Investors have no idea how the ENERGY CLIFF is already impacting the cost of producing gold. The world’s largest gold mining company is struggling to remain profitable as the production costs have surged over the past five years, much higher than energy price inflation…
Central banks purchased the most gold over the past year, as the U.S. and ECB printed trillions in new treasuries and bonds. It seems as if many central banks are becoming worried that U.S. Treasuries may no longer be safe assets in the future. I agree…
After the massive spike in the gold price since the Hamas-Israeli Conflict started, what’s happening with the Commercial Hedgers and major ETF Inventories? Interestingly, we are not seeing the same reaction from investors who moved into the GLD & SLV during the Russian-Ukraine War…
With the Israel ground invasion now starting in North Gaza today, energy and precious metals prices surged higher. But, what happens if this Middle East conflict escalates further? We are already seeing the U.S. attacking facilities in Syria, believed to be linked to Iran…
While U.S. and Global Auto Sales still haven’t recovered since issues stemming from the 2020 Pandemic Shutdown, another culprit is at work. No, it’s not due to shortages of semiconductors, even though that has accounted for a small part of the weak sales rebound. So, what is it…
With the depletion of U.S. conventional gas reserves, and just in the nick of time, we made it up with the Great Shale Gas Miracle. And, indeed… it is quite amazing to have more than doubled U.S. domestic natgas production over the past 15 years. How fast the years have gone by…