Silver Market Shock: CME Margin Hike Signals Bull Market
The silver market is facing a margin-driven shock that’s rattling prices but may be confirming something far bigger. A sharp CME margin hike is forcing leveraged traders to liquidate, triggering short-term volatility. But history shows these mechanical pullbacks often occur inside powerful bull markets—not at their end. This moment may…Read More
Futures Flat On Last Trading Day Of 2025, Silver Slides
Futures Flat On Last Trading Day Of 2025, Silver Slides Stocks are ending a third straight year of double-digit gains in subdued fashion as an expected seasonal rally fails to gain traction. Silver’s volatile ride extended to another session, with the metal tumbling after the CME hiked margins for the second time in three days. […]
Silver Stumbles On (More) Margin Hikes, Export Restrictions
Silver Stumbles On (More) Margin Hikes, Export Restrictions As we detailed earlier in the week, the immediate catalyst for silver’s sudden slump was not a single factor but a multitude that cracked the massively overbought precious metal (including export restrictions, US and China margin hikes, ETF flows, etc). Many, including us, warned that during the holiday […]
Silver Coins: Memories Of Sound Money
Silver Coins: Memories Of Sound Money Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The financial press reports that people are swarming the coin shops these days, grabbing as much as possible. This is exactly what one would expect given the wild and parabolic increases in the silver price over the last month, moving from […]
Gold at $10,000? Monetary Breadcrumbs Point to a Global Reset
Gold at $10,000 may sound extreme—but according to Mike Maloney, it’s not speculation. It’s math, history, and monetary policy converging as signs of a global reset quietly emerge.Read More
Futures Drop As Silver Slides From Record
Futures Drop As Silver Slides From Record Stocks are extending their modest losses from their pre-Christmas record as another shortened trading week starts. As late last week, much of the market action is in precious metals, with silver first smashing through $80 for the first time before sliding while gold also retreated from Friday’s all-time […]
One Year In, Trump’s Economy Defies The Experts And Outpaces G7
One Year In, Trump’s Economy Defies The Experts And Outpaces G7 Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Epoch Times, One year into Donald Trump’s new presidency, the verdict from the data is clear: the apocalyptic consensus forecasts have failed, and the United States stands as the only major developed economy combining strong growth, controlled inflation, […]
Dave Collum’s 2025 Year In Review: From Precious Metals To Propaganda’s Golden Age
Dave Collum’s 2025 Year In Review: From Precious Metals To Propaganda’s Golden Age Authored by David B. Collum, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Cornell University (Email: dbc6@cornell.edu, Twitter: @DavidBCollum), Every year, David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018) full of keen perspective and plenty of […]
California’s Self-Destruction Accelerates As Anti-Trump Union Pushes Wealth Tax And More Billionaires Plot Exit
California’s Self-Destruction Accelerates As Anti-Trump Union Pushes Wealth Tax And More Billionaires Plot Exit “California is on a path to self-destruction. Hollywood is already toast and now the most productive entrepreneurs will leave taking their tax revenues and job creation elsewhere,” Bill Ackman wrote on X, citing a New York Times report that said several […]
Mortgage Rates Dip To 3-Year-Lows As Home-Sellers Outnumber Buyers
Mortgage Rates Dip To 3-Year-Lows As Home-Sellers Outnumber Buyers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The weekly mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.18 percent for the week ending Dec. 24 as the housing market continues to lean in favor of buyers. The 6.18 percent rate is the lowest level […]