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A Christmas Carol For The Markets, 2025 Edition By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank As the year draws to a close, Ebenezer “Macro” Scrooge looks back on an eventful 2025. Sitting alone in his glass-walled office on Christmas Eve, the city below twinkling like a Bloomberg terminal in night mode. His screens glowed with charts: yield curves steepening, equities hitting all-time highs, and a lonely alert blinking – “Critical raw materials shortage: nutmeg unavailable.” “Bah, tariffs!” he grumbled, stabbing at his keyboard. “Christmas is […]

House Republicans Setting Up Early 2026 Vote On Stock Trading Ban House Republicans are teeing up a vote in early 2026 on legislation that would ban members of Congress from trading stock, however Democrats are insisting that it be expanded to cover the president, vice president, and their spouses.  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves a news conference as Republicans struggle with a plan to address growing health care costs, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. On Thursday a group of House Republicans met to hash out the framework for an […]

Silver Just Called The COMEX's Bluff Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, December means many things: A year coming to an end, a time for reflection, a time for looking ahead. A time for family and friends, and of course, a time for holiday belly-expansion. However, what many may have missed this December is that it was the month the paper markets in silver had yet another near-death experience. Hiding in Plain Site As usual, this critical turning point in metals, as well as its neon-flashing signal of a globally debt-sick financial and currency system, went […]

Atmospheric Rivers Pound US West Coast, Raising Bomb Cyclone Threat Ahead Of Christmas Powerful atmospheric rivers continue to hammer Washington and Northern California, extending into Central California, dumping inches of rain, with some low-elevation areas seeing double-digit totals, while higher elevations are getting buried under heavy snowfall. Here is this week's forecast via The Weather Channel: Atmospheric rivers continue to soak the West, bringing heavy rainfall, gusty winds and mountain snowfall. The latest event is ramping up for Northern and Central California this […]

Democratic Despotism: The American Left Moves From Censored To Compelled Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, More than five years ago, I wrote in these pages of a growing trend on the left toward compelled speech - the forcing of citizens to repeat approved views and values. It is an all-too-familiar pattern. Once a faction assumes power, it will often first seek to censor opposing views and then compel the endorsement of approved views. This week, some of those efforts faced setbacks and challenges in blue states like Washington and Illinois. In Washington state, many […]

Trump Admin Tests New Medicare Drug Pricing Pilot Programs Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two pilot programs on Dec. 19, as the Trump administration tests new ways to lower out-of-pocket drug costs for Americans on Medicare. An employee is seen at a Florida pharmacy in this file photo. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The first pilot program, Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs (GUARD), would apply an alternative approach […]

Russian General Killed By Car Bomb In Moscow, Marks 3rd Top Officer Assassinated In A Year A Russian general was killed early Monday after a bomb detonated beneath his car in southern Moscow, Russian law enforcement officials have announced. The hugely provocative act, which was likely either carried out by Ukrainian operatives or allied Western intelligence (or both) marks the third killing of a high-ranking defense official over the past year. The slain senior officer has been identified Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, 56, who headed the General Staff's operational […]

The US Economy Is Stronger After One Year Of The Trump Administration Authored by Daniel Lacalle, One year into Donald Trump’s new presidency, the verdict from the data is clear: the apocalyptic consensus forecasts have failed, and the United States stands as the only major developed economy combining strong growth, controlled inflation and fiscal consolidation. The same analysts and institutions that applauded massive stimulus, monetary excess and regulatory excess under the previous The same analysts and institutions that applauded massive stimulus, monetary excess, and […]

Daily News Nuggets | Today’s top stories for gold and silver investors  December 22nd, 2025  Gold and Silver Smash Records Again  Gold climbed above $4,400 per ounce Monday — another all-time high in what’s become a relentless rally throughout 2025. Silver followed suit, pushing past $68 per ounce and closing in on $70. Both metals have surged roughly 70% and...

Macron Seeks New Talks With Putin, Forcing 'Alternative' Path To Stalled US Negotiations Suddenly French President Emmanuel Macron is deciding to revive his diplomacy with Moscow and is stepping in and "stealing the show" - as Politico has newly put it - at a moment US-Russia negotiations have been 'constructive' but largely slow and even stalled. There's been no breakthroughs in Miami this weekend involving White House envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev, who sat across from Ukrainian national security adviser Rustem Umerov. Macron's office has […]

Georgia Power Gets Green Light To Dramatically Grow Grid To Draw Data Centers Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Georgia Public Service Commission will allow the state’s largest electric utility to proceed with its $15 billion plan to build nearly 10,000 megawatts of new generation—two-thirds of its present capacity—within a decade to accommodate “large load” demand from data centers. The Vogtle Unit 3, being constructed by primary contractor Westinghouse, a business unit of Toshiba, near Waynesboro, Ga., in this photo taken in March […]

Most investors expect a monetary reset to arrive suddenly. Mike Maloney argues it’s already happening. Gold and silver are leading signals of a global shift that will impact every saver and investor—whether they’re prepared or not.

Key Events This Shortened Week: GDP And Durables On Deck As 2025 Closes For those traders who are still "out there" instead of the slopes of Chamonix mingling with freshly embezzled US tax dollars by way of Kiev, DB's Jim Reid reminds that we’re now entering a very quiet spell for markets before Christmas, with data releases and other headline announcements almost completely drying up. Indeed, there’s only two-and-a-half days left to go for many places, as the US and several European markets are closing early on Christmas Eve, and this week usually sees some of the lowest […]

Journo Freaks Out After Bari Weiss Spikes '60 Minutes' Segment On El Salvador Prison CBS News' new editor in chief Bari Weiss pulled a planned "60 Minutes" segment on an El Salvador maximum-security prison where the Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants - apparently because the journalist behind the piece failed to obtain comment from the Trump administration.  Bari Weiss backstage at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, September 13, 2023.Francine Orr/Getty Images. The 11th hour decision prompted outrage from a high-profile network […]

Leases For Five Offshore Wind Projects Suspended Over Radar-Related National Security Concerns U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Maria Bartiromo on "Mornings with Maria" on Fox Business that the Trump administration will suspend leases for five wind farms under construction off the U.S. East Coast, citing national security concerns related to radar interference. "Well, today we're sending notifications to the five large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns. During this time of suspension, […]

Irony Alert: Google Suddenly Champions Free Speech As UK Crushes Online Expression Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a stunning reversal, Google has slammed the UK for threatening to stifle free speech through its aggressive online regulations. This from the company infamous for its own censorship crusades against conservative voices and inconvenient truths. If even Google is raising the alarm, you know the situation in Britain has hit rock bottom. The move signals a broader culture shift in Big Tech, where woke agendas are crumbling under pressure from free […]

Futures Rise, Japanese Yields Surge, Gold And Silver Soar As we previewed late last week, the Santa Rally is back all right, and US equity futures are trading near session highs with the Nasdaq 100 poised to wipe out December’s losses as revived appetite for technology stocks powered gains across equity markets. As of 8:15am ET, S&P futures are 0.4% higher after the benchmark climbed 0.9% on Friday, the most in close to a month; Nasdaq futures rise 0.6% set to build on Friday’s jump as NVDA jumped 2% on a Reuters report the company sees H200 shipments to China starting […]

Nvidia Prepares To Ship H200 AI Chips To China By Mid-February Nvidia shares rose slightly in premarket trading in New York after Reuters reported that the US chipmaker has informed customers it plans to ship its second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, to China before the Lunar New Year in mid-February. Sources familiar with the shipment say Nvidia plans to deliver about 5,000 to 10,000 chip modules, equivalent to 40,000 to 80,000 H200 AI chips, to China in the coming months. Those same sources noted that the chipmaker plans to expand H200 production capacity in the new […]

'Rather Brilliantly Evil': Life In The Fast Lane With Robinhood Markets Authored by Eric Salzman via Racket News, (emphasis ours) By just about any metric it has been a blowout year for the retail brokerage company Robinhood Markets. The company’s stock (HOOD) price is up about 220% in 2025, revenues and account growth have shot higher, and founder Vlad Tenev has become a multi-billionaire. Robinhood was founded in 2013 but really burst onto the scene in 2020, changing the face of the retail brokerage industry. After a near-death experience in 2021 with the […]

Denmark Furious After Trump Names Special Envoy To Greenland President Donald Trump announced late Sunday on Truth Social that he is appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as the U.S. Special Envoy to Greenland. The move prompted Denmark's Foreign Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, to summon the U.S. ambassador, saying the appointment suggests continued American interest in the resource-rich island. "I am pleased to announce that I am appointing the GREAT Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as the United States Special Envoy to Greenland. Jeff understands how essential […]

Pump Baby, Pump! EIA Thinks OPEC Can Produce Far More Than Anyone Expected Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com, The U.S. Energy Information Administration quietly rewrote a key assumption about the global oil market this week: OPEC can produce more oil than previously thought. In its December Short-Term Energy Outlook, the EIA updated how it defines and estimates OPEC crude oil production capacity. The result was a material upward revision. The agency now estimates OPEC’s effective production capacity was higher by about 220,000 barrels per day in 2024, 370,000 […]

This is why the price of silver is skyrocketing.

Beijing Condemns Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy After China-Bound Tanker Seizure Beijing has condemned the U.S. interception of sanctioned crude tankers off the Venezuelan coast after a China-bound oil tanker was seized on Saturday. Beijing said Venezuela has the right to conduct trade with other countries. Reuters cited China's foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian at a regular press briefing, who said the US seizure of another country's tanker was a serious violation of international law. Jian added that China opposes all "unilateral and illegal" sanctions. On Saturday, the U.S. […]

Freedom Lovers Aren't 'Fascists' Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, There’s nothing ‘right-wing’ about defending the Bill of Rights. Being called “right-wing” or “fascist” is detestable. The label implies a preference for dictatorship, authoritarianism, and government supremacy over personal freedom. The exact opposite is true. I would describe myself as a supporter of autarchism in the sense that we should rule ourselves and not be ruled by others. As someone who believes strongly in individual liberty, self-reliance, and self-government, I […]

Cocoa Prices Face Worst Annual Collapse In Six Decades As Goldman Sees "Tailwinds" For Hershey After nearly tripling last year and soaring to a record $13,000 a ton, cocoa futures are on track for their worst-ever annual decline, based on data going back more than six decades. Cocoa futures in New York are set for a 50% decline if losses persist through the end of the year. Prices are currently trading around $5,845 as of Friday's close, a stark difference from the $12,000 to $13,000 range in late 2024 and early 2025. The cocoa surge sparked a price shock and crushed […]

Major Israeli Strikes On Lebanon As Beirut 'Days Away' From Disarming Hezbollah Via The Cradle The Israeli army carried out several attacks on south Lebanon on Sunay, hours after Beirut said that the disarmament of Hezbollah in the southern Litani River area is "days away" from completion. An Israeli drone struck a car in the southern town of Yater. Minutes later, Israel bombed a motorcycle around 300 meters away from the targeted car.  The Israeli army said it "recently attacked another terrorist from the Hezbollah organization in the Yater area in southern Lebanon," in a […]

DOJ Drops New Saturday Epstein Files, Deletes Trump Pics Update (1244ET): The DOJ released three new folders of Epstein files on Saturday. Folder #5 mostly contains what appear to be hard drives and media from both Epstein's lockup at the NY Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) and his property. They also appear to have deleted a file contained in the initial release (see below) that contains a picture of Donald Trump.  Folder #6 is mostly court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell's cases.  Folder #7 contains information from Epstein's 2007 prosecution.  We […]

Trump Announces $1.3 Billion In Sales Of 'Gold Card' Visas Since Dec. 10 President Donald Trump announced Dec. 19 that his administration has sold more than $1.3 billion worth of “Trump Gold Cards,” a new immigration program offering expedited residency to high-skilled foreign talent, with proceeds going toward paying down the national debt. In remarks to the press, Trump said that sales had exceeded $1.3 billion and described the Gold Card as a “green card on steroids.” He said the option would allow companies to retain graduates from elite institutions, such as […]

For decades, investors were told the Hunt brothers “cornered” the silver market and drove prices to $50. Mike Maloney reveals why that story doesn’t hold up—and what really caused one of the most misunderstood moments in monetary history.

Today Nomi Prins, who has given speeches to the World Bank, IMF and Federal Reserve, told King World News that the price of gold will hit $6,000 in 2026, but silver will be the big surprise.

Today the price of silver and gold hit all-time highs. Take a look at what is propelling prices to record levels.

Take a look at this year end price target for silver.

Gold is on track for its strongest year since 1979, up 60%+ with silver doubling to record highs. JP Morgan just raised targets to $5,055 by late 2026, citing relentless central bank buying and geopolitical risks. But questions linger over inflation data and Fed policy. Here's what investors need to...

L0ok at this shocking inflation over the last 5 years...

Look at this jaw-dropping setup for silver and gold.

Daily News Nuggets | Today’s top stories for gold and silver investors  December 18th, 2025    Inflation Cools More Than Expected in November  Consumer prices rose 2.7% year-over-year in November, coming in below the 3.1% economists had forecast and up only slightly from October’s 2.6%. Core inflation (excluding food and energy) also surprised to the downside at...

Could silver outperform gold by 7x? Mike Maloney explains why a shrinking gold/silver ratio, rising industrial demand, and a multi-year supply deficit could set silver up for dramatic outperformance.

On a day when the price of silver futures vaulted to an all-time high of $67, and gold came within dollars of a record high, look at what is unfolding.

The bull market in mining hasn't even begun as the XAU vs Gold remains trapped in the Devil's Box, but this will send gold and silver mining stocks screaming higher if it unfolds.

Gold posts its best year since 1979 with $5,000 targets ahead. Silver surges past $65, up 120% in 2025. Trump orders Venezuela oil blockade. UK inflation cools to 3.2%, paving the way for Bank of England rate cuts.

This sums up the situation in the silver market beautifully.

If you are wondering why the Fed just initiated QE5, the answer is the US economy is imploding as more than one million layoffs have already taken place in America.

November's delayed jobs report shows unemployment at 4.6%—the highest since 2021—while Morgan Stanley forecasts gold reaching $4,800/oz by late 2026. Ivory Coast miners cave to new taxes, Bitcoin posts its fourth annual loss, and silver faces headwinds from falling solar demand. Here's what matters for investors.

What it means to be rich has nothing to do with having millions. It’s about preserving the value of your work, avoiding inflation’s silent theft, and gaining true financial freedom.

Selling gold and silver doesn’t have to be complicated. This guide shows you how to get the best price, avoid common pitfalls, and choose the safest, most transparent way to convert your metals into cash.

Silver is charging toward $64 per ounce while gold climbs to $4,350 in a year-end rally fueled by softening yields and growing expectations for Fed rate cuts. Meanwhile, Wall Street braces for dual jobs reports Tuesday, and a Fed governor argues current policy remains too restrictive.

Are gold mining stocks really a leveraged bet on gold—or a long-term trap? Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard analyze 50 years of data and reveal why physical gold has massively outperformed even the best mining companies, exposing the hidden risks of dilution, volatility, and poor timing that most investors underestimate.

Silver has doubled to $64.29 in eight months while gold holds near $4,275—yet American investors own almost none. Goldman Sachs found gold ETFs represent just 0.17% of US portfolios, creating what they call "large upside risk." Plus: oil tumbles on oversupply, Fed officials split on cuts.

The Federal Reserve delivered its third rate cut of 2025, but deep divisions on the committee signal uncertainty ahead. Silver surged to an all-time high of $62.89, capping a historic 113% gain this year. Meanwhile, the race to replace Jerome Powell is heating up.

The disconnect between paper silver and real-world demand is widening fast. In this episode, Mike and Alan reveal why a silver COMEX breakdown is becoming more likely — and what happens when industrial buyers need physical metal the futures market can no longer deliver.

Silver shattered records this week, topping $60 per ounce while central banks accelerated gold buying to the highest level of 2025. Meanwhile, Trump sets "immediate" rate cuts as his litmus test for the next Fed chair, and his $12 billion farm bailout reveals the true cost of his trade war.

Silver has shattered its psychological barrier, breaking past $60 per ounce for the first time in history. This milestone in the precious metals bull market signals fundamental shifts in industrial demand and monetary dynamics that could sustain higher prices for years. Discover the five key drivers behind this unprecedented surge...

Gold trades steady at $4,200 as the Fed prepares a hawkish rate cut Wednesday. Global central banks are pumping the brakes on easing, while persistent inflation keeps Americans struggling with soaring costs for food, housing, and childcare—fueling safe-haven demand.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver another rate cut this week despite growing dissent among policymakers. Meanwhile, China's central bank extended its gold buying streak to 13 consecutive months, even as prices trade near record highs. State Street Global Advisors sees a potential path for gold to...

Institutions are turning increasingly bullish on gold, with many forecasting prices above $5,000 by 2026. Driven by record central bank buying, rising geopolitical tensions, and persistent inflation, the 2026 gold price prediction reflects powerful structural forces reshaping the market. Is your portfolio positioned for what comes next?

Markets are holding their breath ahead of today's delayed PCE inflation report—the Fed's preferred gauge and final data point before next week's rate decision. Gold is consolidating near $4,235 while silver holds near record highs after hitting $58.98 this week. Meanwhile, Treasury bonds are suffering their worst week since June...

Silver pulled back from an all-time high of $58.98 while gold consolidated near $4,200 as traders await next week's Federal Reserve meeting. Markets are pricing in an 89% chance of a rate cut, while mixed labor data and plunging oil prices signal both resilience and caution in the global economy.

Silver just hit all-time highs — but according to Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard, the real move is still ahead. With a 7-year supply deficit, a historic 45-year technical breakout, and a collapsing gold-to-silver ratio, the fundamentals point to dramatically higher prices. Here's why it's not too late to buy...

Most investors lose money because they never learned how to choose investments in the first place. In 2026, you don't need more complexity—you need clarity. Alan Hibbard's 3-question framework cuts through market noise so you can evaluate any asset based on fundamentals, not emotions.

Bank of America's investment team says the dollar's dominance is over—gold is in. Central banks are accumulating at record pace, the Fed is cutting rates, and jobs data is weakening. Silver just doubled in 2025. For precious metals investors watching the macro shift unfold, the message is clear.