Good Reads
How Shanghai Stole the Gold Crown
The Shanghai Gold Exchange won’t replace COMEX or LBMA overnight, and the dollar won’t vanish tomorrow. But history moves in powerful tides, and you can see them if you pay attention. Empires rise and fall. The accelerating decline of the dollar against gold signals that America’s long run as the unchallenged hegemon is nearing its end. Read on »
Copper at $6: The Squeeze Has Just Begun
The story is heating up now with the price touching a single day record of $6. If this price holds and closes this month above $6, a major copper bull cycle is underway. It’s the environment we’ve been talking about for almost 2 years, as the arteries of AI and compute. Read on »
Silver hits record high above $100/oz as gold closes in on $5,000 milestone
Silver prices rose above $100 an ounce for the first time ever on Friday, while gold hit another record en route to $5,000/oz as investors pile into safe-haven assets amid geopolitical turmoil and on expectations for U.S. interest rate cuts. Spot silver jumped 4.5% to $100.49 an ounce. Read on »
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