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 […]
Silver Soars to $75, Gold Crosses $4,500 as Stagflation Fears Build
Gold just hit its 50th record high of 2025, blasting through $4,500. Silver is surging in Shanghai on relentless Chinese buying. Platinum’s breaking records on supply constraints and an EU policy reversal. Meanwhile, economists are pushing back on rosy GDP numbers — and warning of stagflation ahead.Read More
S&P Futures Trade At Record High As Precious Metal Surge Accelerates
S&P Futures Trade At Record High As Precious Metal Surge Accelerates US equity futures are little changed in thin trading with most traders away from the screens, while the bulk of overnight actions was once again in gold and silver as precious metals soared to a new record high driven by feverish Chinese demand. As […]
Gold Surges As Central Banks Brace For Global Debt Storm
Gold Surges As Central Banks Brace For Global Debt Storm Submitted By Thomas Kolbe The gold price is racing from one all-time high to the next. That’s good news for friends of the precious metal and bad news for anyone still hoping for a stabilization of global debt dynamics. Assuming the markets close out the […]
Intensifying Shortage: This Is What A Run On The London Silver Market Looks Like
Intensifying Shortage: This Is What A Run On The London Silver Market Looks Like Authored by David Jensen via Substack, Dutch trading specialist Karel Mercx posted the following commentary where the opposite (multiply by -1) of the silver swap rate minus US interest rates can be used as a proxy for the implied silver lease rate to […]
Gold Breaks $4,500 While Vanguard Flips Strategy
Gold topped $4,500 for the first time Wednesday, capping a 70% rally in 2025. Silver surged 150% while platinum hit levels not seen since 2008. The precious metals boom comes as the White House pushes for more Fed rate cuts, the labor market sends mixed signals, and Vanguard urges investors…Read More
Will Silver Hit Triple Digits in 2026?
Silver is setting up for one of the most consequential moves in decades. With global stockpiles vanishing, industrial demand surging, and the gold-to-silver ratio flashing historic signals, Mike Maloney explains why many investors are asking a serious question: will silver hit triple digits — and how close we may already…Read More