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Gold prices refused to budge much last week, with the LBMA Gold Price PM settling Friday at $3,344 per ounce—just 0.3 percent below the prior close. That leaves the metal up a dazzling 28.6 percent year-to-date, still among 2025’s best-performing assets despite a flurry of trade headlines and political theatrics. Early gains driven by tariff […]

If you ask most people why they have little or no gold, they will often tell you that the stock market gets much higher returns. This is said with a great amount of conviction, as if it were an obvious fact. However, that fact is far less obvious than they might think. Gold has fared […]

The CME Comex is the Exchange where futures are traded for gold, silver, and other commodities. The CME also allows futures buyers to turn their contracts into physical metal through delivery. You can find more detail on the CME here (e.g., vault types, major/minor months, delivery explanation, historical data, etc.).

The world of finance is witnessing a significant shift as a massive transfer of gold makes it way from London to the United States. This isn’t merely a shuffling of bullion, it’s a symptom of worldwide economic anxieties.

Gold futures soared on the back of yesterday’s December’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, climbing by $29.50 (1.10%) to settle at $2,722.60 for the most active February contract. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that overall inflation rose 0.4% in December—exceeding November’s 0.3% pace and slightly above economists’ consensus of 0.3%. On an annual […]

U.S. consumers are bracing for higher prices over the next 12 months, according to the University of Michigan’s latest survey. One-year inflation expectations jumped to 3.3% in January, up significantly from 2.8% in December. This is the steepest increase since May and pushes the short-term outlook above the 2.3%-3.0% range seen in the two years […]

For all of economic history, gold has served as the preeminent money. Individuals holding gold could rest easy knowing they had a hedge against economic uncertainty, at least until President Franklin Roosevelt made it illegal to own the yellow metal. 50 years after this tyrannical edict was repealed, sound money advocates should thank Gerald Ford […]

Gold suddenly appears momentarily correlated with the US Dollar Index (DXY). How can gold, a store of value and inflation hedge against dollar inflation, be following the price movements of the same inflationary currency it’s supposed to be protecting you from?

On Tuesday’s episode, Peter covered a record setting week for gold and a stellar week for silver. With the metals nearly cresting $2800 and $35, respectively, Peter sees this price action as confirmation that the Fed’s recent rate cuts are a mistake. Politicians may love inflation, and the media is oblivious, but the metals markets […]

Golf scores. World War III. Hannibal Lecter. These aren’t traditional topics for a presidential debate, but they’re just a few that have come up during this election cycle. Meanwhile, on the issue that arguably most closely touches voters’ lives–economics–consumers still don’t know what to expect. Tuesday’s presidential debate cleared up some of the confusion, opening […]