Silver Rises Over 120% YTD 
The No-Home-Storage-IRA Myth: Why the IRS Requires a Depository
A home storage gold IRA sounds convenient, but the IRS doesn’t allow it. This piece walks through why: the 2021 Tax Court case that settled the question, what Section 408(m)(3) actually requires, and the two-step compliant path — custodian, then depository — for holding gold and silver in a retirement account.
The BLS Revised April Up 64,000, Then Down 31,000. Gold Traded the First Print.
August payrolls beat every published forecast by more than 100,000, and gold sold off on it. But the BLS has revised this same series by nearly as much, twice this year, in both directions. Horizon, not accuracy, is the variable a holder controls.
Gold’s Drop Was the Easy Story. The Bond Market’s Non-Reaction Is the Real One.
August payrolls tripled forecasts, and gold and silver fell within minutes. But the bond market barely moved, positioning was already stretched, and gold miners fell nearly four times harder than gold itself. Here’s what actually happened, thread by thread.
Gold and Silver Drop as August Payrolls Blow Past Forecasts. Four Other Threads Moved Today Too.
August payrolls landed at 162,000 against a 53,000 consensus, and gold and silver felt it immediately. Four other threads moved the same morning: silver’s fight to hold $65 support, AI showing up in the jobs data, central bank buying, and a widely shared claim about gold overtaking Treasuries that doesn’t hold up.
