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Commentaries

How Will Higher Import Taxes Impact Indian Gold and Silver Markets?

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Historically, higher import duties have had a limited influence on official import volumes but have significantly increased inflows of “unofficial gold.”

When Our Word Is No Longer Good

By Dr. Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute

Nihilism is the belief that there is no truth. Only the convenient lies and deceptions to force one’s will. Governmental nihilism leads to bankruptcies both financial and moral.

Trump’s Fort Knox Audit Push Rekindles Gold Reserve Questions

By MoneyMetals

Host Chris Marcus sat down with Money Metals President and CEO Stefan Gleason to discuss President Donald Trump’s renewed calls for an audit of the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox.

Indiana Woman Nearly Loses Millions in Gold to Computer Pop-Up Scam

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

The victim told police she moved $3 million into the new accounts to buy gold. The scammers told her they were working with the government, and they would send a courier for safekeeping.

Two Things Mainstream Pundits Get Wrong in Their Current Gold Narrative

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

The Fed ultimately has a choice. It can fight the inflation dragon, or it can surrender to inflation and try to keep the debt bubble inflated and the economy tottering onward. It can't do both.

Why Young People Are Gambling To Get Ahead

By Doug Casey, Casey Research

The transformation of the markets from a convenient way to raise capital for production into a type of casino is a warning sign. As is the participation of the masses through outfits like Robin Hood, a broker that democratized gambling, disguising it as speculation or investing. It’s a tip-off we’re probably at a top in the broad market.

Are climbing bond yields a signal to the Fed to raise interest rates?

By Richard Mills, Ahead of the Herd

As bond yields surge, investors are growing wary of a global spending crunch. High bond yields threaten a severe hit to the spending power of governments, businesses and households.

Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

Consider what the bond market is saying. The Fed cut rates. The long bond rose anyway. Before the Fed began cutting in 2024, the 30-year Treasury yield was below the federal funds rate. Today there is a spread of roughly 156 basis points between them. That is not what you normally see after a cutting cycle

Foreign Central Banks Dumping U.S. Treasuries

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

A sagging Treasury market is bad news for a U.S. government already struggling under the weight of ballooning interest payments.

Money Metals CEO Deplores Superficiality of Treatment of Fort Knox Gold Issue

By Chris Powell, GATA

In any case, much of the U.S. gold reserve is impure metal, not acceptable for trade under current "good delivery" standards, and could not be fully mobilized in a financial emergency.

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