Think about it: how many things in your house could you bury today and dig up 3,000 years from now in virtually the same condition as when you buried them?
Gold and silver may have spent much of 2026 consolidating after January's sharp correction, but veteran precious metals analyst Ed Steer believes the next major move could be much higher.
The enemy of your enemy is indeed your friend -- sometimes, and maybe for a while. But why should any gold advocate think that the totalitarian regime in Beijing is any more trustworthy than the corrupt regimes in London and Washington?
Clearly, if 720,000 people dropped out of the labor force in just one month, a 0.1% drop in the unemployment rate does not indicate the labor market is improving. The greater and more important number is the 720,000 people who evaporated.
Small family farms are collapsing at an alarming rate. Driven by crushing debt, inflation in input costs (seed, fertilizer), generational succession hurdles, and fierce competition from corporate mega-farms...
This is a potential major sea change in central bank policy. It is coming at us at the same time as the Japanese central bank is also making changes. The yen is continuing to weaken (finally). The Japanese central bank could raise rates more, but..
The new gold clearing system also features a partnership with the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Lee said that “Delivery Connect” will “bridge the fiscal liquidity pools of both markets.”
