[embedded content]Gold and silver are setting records and building momentum. We got the latest official inflation numbers this week… and the Fed seems to live in a different reality than the rest of us. Guess what you can afford with $250! Join Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard to hear these stories and more inside this edition of the GoldSilver Weekly Wrap.Mike Maloney is more than just a legend in the precious metals industry. He’s on a mission to help everyone maximize their individual prosperity. Mike is best known as the host of the hit video series Hidden Secrets of Money…

From the beginning of October to the last day in November silver has had a profound and dramatically strong gain. This despite one moderately deep correction beginning on October 19, and concluding on November 13. Monday, November 13, was the exact day that Silver pivoted back to a bullish demeanor. During the short span of a couple of weeks, silver futures traded from their lows at $21.93 to their current fix of $25.67. Gold also ran a very parallel course with its rally beginning during the first week of October when it was trading at a mere $1840 per ounce,…

Gold dailyThis is the moment of truth for gold. I like the setup here, as I always do on December seasonals. In addition, the Fed is going to pivot dovishly and the dollar looks out-of-gas.Gold is now up $35 on the day at $2071. I don't get the sense that gold is crowded even as it threatens all time highs, there could be some FOMO on a breakout.I would expect some short-term profit taking here as a big level was touched but if it can hold $2050, then I think it won't be long before the bulls go for a…

SummaryCompaniesGold up over 3% so far for the weekFed to move 'carefully' on interest ratesSilver hits six-month highDec 1 (Reuters) - Gold prices rallied to an all-time high on Friday after remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell increased traders' confidence the U.S. central bank had completed its monetary policy tightening and could cut rates starting March.Spot gold climbed 1.6% to $2,069.10 per ounce by 3:30 p.m. ET (2030 GMT). Prices were 3.4% higher so far this week, and earlier rose to $2,075.09 per ounce to beat the previous all-time high of $2,072.49 scaled in 2020.U.S. gold futures also settled…

Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times,The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to increase its hiring of tax enforcers in coming months, the agency's chief has revealed, putting taxpayers on higher alert as the IRS bolsters the ranks of its enforcement army.IRS commissioner Danny Werfel made the remarks on the sidelines of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management’s (AFERM) annual summit on Nov. 28.In a keynote speech at the event, Mr. Werfel said he's "cautiously optimistic" that the IRS can tap the $60 billion or so in extra federal funding to modernize its outdated IT systems, enhance employee…

Gold has rallied in recent weeks and is currently trading around $2,070 per ounce. According to data from Refinitiv, the spot price of gold hit a record intraday high of $2,072.5 on Aug. 7, 2020. Could gold close at all-time high?Today, we’ll discuss why gold is making moves higher – as well as the best way to make sure you get the most out of your long-term gold investments.Before we delve into that, let's first explore some interesting gold facts and test your knowledge with this week's trivia question...The Original Heavy Metal  Gold is one of the heaviest and densest…

“American Taxpayers Are Now Slaves to Interest Payments.”So the Heritage Foundation informs us. More from which:Interest on the federal debt is now so immense that it’s consuming 40% of all personal income taxes. The largest source of revenue for the federal government is increasingly being devoted to just servicing the debt, not even paying it down.Forty percent of all personal income taxes!How do you like it? How do you enjoy your involuntary servitude — and the clanking chains of debt that shackle you?And as Heritage notes: You are not hacking into the overall burden.You are merely executing interest payments on…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday pushed back on market expectations for aggressive interest rate cuts ahead. "It would be premature to conclude with confidence that we have achieved a sufficiently restrictive stance, or to speculate on when policy might ease," Powell said in a speech. However, the remarks gave some credence to the idea that the Fed at least is done hiking as the string of rate hikes since March 2022 have cut into economic activity. Powell noted that inflation "is moving in the right direction." Markets largely took Powell's comments as dovish, with stock up and Treasury…

Highlights Says the EC is ready to help countries adopt carbon mechanisms Carbon markets need credible standards to drive integrity 73 carbon pricing regimes are currently operational globally The European Commission president called on more countries to develop carbon pricing regimes to accelerate climate action. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Speaking at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Ursula von der Leyen urged world leaders and carbon industry to help develop credible and common standards to drive a high-integrity carbon market. "Carbon pricing is the centerpiece of the European Green…

Pending home sales in October dropped to the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began tracking them in 2001. Mortgage rates in October rose sharply, with the average on the 30-year fixed loan briefly soaring over 8%. Rates have since pulled back but are still above 7%, and supply is still tight. Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, dropped 1.5% in October from September. They hit the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began tracking this metric in 2001, meaning it's even worse than readings during the financial crisis more than…

'Soft' survey data has been trending serially lower (aside from yesterday's 13-sigma beat in Chicago PMI), catching down to 'hard' data's decline and this morning saw the final print for S&P Global's US Manufacturing PMI drop to 49.4 (from 50.0 in October and down modestly from the 49.5 flash print), driven by a decline in new orders and employment.The ISM Manufacturing PMI was expected to improve (helped by gains in both new orders and employment), but it disappointed, printing 46.7 (the same as October's final print), below the 47.8 expectations.Source: BloombergAll subsectors of the ISM report contributed negatively:Source: BloombergWhile PMI…

International Man: Javier Milei made history by becoming the world’s first anarcho-capitalist president. What is the historical significance of his victory? Are you optimistic? Doug Casey: Milei’s election is a big deal—potentially a very, very big deal. He’s the first declared anarcho-capitalist in history to head any country. And not by stealth. He, all the while, said that the State is the enemy and should be abolished. Anarcho-capitalists believe that society can run itself without a State, which is a formalized instrument of coercion. It’s unprecedented for somebody to be elected to run a State that he wants to abolish. And propose…