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Thursday Edition: March 6, 2025

New Jobs Tumble in the Face of Tariff Wars and Gov't Firings

The recent ADP payroll report hobbled in like it had been knee-capped (barely half of the expected results, which were already diminished).

An Appeal to Canada on Behalf of a Dirty Business: Individual Liberty

The BIS's near-elimination of its gold swaps suggests that gold price suppression is quickly coming to an end or being defeated. 

Chaos is Creating its Own Costs

The stock market's recent plunge was directly connected to Trump’s statement that tariffs would now certainly proceed forward.

Fortuna Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024

Gold equivalent production of 116,358 ounces in Q4; record gold equivalent production of 455,958 ounces 3 in 2024, meeting the low end of annual guidance.

Metals: China Sent Silver & Copper Prices Sharply Higher

When you look at the gold, you are up $78.5, for the week. You've had a pattern of lower highs, lower lows.

Asian Metals Market Update for 6th March

It remains to be seen whether the US February Nonfarm payrolls have a significant impact on the trend of gold, silver, and copper.

Wednesday Edition: March 5, 2025

To Monetize the Asset Side

Increased demand for gold as well as the perceived "remonetization of gold" would almost certainly lead to higher bullion prices. Maybe not as high as $10,000, but likely not as low as $2,800.

Is Trump’s Crypto Reserve a Financial Time Bomb?

One thing is certain: Gold doesn’t play favourites, doesn’t rely on political whims, and has stood the test of time.

Central Bank Gold Buying Remained Strong to Kick Off 2025

Official central bank gold buying started 2025 the same way it ended 2024 - strong.

The U.S. is Hurtling Toward a Recession

As the coming recession unfolds, I expect gold to continue its upward trajectory, with silver eventually catching up as it historically tends to lag before making its move.

A Golden Ides Of March

As the tariff tax madness intensifies, gold looks magnificent (which is not a surprise!).

Metals Markets...Ira Epstein's Metals Video

You have lower highs, lower lows: the rally did not take out this high. The market, in terms of momentum, is just sitting still. 

Asian Metals Market Update for 5th March

Gold and silver will rise, albeit with small correction and larger price consolidation.

Tuesday Edition: March 4, 2025

Suddenly, Leaving NATO Is on the Table!

President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk made quite a stir with just two words posted on his social media platform, X.

The Revenge of the Gold Bugs

The people who spent all of their time marginalizing gold bugs as nutjobs and conspiracy theorists are starting to find themselves out on the fringe.

Three Men on Trial For Stealing Gold Toilet

The golden potty was valued at about $6 million at the time of the crime. The three thieves stole it from Blenheim Palace in England.

Jan Nieuwenhuijs: The Shocking History of the Fort Knox Gold Audits

Now that President Trump and Elon Musk have said that they want to audit the Fort Knox gold, the next question is this: Will this be a proper audit or another PR stunt?

The Deeper Dive: Recession Now!

The S&P is down for the year despite this past Friday's reprieve, only 1% higher than on Election Day when it started the Trump rally.

Tariffs to Hit On Metals

The market came down last week, and for this week, it's up almost two percent, and it's up $54 for the week. The market pattern is one of lower highs, lower lows.

Monday Edition: March 3, 2025

Copper Industry Needs to Invest $2.1 Trillion Over the Next 25 Years to Meet Demand

The fastest-growing area, though, is grid battery storage, where copper demand is expected to surge by 557% to 2035 as the need for energy storage increases, Sprott writes.

Gold SWOT: Silver Inventories at Comex (New York) Have Risen to a Record High Strengths

The best-performing precious metal this past week was gold, despite experiencing its first weekly loss due to tariff threats against Canada and Mexico, set to take effect on March 4.

Gold Marching Towards $3,000 on Safe-Haven Demand, Driven by Fears Over Tariffs and Inflation

Gold came within $50 of $3,000 an ounce, notching an incredible 11th record high in 2025.

Technical Scoop: Chainsaw Unemployment, Precious Haven, Market Roll

Gold has failed to take out $3,000, with a high thus far of $2,974. Still, we appear to be on a fresh upward wave from lows seen in November/December 2024.

Metal Markets...What Goes Down Comes Back Up?

As a market runs, it eventually stops hitting that band and backs away, and it goes into what we call a pause or a correction; maybe that's beginning right now.

Sunday Edition: March 2, 2025

USD, Stock Market, & Gold Update

We are thrusting higher in wave $v$, which has a projected endpoint: $v$ = 1.618(2431.50-1973.10) = 3035.50. We expect higher prices as the thrust higher continues.

Thank Goodness Gold Finally Falls

With the inflation scare in the air, Gold duly dropped as it needed to so do anyway, price as below shown arriving smack on the ascending regression trendline from one year ago-to-date per the weekly bars.

No Winners When The Inflation Balloon Pops

As the economy slowly grinds to a standstill, the expectations of worsening inflation continue to rise. “Stagflation,” you say? Possibly; but there is another risk that is greater than stagflation.

Stock Market Trembles with Deep Fear over Inflation and Job News

No small changes in the news, but deep troubles rumbling up toward the surface from times past that will easily be made worse by times coming.

The Bull’s Eye Matrix: Updated

The main thing that people still ask me about was a trifold spread color chart of stock market returns since 1900. Returns were color-coded so readers could see the ebb and flow of returns over time.

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