China’s dominance of the solar manufacturing industry runs to the tune of +80%, so it’s not surprising that country dominates silver headlines. But investors need to take stock of India’s growing influence on silver markets.

Until about twenty-seven hours ago, I couldn’t get enough of this market. As it is now – – yuck! My only salvation is my 40% cash position and the fact my options are all 2025/2026 expirations.

In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey dives deep into pattern recognition and its crucial role in both ice hockey and investing. 

Today we’re going to look at how crude oil, Texas tea, impacts that same inflation data. What’s more, we’ll look at my charts and see what we might expect if oil prices bounce from today’s levels and return to previous resistance.

The auction stopped with a high yield of 4.015%, 30bps below last month's stop and the lowest since July 2023, but the auction also tailed the When Issued 4.001 by 1.4bps, the 3rd consecutive tail in a row.

The PPI rose 0.2 percent, in line with expectations. The BLS revised the July PPI lower to 0.1 percent.

With the PPI release, and Cleveland Fed PCE nowcast as of today...

A carbon tax encourages consumers to make the decision that is best for the economy, including the external costs of emissions. If done right, carbon taxes can also make the overall tax system more efficient.

The typical seasonal September slump for stocks has left the S&P 500 down 1.5% month-to-date.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stuck close to familiar midrange territory on Thursday, holding close to the 41,000 handle but struggling to decisely reclaim the key technical figure.

Warner Bros. Discovery and Charter Communications have announced a major multi-year distribution partnership.

Sound money advocates are today hailing their hard-fought victory today as New Jersey’s Senate Bill 721 was signed into law – thereby removing sales taxes on purchases of gold, silver, and other precious metals above $1,000 effective January 1, 2025.

In a move aimed at bolstering economic activity, the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council announced a reduction in the deposit facility rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 3.50% effective September 18, 2024.

In Thursday's session, the EUR/GBP retreated and stands flat around 0.8440, showcasing a mixed technical outlook.

ECB President Christine Lagarde refrained from giving any forward guidance, other than saying that the direction for rates was “pretty obvious”. We think that after some hesitation, the ECB will eventually have to cut rates more aggressively.

It’s a pretty dull day so far. We’re well more than an hour into the session, and all the main equity futures are green, ranging from just 0.13% on the /ES to a full 1% on the /RTY.

In this video, we are going to talk about how to approach growth stock investing.

How you read the August Consumer Price Index (CPI) report is a matter of perspective. There is some good news in there for the optimist. There's some bad news in there for the pessimist. And there's a lot of "uh-oh" for the realist...  

The gap between real values and paper values will most likely be closed by a fall in the value of the dollar (aka inflation). Bonds will be the biggest losers. We don’t own them.

Cotton was higher yesterday on speculative buying and reports that the weather in southern states will feature a hurricane that could damage crops.