Metals Market Report
Metals Market Report
The Dollar Soared in 2024 - Gold Could Soar More in 2025 if the Dollar Falls
JANUARY 2025 - WEEK 1 EDITION
January 2025 - Week 1 Edition Gold Won in 2024 and in The First Quarter of the 21st Century It was a good year for stocks but it was a great year for gold. Gold and silver were flat during December, but they beat stocks then, and especially over the first 25 years of the 21st century. The New Year started off well, too,...
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...