ECONOMY
The Inevitable Collapse of the Bloated State
Shutdown Showdown At the time or this writing, the federal funding for the new fiscal year (FY 2026) has lapsed. The federal government bureaucracy is in partial shutdown. In Washington, D.C., and in federal offices across the nation, nearly a million people are either furloughed or clocking in for work […]
Gold Is Screaming: Are You Listening?
Is this “it?” Has the West finally lost pricing control of gold and silver? If so, is it going too far to suggest that there’s a gigantic monetary and financial reset on the way? Gold is screaming higher, and that’s concerning to everybody who is paying attention. Gold’s price has […]
U.S. Farmers Are Facing The Worst Economic Downturn In At Least 50 Years
The agriculture industry in the United States is deeply broken. Farmers are the foundation of it all, but they are being financially squeezed from every direction. They are being squeezed by the giant monopolies that control the seeds, fertilizer and machinery that they need. And they are also being squeezed […]
A Nation Managed by Misreads: Payroll Revisions, Rate Suppression, and the Debt Crisis
The BLS has come out with another huge rug-pull on its nonfarm payroll count. And also, predictably, this has triggered loud blathering from both Wall Street and the White House on behalf of exactly the wrong conclusion. To wit, we don’t need any more Fed rate cuts! And we don’t […]
Look Out Below
As I often note, making Plans B and C is free. The stock market is always looking past “bad news” to front-run “good news.” Once it became clear that the Titanic was indeed going to sink, the stock market would rally on the prospect of sharp growth in lifeboat shares. In other words, […]
Inflection Point: US Government Shutdown And Strange Economic Signals
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group The US economy has been experiencing what I would call a form of “stasis” for the last year; it’s floating in the deep ocean, waiting for a catalyst. Either it finds dry land soon, or another anchor […]
Gold @ $4,000/Oz – A Small Step for Gold; A Giant Blow to the Fiat Monetary System.
There has been a relentless rise in gold prices over the last three years. From a bottom of around $1640 in October 2022 to $4000/oz today, Gold has delivered a 35% CAGR over the last three years. Most analysts remain oblivious of the underlying causes and attribute the move in […]
Another Cost That’s About to Go Up
Just a couple of days ago – on the first of this month – President Trump declared he was imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported heavy (commercial) trucks. “All ‘Heavy (big!) Trucks’ made in other parts of the world” will face the higher tariffs, Trump said in a post on Truth Social, […]
The Modern Case for Old Money: Why Physical Gold and Silver Are Essential Investments in 2025
The alarm clock reads 3:47 AM when Margaret checks her phone for the third time tonight. The headlines are relentless: inflation stubbornly above 4%, geopolitical tensions escalating, and her retirement account balance fluctuating wildly with each market session. At 58, she’s watching decades of careful savings slowly erode, not from […]
AI+ Inflation= a Once in a Lifetime Boom in Hard Assets
The bull market in hard assets is accelerating, NOT slowing down. Gold first cleared $3,800 per ounce on September 26th, 2025. Today, less than two weeks later, it’s over $3,900 per ounce. Gold is not the only hard asset ripping higher, either. Silver was below $46 two weeks ago. Today […]
