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Jeff Thomas | Nov 20, 2024

Let’s say that you’re paid $4000 per month. You budget for housing, food, clothing, transportation, etc. Let’s say that that adds up to $3800 per month and you’re hoping for $200 per month to go to savings. Often that doesn’t happen, as “expenses pop up” that haven’t been planned for, but need to be paid. So, in the end, you save little or nothing.

Mark Yaxley | Nov 19, 2024

This escalation rattled global markets. U.S. stock indexes retreated, while the gold price rallied and appears to have found a temporary floor, driven by a surge in geopolitical tensions.

Jeff Thomas | political | Nov 12, 2024

“If you catch 100 red fire ants as well as 100 large black ants, and put them in a jar, at first, nothing will happen. However, if you violently shake the jar and dump them back on the ground the ants will fight until they eventually kill each other. The thing is, the red ants think the black ants are the enemy and vice versa, when in reality, the real enemy is the person who shook the jar. This is exactly what’s happening in society today. Liberal vs. Conservative. Black vs. White. Pro Mask vs. Anti-Mask. Vax vs. Anti-vax. Rich vs. poor. Man vs. woman. Cop vs. citizen. [Etc.] The real question we need to be asking ourselves is who’s shaking the jar… and why?”

Mark Yaxley | political | Nov 12, 2024

As expected, Donald Trump's victory in the recent U.S. presidential election has triggered a rally in equities, Bitcoin, and the U.S. dollar, creating significant headwinds for gold and silver prices.

Mark Yaxley | metal | Nov 5, 2024

In 2016, Donald Trump entered the election as the underdog against Hillary Clinton. The expectation was that if he managed an unlikely victory, gold prices would surge due to his potential to disrupt the establishment and implement foreign policy changes

Mark Yaxley | metal | Oct 29, 2024

This seemingly never-ending gold rally just keeps on giving. What initially started as a reaction to COVID back in 2020 has now transformed into one of the most prolonged and meaningful bull runs in gold’s modern history. The questions remain: why does gold continue to achieve new all-time highs, and how long will this momentum last?

Jeff Thomas & International Man | political | Oct 29, 2024

International Man: Every four years, the US engages in an increasingly contentious process of electing its politicians. Republicans and Democrats both engage in mudslinging—each side taking cheap shots at the other. Is this the nature of all politics and elections now?

Jeff Thomas | political | Oct 23, 2024

Much of the First World has reached this latter stage, all (to varying degrees) at the same time. Unfortunately, historically, the period of apathy is almost invariably followed by a period of bondage – a marked social and economic decline in which the people of the nation become little more than serfs of the state that rules them.

Mark Yaxley | metal | Oct 22, 2024

On Friday, gold surged to new heights, closing above $2,700 per ounce and reaching $2,740 today, marking a new all-time high. Silver followed suit, breaking through $33 per ounce and extending to around $34.30, its highest level this year.

Jeff Thomas | historical | Oct 18, 2024

In a macro cycle, a nation begins to thrive economically, when the people of that country adhere to a strong work ethic. They invest their money and toil into the economy, make a profit, then either save, purchase goods, reinvest, or a combination of the three. When the great majority of the people do this, the country thrives economically. The greater the economic freedom (i.e., the less governmental oversight and regulation), the more the country thrives. But this never lasts forever. The eternal fly in the ointment is that governments seek continually to increase their control over others.

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