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Gold prices reached record highs in early 2026 following an epic 2025, fueled by central bank buying, inflation concerns, and demand for assets outside traditional finance. Since then, gold has pulled back significantly. Conditions created by the US-Iran war that began last February have contributed to this correction, but why?  While gold is usually pumped […]

Last week, Peter joined Vladyslav Grabarskyy from Wealth Building Blueprint for a discussion on the state of the economy and metals markets. Peter takes Vladyslav through the case for hard money and explains why he thinks gold and foreign assets will outperform dollars and domestic stocks. He connects rising inflation, central-bank behavior, and geopolitical spending […]

In his Senate confirmation hearing on April 21st, Federal Reserve Chairman–designate Kevin Warsh pledged nothing short of a philosophical reset at the world’s most influential central bank. Backed by President Trump and politely flanked by Senator Elizabeth Warren, Warsh told lawmakers that full employment and stable prices remain “mission-critical,” yet achievable only if the Fed […]

Regardless of your system of values, there is one meta-vice that is responsible for a massive share of your discontent with the world as you know it. This is not a vice that has characterized every age, but the last hundred years or so in the western world can be characterized as an increasing growth […]

Some commentators are of the view that one cannot trust the market economy, which is seen as inherently unstable. If left free, the market economy could lead to self-destruction. Hence, there is the need for the government and the central bank to manage the economy. It is held, in this framework, that successful management could be achieved […]

In his latest Capital Cosm interview, Peter lays out a clear case for gold as the reliable hedge against policy-driven inflation and economic turmoil. He links recent market moves to central bank behavior, wartime spending, and a rotation out of Bitcoin into metal, arguing investors should rethink the digital-gold narrative. The conversation touches on liquidity, […]

On Thursday, Peter faced off against Mark Moss in a ZeroHedge debate to lay out a clear, market-focused case for gold and a skeptical case against Bitcoin. He argues that central banks are quietly shifting away from the dollar into gold because they no longer trust the ability of the U.S. government to repay debt […]

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde used the ECB’s 2026 Annual Global Risk Lecture in Bologna this week to deliver a stark message: “we are leaving a world where risk can be measured and modeled, and entering one of genuine uncertainty.” Her twin culprits are escalating geopolitical fragmentation and the break-neck spread of artificial intelligence. […]

The bull market in gold is being driven by many forces, and it isn’t just speculative fervor that caused the latest drop. Macro factors like monetary expansion, interest rates that are still far too low, broad global uncertainty, and de-dollarization are going to push gold higher. In the meantime, corrections will occur, but this isn’t […]

The dollar is in free fall as gold and silver continue climbing to new records. As the global economy loses confidence in its main reserve asset, it’s simultaneously losing confidence in fiat currencies and the central banks that manage them. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not […]