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3 Jun 2025

Is it time for silver to shine?

If history is any guide: Gold makes the first move — then silver takes over. With the gold-to-silver ratio near 100, is yesterday's sharp move on Silver (up +5%) just the beginning? Source. Bloomberg, Crescat Capital

28 May 2025

Gold and JGBs 30y yield...

Wonder why gold was down yesterday? Japanese bond yields tumbled, as according to Reuters, Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) will consider tweaking the composition of its bond program for the current fiscal year, which could involve cuts to its super-long bond issuance... This was enough to fuel some profit taking on the yellow metal Source. The Market Ear

27 May 2025

China’s Strategic Shift: Gold Up, Treasuries Down

In the past 5 years, their U.S. Treasury holdings have plunged from ~$1.1T to ~$760B. Meanwhile, their gold reserves have soared from ~1,850 tons to over 2,200 Source: Andrew Wells, Bloomberg

27 May 2025

It’s time to stop looking at real yields to determine gold price...

Source: Michel A.Arouet

23 May 2025

Gold has surged 27% year-to-date.

Most recently, Bitcoin has caught up and is up 18% YTD. What's the message here? Source: Global Markets Investors

21 May 2025

Gold market cap relative to the US equity market cap hit its highest level in 12 YEARS and is exactly at its long-term median.

Given the geopolitical and likely financial markets changes underway, will we see a repeat of the 1970s??? Source: Global Markets Investors, Incrementum AG

15 May 2025

Gold extends slide, selling off for 5 of the past 7 days, and dropping below the 50DMA amid lull in Chinese retail/ETF buying,

as the tariff truce eases fears of sharp currency devaluations for now. Source: zerohedge

8 May 2025

The Gold/Silver Price Ratio is now trading at 102x, the highest level in history since the U.S.

Dollar came off the Gold Standard (excluding the Covid scare) Source: Barchart

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