Daily News Nuggets | Today’s top stories for gold and silver investors December 4th, 2025 Silver Takes a Breather After Historic Run Silver retreated from its all-time high of $58.98 after an impressive rally that has pushed the metal up roughly 100% year-to-date. Traders locked in profits following an eight-day winning streak, but prices remain … Read more
Consumer debt in the United States has surged to a record high, topping $18 trillion nationwide. As a result, the typical household now carries more than $100,000 in combined obligations, including mortgages, student loans, credit cards, and other forms of credit. This strain on household budgets has changed everyday behavior: businesses are expanding payment options … Read more
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More everyday investors are trading foreign exchange (FX), entering a market once dominated by professional institutions. Driven by volatility from geopolitical events, social media buzz, and the availability of online education, retail traders are placing larger bets on currency movements. For example, Samantha Greer, a lawyer from England, represents many newcomers who have started trading … Read more
The COMEX silver coverage ratio indicates how much physical silver is available for immediate delivery against outstanding paper futures contracts. Today that ratio is roughly 13–14% — fewer than one deliverable ounce for every seven ounces of open paper claims. The market functions because most futures contracts are rolled or cash-settled and never require physical … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the Fed’s cautious stance before Congress, explaining why officials have kept the benchmark federal funds rate at 4.25%–4.50% despite public pressure from President Trump. Powell said the central bank needs clearer evidence about how the administration’s shifting tariff policies will affect inflation and economic growth before making any changes … Read more
Global oil markets have surrendered all of the gains they enjoyed earlier in 2025 as rising trade tensions between the United States and China raise concerns about worldwide economic growth and the outlook for energy consumption. Prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude slid below $72 per barrel after China announced retaliatory trade measures, including … Read more
Gold prices have rebounded above $3,300 per ounce after registering their first back-to-back weekly declines of the year. The rebound reflects renewed investor interest in the metal as a hedge against uncertainty and shifting expectations about monetary policy. Market participants are closely monitoring the Federal Reserve as it prepares to meet this week. Officials are … Read more
Gold price history is the 100-year record of the dollar’s long decline against a metal that cannot be printed. Over that century, gold rose from $20.67 per ounce under the gold standard to roughly $4,500 as of mid-2026 — an increase exceeding 21,000%. Over the same period the dollar lost about 96.9% of its purchasing … Read more
The ratio of the S&P 500 index to gold has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic. In March 2025 the mean ratio stood at roughly 1.9, meaning it would take about 1.9 ounces of gold to purchase the index. That represents a notable decline from 2.3 in December 2024 and from the cyclical … Read more