Yep, it’s official. Bank of America just told its institutional clients that silver could finish 2026 anywhere between $135 and $309 an ounce. Michael Widmer, the bank’s head of metals research (not some guy on the YouTube circuit, not a goldbug newsletter, not us), got there using sixth-grade arithmetic on the gold-to-silver […]
Deadlock and Attrition Starting a big war in the Middle East is much easier than stopping it. This is the lesson President Trump is now learning. After one month of dropping bombs and launching missiles at Iran, Trump has called for a time out. A proposed one-month ceasefire. He even […]
The Man Who Priced Gold for 200 Years Most people recognize Sir Issac Newton for his work on gravity, but in 1717, he was more than a great scientist. He was Master of the Royal Mint of England, and he had a problem to solve: What should an ounce of […]
Two-Week Reprieve “Big money will be made.” The remark was made by President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social following the ceasefire deal with Iran. Who will make the big money is unclear. But it sounds good, nonetheless. With the announcement of the two-week reprieve in bomb dropping and missile strikes, and […]
“Meten is weten.” (Measuring is knowing) – Dutch proverb Taxing Phantoms If you want to see the future of socialism and its rabid appetite to consume your life savings, you don’t have to look at the history books. Instead, look at the Netherlands. On February 12, 2026, the Dutch House […]
“The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.” – Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946) The Golden Fleece […]
The investing world is currently falling for one of the greatest trojan horse operations in history. The term “trojan horse” relates to the famous Greek poem Aeneid, which chronicles the 10-year siege of the city of Troy by Greek soldiers. In its simplest rendering, after years of failing to enter […]
End of an Era Imagine you found a magical bank that lets you borrow money at 0 percent interest. Naturally, you’d take that free money and put it into a high-yield savings account or the stock market to pocket the difference, right? That, in a nutshell, is the Yen Carry […]
I want to talk to you about what is happening with silver today. As you no doubt are aware, silver has gone parabolic, rising from $45 per ounce at the end of October to over $85 per ounce today. Throughout that period, the precious metal has had only two significant […]
Well, it looks like critical minerals are now worth fighting for. This week, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the White House declared the critical mineral supply including silver, copper, palladium, and platinum a threat to national security. For over five decades the world has quietly known oil to […]