Metals Market Reports
Metals Market Reports
Gold Still Beats Stocks over the Long Run
DECEMBER 2024 - WEEK 3 EDITION
December 2024 - Week 3 Edition Gold Still Beats Stocks over the Long Run We have two more weeks until we reach the 25-year mark since the dawn of Y2K. Gold is still beating stocks by a spectacular margin in the 25 years since the new century and millennium began. Gold is up 815%, which more than doubles the performance of the S&P 500...
Balancing the Budget is Challenging Given Current Entitlement Guarantees That Will Be Good For Gold
DECEMBER 2024 - WEEK 2 EDITION
December 2024 - Week 2 Edition Inflation Still Alive and Well but Won’t Be Tamed Any Time Soon The November Consumer Price Index (CPI) was released early Wednesday at 0.3%, and the “core” CPI (subtracting food and energy) was also at 0.3% (a 3.6% annual rate) for the fourth consecutive month. This proves consumer prices were stubbornly high during the entire election season of...
Our Monthly Review of the Metals and the Markets - November was a “Trump Slump” for Metals But They Still Beat Stocks
DECEMBER 2024 - WEEK 1 EDITION
December 2024 - Week 1 Edition To Cut Government Waste – Retiring the Penny May Save $1 Billion A Decade After the election and the immediate prospect of President-elect Donald Trump’s attack on government waste, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst published her top suggestions for cutting waste, of which the abolition of the penny made her list. Under the heading “Bad Pennies,” she stated the...
Iowa Senator Agrees with Me on Pennies
NOVEMBER 2024 - WEEK 4 EDITION
November 2024 - Week 4 Edition A Great Week to Be Thankful, Hopeful … and Careful This is a great week to pause and be thankful, especially because we live in America. Think of the natural advantages of our two large ocean borders on either side and two long, mostly peaceful borders above and below – even if inadequately policed at times. America...