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What’s the Real Purpose of Money?

There is an old rhyme once used in economics books. "Money is a matter of functions four: a medium, a measure, a standard and a store." Three of these functions are clear. A medium of exchange is w...

Keith Weiner

Keith Weiner

February 19th, 2021

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Insider update on silver...

We continue to see dramatic demand for physical silver silver coins, bars, and rounds – and a tremendous inflow of new precious metals investors. Here's a quick update on what we're seeing from our...

Stefan Gleason

Stefan Gleason

February 18th, 2021

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Owning Real Assets Amid Surreal Markets

In the current market environment, little else matters other than momentum. What's moving up gets chased higher still by investors. And what can be moved up by any means is pursued by speculators who ...

Stefan Gleason

Stefan Gleason

February 17th, 2021

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<u>Could</u> Silver "Do a Palladium"?

Palladium was manipulated for years. It had the largest short position relative to its size, while physical demand rose inversely to decreasing supply. In 2018, demand became so large that it overwhe...

David Smith

David Smith

February 16th, 2021

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Energy Metals Lead the Charge

Gold and silver aren't the only viable plays in the metals space – and they aren't currently the leaders. On Wednesday, both copper and platinum rallied up to multi-year highs. Rhodium, meanwhile, ...

Stefan Gleason

Stefan Gleason

February 11th, 2021

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Silver Situation Update from Stefan Gleason

Even though the social-media-driven #SilverSqueeze campaign has fizzled – at least in terms of the dramatic burst of buying it caused – heavy retail accumulation of silver coins, bars, and rounds ...

Stefan Gleason

Stefan Gleason

February 9th, 2021

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Ruh Roh Silver, 2 February

The headlines blaring about the "disconnect" between paper and physical silver have it wrong. They are, in effect, saying "wet street caused sunshine!"...

Keith Weiner

Keith Weiner

February 2nd, 2021

State Legislatures Eye Sound Money Reforms

More state lawmakers than ever are introducing sound money legislation in the opening days of the 2021 legislative session. With debt-funded spending and money-printing in our nation's capital at brea...

Jp Cortez

Jp Cortez

February 1st, 2021

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#SilverSqueeze Underway?

The populist movement to punish Wall Street is turning its focus to silver. The markets may finally force more honest price discovery. That would certainly be welcomed by metals investors long frustra...

Clint Siegner

Clint Siegner

February 1st, 2021