Gold’s Price Is Higher Off a 13-Month Low as PPI Comes In Line. Silver’s Price Isn’t.
October’s producer price report split the difference: cool enough to ease December rate-hike odds, hot enough on an annual basis to keep the Fed’s dilemma alive. Gold’s price edged up off a 13-month low. Silver’s price kept falling. Here’s the mechanism behind the divergence, and what would change it.Read More
2026 Silver Deficit Forecast Shrinks; Tightness Eases
The Silver Institute has lowered its 2026 silver deficit forecast to about 35 million ounces. Here’s what changing demand, recycling, and investment flows reveal about physical availability and what the revision means for long-term silver owners.Read More
U.S. October Budget Deficit Hits $404 Billion: What Gold Owners Should Know
The U.S. began fiscal 2027 with a $404 billion October deficit. A closer look at payment timing, debt costs and real yields explains what the report means for long-term gold and silver owners.Read More
Can Gold Be Made in a Lab—and Would It Change Gold’s Value?
Scientists can create gold through nuclear reactions. The question for long-term owners is whether usable metal can be produced reliably, at competitive cost and meaningful scale.Read More
USGS Sees Silver Mine Capacity Rising About 4% Through 2030
A new USGS outlook forecasts about 4% growth in silver mine capacity from 2025 through 2030. Actual output, recycling and demand will determine the wider supply picture.Read More
Gold Fell After Hot CPI. What Does Trey Reik Watch Instead?
Why did gold fall after inflation exceeded forecasts? In conversation with Megan King Diaz, economist Trey Reik distinguishes CPI inflation from monetary debasement and explains the three fundamentals he watches.Read More
Silver Demand Beyond the U.S.: What India’s ETF Flows Reveal
India’s silver ETF net inflows rose 56.6% in October, while subscriptions fell. A look at the figures, U.S. supply context and the evidence needed to assess physical investment.Read More
Silver Is Outrunning Gold the Morning After the Fed’s CPI Shock
A hot October CPI print and a hawkish Fed governor hit gold and silver hard on Tuesday. By Wednesday, only one metal had fully recovered. Here’s what the shrinking gold/silver ratio is actually telling owners of both metals this week, and why it matters more than the headline price.Read More
Gold Falls to $4,055 as Hawkish Fed Remarks Meet a Hot CPI
Gold and silver fell twice in one session: first on Fed Governor Waller’s hawkish pre-CPI remarks, then again when October’s inflation data ran hot on both headline and core. Here’s the mechanism behind both moves, and the data quirk that left this month’s report with no annual rate at all.Read More
Singapore Launches Gold Vaulting for Central Banks
Singapore’s new institutional custody service brings renewed attention to where physical gold is held. Here is how it works, and where private storage fits.Read More