From Currency Wars by Jim Rickards, the Afterword: In 2012, we saw the rise of actual warfare with currencies as the weapon. Here we refer […]
About That Golden Age GDP Report for Q4 2025
Today's GDP report came out and of course the media focused on their favorite metrics but the statement from the Bureau of Economy Analysis couldn't have been release before President Trump released his usual social media commentary. Actually, "Two Late" (sic) Powell could have cut rates 100 bps in September but the President who is nothing even remotely close to being an economist much less a banker doesn't understand anything about the Fed's transmission rate or duration. The report was ugly enough for him to truther so let's see why together: That's brutal, a 3% drop primarily attributed to 1% for the shutdown and a general slow down in economic activity across the board. This has nothing to do with…
About That Golden Age GDP Report for Q4 2025
Today's GDP report came out and of course the media…
Trump’s EPA Decision was Based on Science and Logic
I long ago said that when President Trump did good…
Is the Precious Metals Correction Over?
The panic for the permabulls in precious metals was palpable.…
01.30.26 Bank Failure Friday First of 2026: Metropolitan Capital Bank Chicago, IL
I guess while the regulators are still working a few…
Today’s Silvergeddon Explained for New Investors
Welcome to my world boys and girls. If you were not around in 1979-80 as I was finishing high school and preparing to go to […]
JohnGaltFLA’s 2026 Drunken Predictions
Now that a review of the year that was is over, Christmas has passed, and my arteries being freed of Christmas ham with quality spirits, […]
A Quick Scorecard Review of My 2025 Predictions
T’was the night before Christmas, And all through the house, The only thing stirring was My keyboard and mouse. That’s it. That’s all I have […]
About Today’s GDP Report
Maybe it’s just me, but something seems vaguely odd and familiar. My bad, that’s my historical reference point, here is the initial Q3 press release […]
Bank of Japan Invites Disaster
Tonight’s announcement of a 25 bps increase to around 75 bps for the Bank of Japan might sound “hawkish” for the Yen, but when one […]
Today’s Epic Fauxflation CPI Report
There’s your average bedroom paperback fiction, then there are masterpieces of fiction. I offer my heartfelt congratulations to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for this […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Cameroon Edition
Another African nation in the series, another nation rich in natural resources under strife as the remnants of colonial Europe attempt to retain some foothold […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Thailand-Cambodia War Edition
ON December 12, 2025 America’s leader of the free world posted the following on the seldom read, seldom joined social cult media site known as […]
Forgive Me My Fellow Silverbugs, But I Must Sin
I’m sure that this article will have me tarred, feathered, declared unfaithful, a heretic, and banned from going to precious metals conventions for the remainder […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Guinea-Bissau Edition
At about this moment, many of my readers are asking themselves, “where the hell is Guinea-Bissau and why should I care?” It is another one […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Tanzania Edition
I know what my readers are thinking: Why are these pages wasting space on a, as Trump calls them, S-hole nation and the conflicts occurring […]
iRobot Won’t Be the Terminator That Gets You
I know, I know, it’s tacky. It’s stupid. It’s childish. But there is an ironic stupidity to the creator of the Roomba product going Tango […]
A Midterm Election Warning From Florida
There is no more middle. The line is not going to hold. And President Donald Trump will effectively become a lame duck President the minute […]