Gold, Silver, and Stagflation: 5 Signals That Matter Now
Five verified market briefs for May 4, 2026: stagflation confirmed in ISM data, Warsh’s trimmed mean PCE as the key gold signal, AI’s $725B capex driving silver’s sixth straight deficit year, Friday’s binary jobs report, and what $1.3T in credit card debt reveals about monetary debasement.Read More
COMEX Silver Coverage Ratio: Is Your Paper Silver Real?
Less than one ounce of deliverable silver backs every seven ounces of paper claims on COMEX. The coverage ratio has held below its stress threshold for six straight months — here’s what that means for silver investors.Read More
Gold vs. Fiat Currency: A 50-Year Reckoning
When governments abandoned gold-backed money in the 1970s, they didn’t just change monetary policy — they rewired human behavior. Understanding that shift is key to understanding where precious metals are headed.Read More
Why Gold Fell on the Hormuz Tanker Strike
The gold price dropped on May 4, 2026, as a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz and ISM Prices Paid hit 84.6 — the worst cost-inflation reading since April 2022. Gold barely moved. Here’s what that non-reaction tells investors about where the structural floor really is.Read More
Gold Is Up 41% From a Year Ago. The Fed Can’t Stop It
Gold is trading at $4,648/oz — up 41% from a year ago, down 14% from January’s record. Both numbers are true. The one that matters is the 41%. It held through a war, three hawkish Fed holds, and the most fractured FOMC vote since 1992. Here’s why that gap between…Read More
What the Gold Price Per Ounce Really Tells You
Most investors glance at the gold price per ounce and move on. But this single number reveals more about the health of the monetary system than almost any other metric — here’s how to read it.Read More
5 Economic Warning Signs Gold Investors Need to See Today
GDP is up. So is inflation. Savings are down. Real incomes are falling. Here are five economic data points released today that every gold investor needs to understand — and what each one means for the case for physical gold.Read More
The Gold Inflation Paradox Most Investors Miss
Gold fell around 15% from its all-time high while inflation hit a nearly 3-year peak. The inflation-hedge narrative isn’t wrong — it’s incomplete. Here’s what the data really shows about gold and rising prices.Read More
BEA Stripped Silver From GDP. Here’s What It Means.
For the third consecutive quarter, the BEA stripped investment silver bar flows from official GDP trade data. Here’s what that means for the physical silver market in 2026.Read More
Gold Purchasing Power: What History Really Shows
The Roman suit myth says gold has always bought the same amount. The real history is more complicated — and far more revealing about where gold’s value is headed.Read More