIS asked the commercial banks to pledge a gold swap as a guarantee for the dollar deposits they were taking from the Basel-based institution.

Big Beautiful Gold

Trump’s big and horrible debt bill is likely the catalyst for the next surge in rates…and for gold.

Turks Holding Large Amounts of Gold Under Their Pillows

The Turkish central bank estimates that Turkish households have more $311 billion worth of unregistered gold, most of it outside of the official financial system.

The U.S. is Not a Capitalist Country

It’s like the country is sleeping soundly in its convention while at the same time it is splitting its seams with growing anger and division. Inflation has created this mess.

Senate OKs Trump Tax Bill, Gold Rises on Inflation Fears

On a closing basis, if this were the end of the week — which it's not — gold would be up 2.34%. There is no trend; you have a lower low and a higher high.

Tuesday Edition: July 1, 2025

A Big Beautiful Bill for the Military-Industrial Complex

The Republican insistence on increasing military spending is the main reason Congress cannot cut taxes without increasing the debt, making cuts in domestic welfare programs, or both.

Gold Over $3,000: Why the Bull Run Is Just Beginning

With gold solidly above $3,000 and silver building support at $35+, Brien Lundin argues this is no fluke. Instead, it marks the beginning of a powerful and sustained bull market.

"Big Beautiful Blob" Keeps Getting More Bloated

It seems Trumpublicans, who once masqueraded as budget hawks, just cannot spend enough money these days. The Big Beautiful Bill can’t stop growing.

Money Supply Expansion: This Is Inflation

History indicates that the central bank will ultimately cave and pick inflation. In fact, it already has.

The Deeper Dive: The Bull is Strong, but the Economy is Weak

The higher inflation I promised due to tariffs is coming because a good deal in Trump’s eyes is only one that results in high tariffs for Americans to pay through inflated prices.

USD Sinks as Congress Debates Trump Budget Bill

The market is now, for the week, up 1.44 percent. You've had a pattern of lower highs, lower lows. 

Monday Edition: June 30, 2025

Gold SWOT: Platinum Is Experiencing Its Biggest Rally In Over 40 Years

Auto manufacturers have been substituting platinum for palladium, but that trend could begin to reverse, with palladium now trading nearly $400 per ounce cheaper than platinum.

Florida Sheriff's Office Using Gold to Catch Crooks

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) uses vaporized gold to discover fingerprints that are invisible to the naked eye.

Huge AI Story May Not Be Quite Huge Enough

The S&P and Nasdaq hit record highs last week, a surreal milestone that only the Wall Street toadies at Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, who fabricate the news, could take seriously.

Copper Market in Crisis: Supply Squeeze Highlights Importance of Owning Juniors With Metal in the Ground

The copper market is in the grips of a systemic supply crunch, with backwardation signaling a paradigm shift.

Technical Scoop: Shakedown Collapses, Unsustainable Sharpness, Impending Worst

This past week, gold was weak because of peace, no rate cuts, and the stock market up yet again.

USD Falls, Gold Unaffected: Bearish for Gold

The support in the gold market I think is going to be around the $3217 level. That could be $80 or $70 lower from here, in round terms...

Sunday Edition: June 29, 2025

Gold –> The (Short) Saga Continues…

Barring anything untoward (i.e. renewed geo-political jitters, an equity market collapse, the inevitable loss of confidence in the financial system), we shan’t be surprised to find Gold working lower. One can buy Gold’s dip to stay financially fit!

From Mockery to Curiosity: Gold’s Changing Narrative

The early movers are already acting. People who never thought they would need to hold gold are suddenly wondering whether they should.

Silver Stocks: Impressive Action

Silver and crypto are going nose to nose as the top market performers right now. Our big focus is gold and silver stocks, but we cover key oil and uranium stocks too.  

The Great Slowdown

A slower growth, Muddle Through world over the last 25 years has still seen the US grow significantly and create massive new opportunities and whole industries, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses. Free markets work.

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