Why Your Pension Can Own Gold and Your 401(k) Still Can’t

Pension funds have owned gold for decades. 401(k) plans almost never do, and it isn’t because gold is a bad idea. A new federal rule is trying to close that gap. Here’s what it changes, and what it doesn’t.

The Fed Has Two Hike Numbers Right Now. Almost Everyone Quotes the Wrong One.

Fed funds futures report later meetings as a running total, not as separate bets. That single quirk explains why two very different hike numbers are circulating this week, why neither one is wrong, and which of the two actually sets the cost of holding metal into year-end.

Gold and Silver Pulled Back Today. The Treasury’s Plumbing Explains Why.

Five things moved in gold and silver today: the price action, the ratio, a new Treasury financing detail, the dollar, and this week’s remaining catalysts. All five trace back to one mechanism, not five separate stories.

One Freeze Taught Every Government a Lesson. China Is Still Acting on It.

Rick Rule argues Beijing didn’t run a spreadsheet and conclude gold would outperform. It watched what happened to someone else’s reserves. The freeze of roughly $300 billion in Russian assets repriced a risk every reserve manager had treated as zero, and China has cut its Treasury holdings 52% since 2013.

What Is the Permanent Portfolio? Harry Browne’s 25% Gold Allocation Explained

Most advisors cap gold at 5–15% of a portfolio. Harry Browne’s Permanent Portfolio puts it at a full 25%. This piece unpacks why he drew the line there, how the strategy held up in 2008, the 1970s, and 2022, and what the honest case against it looks like.

Two Investors Ran the Debt Math Separately. Both Landed on 15% Gold.

Ray Dalio’s August 21 post cited an $11 trillion debt-service figure behind his call to hold 10-15% of a portfolio in gold. Days later, gold-app CEO David McAlvany independently reached a strikingly similar conclusion — and neither man sizes bitcoin anywhere close to gold.

Gold Nears $4,700, Silver Holds Above $69. Why Is Everyone Waiting on One Friday Speech?

Gold pushed past $4,600 and silver held near $69 as Treasury yields and the dollar fell into Friday’s Warsh Jackson Hole speech. Here’s the mechanism connecting five threads — and what a hawkish, dovish, or neutral surprise could mean for both metals.

Gold Hits 3-Month High as Oil Falls Ahead of Bessent’s Iran Sanctions Announcement

Gold hit a fresh three-month high and silver turned positive today, both ahead of Treasury Secretary Bessent’s 2 PM ET press conference unveiling new Iran sanctions. But oil is falling into the announcement, the opposite of what a “tougher sanctions” headline usually does to markets. Here’s the mechanism actually driving today’s move, and why it isn’t really about Iran.

Australian Gold Kangaroo: The Bullion Coin Backed by an Act of Parliament

Perth Mint’s flagship bullion coin changes its reverse almost every year, which is the least interesting thing about it. At 99.99% purity with an uncapped mintage, the Australian Gold Kangaroo coin sits behind a guarantee written into Western Australian statute in 1987. Here is what that actually means for what you own.

Gold Hit a Three-Month High. Silver Hit a Two-Month High. One Story Connects Them.

Gold reached its best level since May and silver hit a two-month high, even as US growth data came in hot. Washington spent the week trying to force long-term interest rates down. That attempt failed, and the cost landed on the dollar instead. Five developments explain why both metals climbed.