Municipal Bonds Just Broke a 15-Year Record. Gold Doesn’t Have This Problem.

Cities and states are borrowing at yields most haven’t planned for in fifteen years. A municipal bond record is really a story about every layer of government debt getting more expensive at once, and why gold answers to none of it.

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.

Gold’s Pullback Isn’t About ETFs. It’s About a Treasury Buyback.

Gold and silver are cooling after a 4-6% surge this week, and the popular explanation making the rounds is incomplete. The real driver: the U.S. Treasury just doubled its own bond buybacks after a failed auction, not ETF inflows.

Kevin Warsh Wants to Fix the Fed. The Math Says He Can’t.

Kevin Warsh arrived at the Fed with a bold agenda — shrink the balance sheet, normalize policy, restore credibility. But with $6.7 trillion in assets, global bond yields at multi-decade highs, and markets pricing in rate hikes instead of cuts, the math is working against him. Alan breaks down why the plan may be dead on arrival and what it means for gold.

How Government Debt Affects Gold and Silver

As government debt reaches record levels, gold and silver are emerging as critical hedges against inflation, currency devaluation, and declining confidence in sovereign financial systems. This article breaks down the key mechanisms linking national debt to precious metals prices, explores a decade of historical performance data, and provides actionable portfolio allocation strategies for investors looking to protect their wealth in an era of fiscal excess.