Oil crossed $100 a barrel on March 9 for the first time since 2022, then kept going, briefly touching $119.50 before settling around $108. The Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil flows, has been effectively closed since the US and Israel launched...

The global silver market is expected to run another structural deficit in 2026 as silver investment remains strong. This was one of several articles featured in the Silver Institute’s most recent Silver News report. According to the Silver Institute, the underlying...

We’ve just received rock-solid proof that “the hottest economy ever” was the biggest lie ever for the very reasons I was claiming all of last year while the mainstream media kept buying and reselling the Trump administration’s “hot” narrative. Only this week, it was...

Don’t just do something; stand there! Turns out this might be a pretty good investment strategy. Research conducted by Dalbar, Fidelity, and Vanguard reveals that dead people tend to be better investors than the living.

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is down. Cycle is down. Better opportunities in the oil sector.

The Debt Black Hole keeps getting bigger. Household debt grew modestly in the fourth quarter of 2025, ending the year at another record high. Accor

Over the weekend, the US and Israeli governments attacked Iran. In the days since, both militaries have reportedly struck thousands of targets, and Iranian forces have retaliated by launching hundreds or even thousands of missiles and drones at Israel and at US...

In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Charlie Garcia, founder of R360, decorated veteran, former advisor to six presidents, and regular MarketWatch columnist, to unpack what he sees as a historic turning point in the...

Stocks used to turn feisty toward the end of the week, but as the chart shows, the last few ‘Freaky Fridays’ have been pretty tame. My gut feeling is that this picture of tedium is the calm before the storm, and that stocks are being heavily distributed ahead of a...

Silver is on a long term BUY signal. Cycle is up. Trend is up.

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is down. Cycle is up. Better opportunities in the oil sector.

With governments chest thumping their strategic metal stockpiles, while investment into the mining sector is starting to ramp into overdrive, we're entering historic times in the silver market (and a handful of other metals for that matter).

Silver is down today while other markets fluctuate. This tells us two things: 1. Silver’s delivery notice day will probably (no guarantees) not be a major issue. 2. The previously discussed outlook, based on the situation in the USD Index, the situation in the stock...

It's pretty amazing when you take a step back and realize that in the past three months, the silver price has gone from under $60 last November, to over $120 by January, then back down to $64, yet with the latest rally was back over the $90 level earlier today.

Taking a break from the things I could say about some of Trump’s lies and distortions in his State of the Disunion address, I want to focus on three particularly smart and positive things the would-be king is ordering up to help the little guy in 2026 in order to...