Category Archives: Let’s Get Physical

Precious metals, which were the best-performing asset class in 2025, have looked weak in 2026. Specifically, gold is down around 3.5% for the year. The yellow metal started the year strong and continued its rally from the previous year, hitting … Continue reading →

Gold is struggling to regain its footing after retreating from September highs above $4,400 an ounce, as a stronger U.S. dollar, surging Treasury yields and expectations of further Federal Reserve tightening weigh on the precious metal. But while speculative investors … Continue reading →

The prices of gold and silver began to bounce back early Thursday after facing steep losses a day earlier, when silver shed as much as 6% of its value, as Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar both fall amid a … Continue reading →

The Federal Reserve’s commitment to bring inflation down to its 2% target is creating some much-needed confidence in the long end of the yield curve as 10-year bond yields fall back below 5.00%; however, according to one fund manager, gold … Continue reading →

Shockproof your nest egg now! Warren Buffett has a ‘big worry’ over the US dollar ‘really going to hell’ — warns fiscal policy is what really scares him in America. With a whopping $348 billion in cash on his company’s … Continue reading →

The U.S. national debt is projected to hit the $40 trillion milestone by the end of this month. The cost to service that debt will cost approximately $3.18 billion per day, according to Congressional Budget Office. Since big government loves … Continue reading →

US Debt Crosses $40 Trillion Threshold After Doubling Under Trump and Biden Total U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as ballooning … Continue reading →

For years, the financial news space has been flooded with narratives of dollar doom, an incoming hyperinflation, and gold winning once the U.S. currency finally dies. According to Brent Johnson, founder of Santiago Capital and author of the “Dollar Milkshake” … Continue reading →

As of the European session on August 11, gold prices (XAUUSD) briefly topped $4,400 intraday, reaching a high of $4,435.2, its highest level since June 5. However, gains subsequently narrowed significantly as gold pulled back to around $4,360. Gold has … Continue reading →

A World Gold Council survey finds a record 45% of central banks plan to add gold amid inflation and geopolitical uncertainty. As wars spread, trade tensions escalate and inflation remains stubbornly high, governments around the world are quietly buying more … Continue reading →