Market manipulation

Is silver on the way to becoming a must-have asset, like gold today? The disconnect between the paper market and physical reality continues to worsen, and the accumulating signals suggest that a major breakdown is imminent.

Are we witnessing the end of paper gold? Currently, 100 ounces of paper gold are traded for every ounce of physical gold available on the market. If paper gold investors lose confidence in their counterparties against a backdrop of physical metal shortages, we'll be witnessing a historic event in...

The gold market is becoming more physical, less manipulated and more transparent. The rush to buy physical gold is taking place against a backdrop of rising inflation.

Silver is woefully behind gold. Its price is expected to see a meteoric rise in Q1.

The huge paper-gold bubble is about to burst, and short sellers find themselves trapped in a short squeeze. It is this phenomenon that has driven the price of gold steadily higher over the past year, and will continue to do so until gold reaches multiples of its current price.

As my last report for 2023, I wanted to hit the big issues blunt in the face—from debt and sovereign bond markets to themes on the USD, inflation, risk markets and physical gold.

On July 27, figures released by the US administration showed GDP up by 2.4%, well above the 2% anticipated by analysts. The U.S. economy seemed to be resisting the sharp rise in interest rates better than expected. But the administration published a terse correction: the increase in GDP was not 2...

In addition to discussing the Fed’s total failure in controlling inflation, in this article I will also stick my neck out in the climate debate before I go on to the likely disastrous effects of debts, deficits and inflation will have on investment markets.

The BRICS+ countries will announce the creation of a new currency at its annual leaders’ summit conference on August 22–24. It appears likely that the new BRICS+ currency will be linked to a weight of gold. This will be the biggest upheaval in international finance since 1971. It’s taking direct...

The former head of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. precious-metals business and his top gold trader should get multiyear prison terms after they were convicted of spoofing the market for years, the US government said in a court filing.