Are the days numbered for the United States’ largest shale oil field? According to the EIA, the Permian reached new record production in December. However, with the annual decline rate being nearly 50%, the Permian will likely peak in the next year or two when it runs…
Tom Cloud discusses how gold and silver will behave in 2022 with a weakness in the U.S. Dollar. However, if we get a significant sell-off in the broader markets, precious metals investors may be experiencing higher premiums and longer wait times to buy retail bullion on any price dips. Tom also discusses investing in another alternative hard asset…
In December, something quite interesting took place when U.S. Retail sales fell 2%, much more than the 0.1% expected. According to the data from the U.S. Treasury Monthly Report for December, income taxes collected by the U.S. Government surged by a record amount…
This is a MUST WATCH video update on the metals, markets, energy. Unfortunately, the energy crisis continues to spread in Europe while the U.S. just wrote off nearly 20% of its oil reserves in one year. Thus, the metals prices in 2022 will greatly depend upon two forces…
The ongoing global energy crisis and coming Energy Cliff will push the gold price to new highs. This is not a matter of if, but rather a matter of when. And, if we look at the energy data, the “when” seems to be fast approaching. Thus, precious metals investors need to understand…
The world is sleepwalking into a High-Stakes Food Experiment that could turn out quite badly this year… and onwards. With Europe still suffering from a natural gas crisis on top of high energy prices, many fertilizer producers have cut back on totally shut down production….