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Gold outperformed every major asset class in first half of this year

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Tuesday, July 21, 2025

Gold was up nearly 26% through the first six months of 2025, ranking as the top-performing asset class.

This booming performance continued the momentum built in 2024 when gold surged by 26.5%.  

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Paul Brownstein: Silver is the financial system's canary

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By Paul Brownstein
ChartsAndParts.Substack.com
Monday, July 21, 2025

Everything in silver is getting so, so stretched. It's hard to imagine this game going on much longer. Harder still to imagine what happens when it ends.

This isn't just about silver. It's about fragility, exposure, and cracks in a system designed to hold -- until it can't.

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Adam Sharp: The story behind silver's 30x move

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By Adam Sharp
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Monday, July 21, 2025

In 1970 silver traded at around $1.60 per ounce. By its peak in 1980, it reached $49.45. A handsome 30x return.

The story of how it got there is full of intrigue and conspiracy. We’ll get to that. But first, a little background is in order.

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Singapore dollar exhibits safe-haven currency features but it's no yen or Swiss franc yet

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By Lim Hui Jie
CNBC, New York
Monday, July 21, 2025

In times of uncertainty, investors turn to safe-haven assets — gold, Treasuries as well as currencies such as the Japanese yen, U.S. dollar and the Swiss franc. These assets are expected to retain or increase their value during periods of market turbulence.

Play silver's breakout by donating to GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:28a ET Sunday, July 20, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Like gold, silver now seems to be breaking out of its longstanding derivatives clutches engineered by the U.S. government and its investment bank agents. But this largely surreptitious manipulation of the monetary metals markets hasn't been overthrown yet.

On LFTV, Maguire and Macleod discuss debt trap and derivatives risk

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8:53a ET Saturday, July 19, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

This week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" is a discussion between London metals trader Andrew Maguire and economist, market analyst, and newsletter writer Alasdair Macleod about the debt trap in which most major Western countries are caught. They also review the threat to the Western financial system posed by gold derivatives unbacked by real metal.

The program is 56 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:

Alasdair Macleod: Silver leads the way higher

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, July 18, 2025

Silver swaps are facing a short squeeze in poor liquidity, with lease rates on the September Comex contract at over 5%. Gold continues to consolidate in a bullish pennant formation.

This week gold continued its consolidation, while silver squeezed higher from Wednesday onwards. In European trade this morning, gold was $3350, down a paltry $5 from last Friday’s close. Silver was $38.35, barely changed on balance.

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Bank of England scrutinizes lenders for dollar risk amid Trump worries, sources tell Reuters

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By Stefania Spezzati, Jesus Aguado, and Lawrence White
Reuters
Friday, July 18, 2025

LONDON -- The Bank of England has asked some lenders to test their resilience to potential U.S. dollar shocks, three sources said, the latest sign of how the Trump administration's policies are eroding trust in the U.S. as a bedrock of financial stability.

As the leading currency for global trade and capital flows, the U.S. dollar is the lifeblood of global finance.

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Stuart Englert: Bullion stackers are the ultimate savers

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By Stuart Englert
StuartEnglert.substack.com
Thursday, July 17, 2025

When it comes to money, two kinds of people exist: spenders and savers.

Precious metal stackers are in a league of their own. They're the most farsighted, knowledgeable, and patient of savers.

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New state laws pave the way for using gold as legal tender

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And somehow The Washington Post has noticed.

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By Shannon Najmabadi
The Washington Post
via MSN News, Redmond, Washington
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Imagine you're in the supermarket checkout line. The cashier scans and bags your groceries as usual, then offers you a new way to pay: "Cash, card ... or gold?"

The scenario may sound far-fetched. But people in Missouri, Texas, and other states will be able to buy household items with gold and silver under a series of new laws that treat precious metals like currency.

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