Markets began the week with yet another reminder of just how quickly the picture can change. Gold briefly slipped below $4,000 an ounce yesterday before recovering above $4,070 today. Silver has rebounded more sharply, while oil climbed above $90 a barrel, up from less than $72 at the beginning of the month, around the level […]
Gold and silver investing in 2026 is being shaped by a gap most investors have never examined. In 2025, daily gold trading volume averaged $361 billion. In the first half of 2026, it reached nearly $488 billion. The physical gold investment market that underlies it has not kept pace and the distance between paper gold […]
The other day I was fortunate to receive a report from Fordham Global Foresight, the independent advisory business founded by geopolitical strategist Tina Fordham. It begins with a question its authors hear repeatedly from business leaders and senior executives: “When will things go back to normal?” It’s probably a question I myself am guilty of […]