The Strait of Hormuz disruption has done something unusual: it pushed oil above $100, stoked inflation, and removed the “rate cut eventually” floor from metals. Gold can’t play its traditional dual role as both an inflation hedge and a rate-cut beneficiary when the Fed is forced to stay hawkish. That’s
After the fun and games on the market last week,I have put together my thoughts on the position with gold and silver as well as on parts of the geopolitical situation. If you’re looking at capital preservation, short-term price manipulation does not affect physical precious metals holdings. Your ounce weighs
Walk through futures, ETFs, allocated vs unallocated accounts — simply In the financial world, paper gold refers to assets that reflect the price of gold without requiring you to actually haul a safe into your basement. It’s about exposure rather than possession. What is Paper Gold? At its core, paper
I’m going to do something a little different this week. Instead of the usual quick commentary before the charts, I want to walk you through the numbers behind what’s happening right now, because the numbers are more powerful than any opinion I could offer. The United States spent $5.6 billion
Calvetti & Associates produces concise, rational work that is well worth reading. (see below). “Let me start with equities, specifically America’s stock market. Few analysts dispute that the market is overvalued and distorted. We are now at the point where the ten most valuable companies have a market capitalization of
Before going into the Roman Empire, I would like to raise a point of concern. I, personally, lived through severe capital controls whilst in South Africa and saw how far reaching the ramifications are. As an example, any funds over a certain small amount, leaving the country, have to be
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