America’s gold market still remembers the last time Kevin Warsh’s name reshaped expectations. When he was announced as Fed chair on January 30, 2026, spot gold plunged nearly 9% in a single session while silver futures suffered an extreme one-day decline. That episode was driven not by immediate comments but by a sudden re-evaluation of … Read more
Silver is trading around $69.20 an ounce today, hovering near its highest levels since May. Yet the most revealing story this week is not the spot price itself but what’s unfolding inside COMEX’s delivery system as September’s silver contract approaches First Notice Day in a matter of days. The Edge Every Investor Needs Smarter precious … Read more
Gold eased a touch on Thursday while silver continued to climb, but those short-term price moves miss the larger picture. Five persistent trends point in the same direction: the argument for a long-term gold bull market remains intact, and State Street’s $5,000-per-ounce base case still stands after August’s pullback. Beyond that headline, silver’s stronger recent … Read more
Everyone was reporting on the same month, but most named the wrong winner. From the July 31 close through the August 25 close, silver climbed 19.0% while gold rose 15.1%. If you owned both metals, silver did the heavier lifting this month. Key takeaways Silver gained 19.0% from the July 31 close through the August … Read more
A precious metals IRA holds physical gold, silver, platinum, or palladium under the same tax rules that apply to other IRAs. However, one condition is decisive: a bank or an IRS-approved trustee must maintain physical possession of the metals. If you buy an eligible coin through an IRA and keep it in a personal safe, … Read more
Americans spent more in July than in June, but they didn’t buy more. That is the central takeaway from the July PCE inflation report released on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Nominal consumer spending rose 0.2% for the month—about $36.3 billion—while real spending barely budged, increasing less than 0.1% after … Read more
Wall Street spent August reworking its gold forecasts, yet the market repeatedly outpaced those revisions. As of late August, gold traded near $4,600 per ounce, down about 1% on the session, while silver hovered around $68. Measured from the July 31 close to the August 25 close, gold rose a little more than 15% and … Read more
A corporate pension fund can invest in gold. Real estate, private equity, and commodities are options as well. Your 401(k) almost certainly can’t — not because gold is a poor investment, but because of a long-standing fiduciary concern. That concern stems from a decades-old interpretation of fiduciary duty, not from any assessment of gold’s merits. … Read more
Gold and silver both pulled back from three-month highs this morning. Although headlines described multiple developments, they all trace back to the same core driver: how the U.S. Treasury plans to finance its bond buybacks and the resulting push-and-pull that is affecting the dollar. Below is a clear explanation of the connecting mechanism and what … Read more
The Federal Reserve has signaled that it anticipates at least one rate increase before the end of next year. In its June projections the Fed expected a quarter-point rise by the close of 2026. At the same time, market-implied odds for a September move have been fluctuating around a roughly one-in-three chance. Both the Fed’s … Read more