Despite the insane market action today, yours truly really wanted to write about the precious metals markets for my audience tonight. Alas, world events and […]
Tag: INFLATION
This Silver Train Will Run You Over
Instead of another chart heavy reminder that if one was on the wrong side of the precious metals trade or a “see I told you […]
If Inflation is Contained, Why the Propaganda Push?
Every now and then both political parties reveal the absurdity of their policies or shall we say abject failure of their policies. Proof in the […]
Precious Metals Send a Warning to the World
Tonight is one of those rare occasions when just discussing the price action in gold, silver, and even platinum can not do justice to what […]
01.13.26 How Bad was CPI Really? Breaking Bad
Before these hallowed pages venture into the CPI report, another report was issued today which is a direct reflection of the stagflationary threat that the […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
12.10 FOMC Preview: A Hawkish or Foolish Cut?
In the aftermath of the last FOMC meeting on October 29th where the key portion of the statement was the following: In assessing the appropriate […]
Fort Building in a Muddy Creek or How I Learned to Live With and Love the CPI-U
Once one achieves the age of 60, it is hard not to recollect the good old days by remembering one’s childhood then comparing it to […]
Do NOT Be Surprised If….
WE see a drop of $20,000 in one day in Bitcoin. And at or close to the same time a drop of over $200 in […]
The DC Circus: 50 Year Mortgages, Temporary Reopening, and Government Subsidies
In the last 48 hours we have witnessed one of the most mind blowing pump up the markets attempts to prevent price discovery and destroy […]
The Move in Gold Isn’t a Correction, It’s Reloading
While the angst among rookie gold and silver bugs was palpable in the last few weeks, it is nothing that us really OGs haven’t seen […]
The Last Possible Week of the Government Shutdown
If one is following these pages for gambling predictions, political predictions (yeah I picked Cuomo while intoxicated last December to win), or even sport wagering […]
Dr. Copper: No Deflation, Not Quite Yet
There is an ongoing debate in many online economic circles that the great Covid inflation inspired by the Federal Reserve and Trump-Biden-Trump trifecta of irresponsible […]