The BLS Revised April Up 64,000, Then Down 31,000. Gold Traded the First Print.
August payrolls beat every published forecast by more than 100,000, and gold sold off on it. But the BLS has revised this same series by nearly as much, twice this year, in both directions. Horizon, not accuracy, is the variable a holder controls.Read More
Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Hits Six-Year High As Debasement Fears Mount
Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Hits Six-Year High As Debasement Fears Mount Authored by Mathew Di Salvo via BitcoinMagazine.com, Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is at its highest in six years as investors increasingly look for ways to hedge against currency debasement. That’s according to a new report from Bitwise, which this week pointed out that the precious metal and leading […]
US Diesel Pump Prices Hit Record As Global Refined-Products Crisis Threatens Industrial Economy
US Diesel Pump Prices Hit Record As Global Refined-Products Crisis Threatens Industrial Economy Goldman explained this week that Gulf oil exports had recovered to between 15 million and 16 million barrels per day, roughly two-thirds of prewar levels, with the rise of dark tanker transits obscuring some flows from conventional tracking via the Automatic Identification […]
Gold’s Drop Was the Easy Story. The Bond Market’s Non-Reaction Is the Real One.
August payrolls tripled forecasts, and gold and silver fell within minutes. But the bond market barely moved, positioning was already stretched, and gold miners fell nearly four times harder than gold itself. Here’s what actually happened, thread by thread.Read More
The Rush To Pull Gold Out Of The US
The Rush To Pull Gold Out Of The US Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance It was reported yesterday that the Netherlands just shifted approximately 86 tonnes of its gold reserves from New York and Ottawa to London, explicitly citing “increasing geopolitical unrest” and the need to prepare for severe crises. The Dutch central bank says gold held […]
Gold and Silver Drop as August Payrolls Blow Past Forecasts. Four Other Threads Moved Today Too.
August payrolls landed at 162,000 against a 53,000 consensus, and gold and silver felt it immediately. Four other threads moved the same morning: silver’s fight to hold $65 support, AI showing up in the jobs data, central bank buying, and a widely shared claim about gold overtaking Treasuries that doesn’t…Read More
What Is a Gold IRA? The Purity Rule the IRS Never Wrote
A gold IRA is a self-directed retirement account holding physical bullion. This guide covers where the 99.5% purity standard genuinely comes from, why the American Gold Eagle qualifies at 91.67%, where the metal must legally be stored, and the 2026 contribution limits.Read More
What Is ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) and How It Changed Gold Forever
A zero interest rate policy holds the central bank’s short-term target at or near zero. The Federal Reserve did it twice, for nine of fourteen years. But zero rates alone never moved gold. The real policy rate did, and it explains today’s market better than the headline number does.Read More
‘Crisis Preparedness’: Dutch Move Billions In Gold Out Of US As Goldman Warns Of ‘Geographic Concentration Risk’
‘Crisis Preparedness’: Dutch Move Billions In Gold Out Of US As Goldman Warns Of ‘Geographic Concentration Risk’ The Netherlands’ central bank transferred nearly 90 metric tons of gold bars from the United States and Canada to Britain amid growing concerns of “increasing geopolitical unrest,” according to CNBC. “With this relocation, we have improved the tradability […]
The Fed Just Priced Out Half a Rate Hike. Gold Barely Noticed.
September rate hike odds fell to roughly 50.3% after Fed Governor Christopher Waller signalled he could support a hold. Gold barely responded. It had already banked a 2.4% gain before he spoke, then slipped. Here is which channel is actually driving the metal, and what August CPI decides.Read More