Gold Hoarding Pays Off: Russia Offsets Frozen Assets with Precious Metals
Russia’s strategic gold investments are paying off during sanctions. Since early 2022, their gold reserves have surged 72% in value to $229 billion, offsetting about a third of the $322 billion in foreign assets frozen by Western nations after the Ukraine invasion. This gold strategy began after Russia’s 2014 Crimea…
London Gold Market Stabilizes After Months of London-to-New York Exodus
According to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), gold held in London vaults rose slightly to 8,488 metric tons at the end of March, a 0.1% increase from February. This increase comes as the flow of gold from London to New York has slowed following the US decision to exclude…
Crisis Investing: Can Bitcoin Compete with Gold as a safe haven?
The financial world is in turmoil. As stocks plummet and uncertainty reigns, one question becomes more urgent than ever: where should you place your wealth to protect it from the storm? In Alan’s latest must-watch video, he sits down with professional money manager Laurent Lequeu (The Macro Butler) for a…
Billionaire’s Silver Rush: Betting Big on Chaos.
Canada has a new Prime Minister, meanwhile the market changes around rate cuts, stimuluses, & most importantly gold & silver, all during an all out trade war pertaining tariffs. Read More
Tariff Turmoil Delays Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders; Will This Derail Goldman’s Bull Call On Mario Kart-Maker
Tariff Turmoil Delays Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders; Will This Derail Goldman’s Bull Call On Mario Kart-Maker We suspect Goldman analysts Minami Munakata and Haruki Kubota will soon update clients on today’s report from The Verge. The report reveals that Nintendo is delaying preorders for the new Switch 2 due to the fallout from President Trump’s “Liberation […]
Gold’s Rally Interrupted: Precious Metal Falls Victim to $2.5 Trillion Market Wipeout
Gold experienced a significant decline of 2.2% on Friday, reaching $3,044.28 per ounce as it became caught in the broader market selloff following President Trump’s unexpectedly aggressive tariff announcements. This drop erased the week’s gains, despite gold having reached a new all-time high just two days earlier. While gold is…
Gold Market Sees Opposing Forces: Chinese Buying vs. Indian Hesitancy
Chinese gold demand is rising as trade war fears push investors toward this safe-haven asset. Chinese dealers now charge $6-$13 per ounce above global prices – a notable shift from last week when gold traded between a $4 discount and $1 premium. Analyst Ross Norman explains this as a “two-way…
Stocks Reverse Plunge, Jump After Trump Says Open To Deal With Vietnam, Tells Powell To Cut Rates
Stocks Reverse Plunge, Jump After Trump Says Open To Deal With Vietnam, Tells Powell To Cut Rates Exactly one month ago we reminded readers, and the new generation of traders who may have been in kindergarten during the first trade war of 2017-2018, that a core feature of the market rollercoaster that marked Trump 1.0’s […]
Gold/Silver Ratio Briefly Reaches 100 to 1
Early Friday morning the gold to silver ratio hit 100 to 1. This ratio represents how many ounces of silver it takes to purchase one ounce of gold. A ratio of 100 means that gold is trading at 100 times the price of silver, which is historically high. The long-term…
Gold Rush to America Ends as Trump Exempts Precious Metals from Tariffs
A massive arbitrage trade in precious metals that flooded the United States with over $80 billion worth of gold and silver has suddenly ended following Wednesday’s announcement that these metals would be exempt from Donald Trump’s new tariff policy. For several months, traders had been responding to unusual price premiums…