So far in November, the S&P 500 and Dow are down 3%, the NASDAQ is off 5% and Bitcoin is off 18%. Gold is up 2.3% and silver is up 6% so far this month – another potential cause for Thanksgiving.
METALS MARKET REPORT NOVEMBER 2025 - WEEK 3 EDITION
Gold in November in History – Mostly in Thanksgiving Week President Abe Lincoln issued unbacked “Greenbacks” to finance the Civil War but the U.S. government returned to the gold standard before the end of that final year in the war, following Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth. It was on November 13, 1865, when the U.S. Treasury introduced the first U.S. Gold Certificates, paper...
Gold and Silver Recover Strongly This Week! As UBS, a leading Swiss bank, put it, “Rising government debt around the world has increased investor concerns about fiscal sustainability and the potential for inflation or currency depreciation,” and gold is “viewed as a store of value that protects against these risks.”
METALS MARKET REPORT NOVEMBER 2025 - WEEK 2 EDITION
Gold and Silver Recover Strongly This Week On Monday, November 10th, gold shot up $112 (+3%) and silver rose $2.15 (+4.5%) per ounce, in a sudden one-day surge. What happened on Monday to influence precious metals so powerfully? Could it be rumors that the government shutdown was almost over? That would imply that the world is a more dangerous place with Congress in session...
Both gold and silver gained 3.7% last month, slightly more than the Dow and S&P 500 gains
METALS MARKET REPORT NOVEMBER 2025 - WEEK 1 EDITION
Senate Committee Focuses U.S. Mint Director Hearings On Trump, Not Nominee’s Qualifications This past week, Paul Hollis, who was chosen by President Donald Trump as the nominee for U.S. Mint Director, appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. The choice of Hollis for the role is a huge win for the numismatic and precious metals industry as he has extensive...
The Gold (and Coin) Bull Market of 1976-80 Began in the Bicentennial Year (1976) – And America’s 250th Birthday Could Fuel a Similar Bonanza in Coins and Metals
METALS MARKET REPORT OCTOBER 2025 - WEEK 5 EDITION
The Gold (and Rare Coin) Bull Market of 1976-80 Began in the Bicentennial Year (1976) – And America’s 250th Birthday Could Fuel a Similar Bonanza in Coins and Metals Gold reached a low of barely $100 per ounce in September 1976, just after America’s 200th birthday and just before the election of Jimmy Carter, who defeated the incumbent, Gerald Ford. From that $103 base...