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18 Dec 2025

🔥Gold and silver are moving almost perfectly in line with Japanese government bond yields:

Japan's 10-year government bond yield has risen roughly 1.5 percentage points since the beginning of 2023, reaching 1.98%, the highest level since the 1990s. During this same period, gold and silver prices have skyrocketed by 135% and 175%, respectively. Are precious metals being used as a primary hedge against the rising cost of government debt? Source: Global Markets Investor

16 Dec 2025

The BTC/Gold ratio back below 20x for the first time since Jan 2024...

Source: zerohedge

10 Dec 2025

The gold-to-silver ratio is starting to move abruptly, as it often does after reaching extremely elevated levels.

Source: Tavi Costa

9 Dec 2025

Gold relative to S&P 500: are we just at the start of the cycle?

A fascinating chart by Otavio (Tavi) Costa Gold relative performance dynamic follows very long-term cycles, and we’re likely only in the early stages of this one. As Tavi points out, we now face a trifecta of macro imbalances: ▪️The Debt Problem of the 1940s ▪️Inflation Issues of the 1970s ▪️Asset Valuation Imbalance of the Late 1920s and 1990s Source: Bloomberg, Crescat Capital

8 Dec 2025

This chart destroys every "gold is too expensive" argument

They were buying 20 tonnes when gold was at $3,000. Now they're buying 55 tonnes at $4,000. Source: Katusa Research @KatusaResearch

5 Dec 2025

Gold's long-term correlation with the S&P 500 has just reached an extremely high level, only seen in...August 2007.

Source: Guilherme Tavares i3 invest

3 Dec 2025

Gold is only 2.8% of investor AUM... imagine 4–5%.

Source: The Market Ear

2 Dec 2025

Gold is on pace for its best year since 1979, up over 60% in 2025.

Source: Charlie Bilello

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