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Commercials have their lowest net short position in Silver since June 2019. The headline CPI is expected to remain flat at 8.3%, and the core CPI, excluding soaring energy prices, is forecast to fall again to 5.9%. The stars are aligning for Gold, Silver, and the miners, much like...

The Precious Metals R&S Index decreased by 7.82% in May. The Precious Metals R&S Equally Weighted Index decreased by 7.68%. The best performance was recorded by Nomad Royalty; its share price grew by 4.13%. The biggest decline was experienced by Altus Strategies; its s...

After briefly reaching highs above $2000, Gold has fallen to $1785 (-14%) following the deep selling in the US major indexes throughout most of April & May 2022. The strength of Gold over the past 15+ months while combating the strength of the US Dollar has been impressive. Ov...

The demand for physical gold and silver is different from that for gold and silver ETFs. Lots of investors want to buy gold and silver bars as well as gold and silver coins. There are rules on how to buy physical gold and silver, not every investor knows. Both precious metals ...

Investment assets can be classified into those with an inherent vs fiat money return. Both are valued according to a common principle linked to real GDP growth described herein. In addition to showing how these assets are valued, this post discusses investment implications given s...

Gold is having a decent year, if only by not losing. Year-to-date returns highlight gold as one of the few asset classes in the green, albeit with a modest 2% return. Gold’s gains may be small, but they’re far better than double-digit losses in equities, credit, and U.S....

The Fed cites the strength of the economy as an enabler of monetary tightening to bring down inflation, but all data contradicts that assumption. As long as this tightening cycle continues, downside risk remains for Gold, Silver, and the miners. Gold may already know that a Fed re...

Inflation is hurting retail sales. For the past couple of months, inflation has been hurting the economy. Interest rates appear to have topped out. The cost of money is starting to price the stock market as going into under-valued territory. This situation is taken bullishly b...

The economy and stock market have been built on massive stimulus and liquidity from a rapidly expanding money supply. Over the past three years, M2 growth has averaged 14.3% annualized. Inflation is an expansion of the Money Supply that generally leads to higher prices. For ...

Today's U.S. economic data is gloomy and points toward worsening conditions and eventual recession. Just as Bullard and Bostic warned, rate hike expectations are now falling. And the bad news just keeps piling up not just in the United States but around the globe. For furthe...