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CFTC CoTs: Managed Money has Lost Control of the Price

Please note: the CoTs report was published 12/23/2025 for the period ending 12/16/2025. “Managed Money” and “Hedge Funds” are used interchangeably. The Commitment of Traders report is a weekly publication that shows the breakdown of ownership in the Futures market. For every contract, there is a long and a short, so the net positioning will […]

Money Supply Grows for a 25th Consecutive Month

Money Supply is a very important indicator. It helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. Even if the Fed is tight, if Money Supply is increasing, it has an inflationary effect. One key metric shown below is the “Wenzel” 13-week annualized money […]

Comex: Physical Silver Demand Keeps the Market in Backwardation

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 data below looks at […]

Schiff on the Paul Barron Network: Bitcoin Is Not Sound Money

Last week, Peter joined Paul Barron to walk through why gold still defines “sound money,” why Bitcoin falls short, and how tokenization could actually help precious metals — not replace them. He critiques the American obsession with crypto, warns about leveraged Bitcoin collapses, and explains how banks would treat tokenized gold very differently from tokenized […]

Schiff w/ La Roche: 1970s Stagflation is Calling

Peter recently appeared on The Julia La Roche show, addressing a broad audience about why he sees trouble ahead for the U.S. economy and what that means for savers. He covers the loss of confidence in the dollar, the role of the Federal Reserve as buyer of last resort, the political danger of tariffs, and […]

Schiff on Kitco News: The Fed Will Print More  

Last week, Peter joined Kitco News to take stock of the Federal Reserve’s stealth return to quantitative easing and what it means for inflation, the dollar, and precious metals. He walks through why short-term Treasury purchases are no different in effect from longer-term QE, why the Fed will likely have to expand its interventions, and […]

Peter Schiff: Silver Is the Big Story

On Thursday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter lays out why precious metals are taking center stage while fiat currency policy unravels. He walks through surging silver prices, rising unemployment and shrinking manufacturing, a return to quantitative easing, the political choice for the next Fed chair, and an imminent crypto crash — all reasons […]

Schiff on Commodity Culture: Silver and Gold Are Poised to Soar

Peter joined the Commodity Culture podcast on Friday to walk through recent moves in precious metals and explain why he thinks inflationary pressure is returning to the market. He ties silver and gold action to what he calls a de facto return to quantitative easing, warns that politicized central banking will make matters worse, and […]

Schiff on Palisades Gold Radio: Fed Returns to QE While Metals Climb

Last week, Peter joined Palisades Gold Radio to argue that the recent Fed moves mark a return to balance-sheet expansion and that the implications for bonds, the dollar, and precious metals are profound. He walks listeners through the mechanics of what the Fed is doing, the risks of yield-curve pressure, why he thinks the current […]

Gold and Silver: Fundamentally Strong but Technically Stretched

Technical Analysis of Gold and Silver This analysis attempts to look at different metrics to understand the current momentum in the gold and silver markets. It is meant as an analysis on potential price direction in the very short-term (a few weeks to 1-2 months). The last two technical analysis pieces have been spot on. […]