Commentaries

Rising Prices and Falling Values—Inflation and Social Decay

By Doug Casey, Casey Research

Inflation, the theft of people’s wealth, eventually leads to revolution and overturning of society itself.

Alabama State Sen. Tim Melson Named 2024’s “Sound Money Legislator of the Year”

By Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League

America's top national precious metals dealer and leading sound money policy group announce Alabama Senator Tim Melson as the 2024 "Sound Money Legislator of the Year."

Economy Slowly Ebbing in Rising Tide of Inflation

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

Bond investors are betting, as I have been prognosticating, that inflation is not going to cut the Fed slack to continue cutting interest rates.

Regulators Won’t Stop Big Bank Malfeasance

By Clint Siegner, Money Metals

The regulators tasked with keeping the banking industry on the straight and narrow are part of the problem.

Battle of the BRICS

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

The theory is that taking down the dollar as the global trade currency will crush the dollar and badly damage the US.

Major Shift Revealed As Western Investors Suddenly Run to Gold

By Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Money Metals

What happened since last June is that the gold price has been rising, gold ETF inventory has gone up, and the U.K.—home of the London Bullion Market—has turned into a net importer.

Gold's Long-Term Returns Are Better Than You Probably Thought!

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Gold’s returns have been much better over the last 50 years than mainstream analysis suggests – averaging 8 percent annually.

Biden Administration Runs Third-Largest Annual Budget Deficit in History as Interest Payments on Debt Top $1 Trillion

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Neither Congress nor the next occupant of the Oval Office will do anything substantive to address this fiscal trainwreck. Instead, they will continue to kick the can down the road.