Currency debasement drives gold far more than war does, Gold Newsletter's Lundin says
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2026-03-14 20:45 Section: Daily Dispatches8:48p ET Saturday, March 14, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
This week Mike Maharrey of Money Metals Exchange interviewed Gold Newsletter editor Brien Lundin, who said geo-political shocks like the war in the Middle East have only temporary influence on gold prices. The main determinant of the gold price, Lundin said, is the long-running trend of currency debasement -- a trend that isn't likely to end any time soon.
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War distracts from forces that are still pushing gold up, Maguire tells LFTV
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2026-03-14 09:43 Section: Daily Dispatches9:43a ET Saturday, March 14, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The war in the Middle East is distracting from the financial market developments that will keep pushing gold up, London metals trader Andrew Maguire says on this week's episode of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program.
Those factors, Maguire says, include the collapse in "private credit" instruments, which are impugning many insurance company investments, and the stagflation that is being created by the war's sharp rise in oil prices.
Myrmikan Capital's Daniel Oliver: Trump's gamble and gold
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-03-13 20:51 Section: Daily Dispatches8:52p ET Friday, March 13, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his commentary today, Myrmikan Capital's Daniel Oliver reflects on the possible impact of the war in the Middle East on gold.
Oliver writes: "We do not like presenting only bullish scenarios -- gold and the gold miners are investments, not a belief system. And we caution that we have little insight or opinion on where gold can trade in the short term as liquidity flows push it around.
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Why a cartful of massive gold bars was spotted inside the White House last week
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-03-13 15:42 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Charles Gasparino
New York Post
Friday, March 13, 2026
Last Friday afternoon, while President Trump was busy signing executive orders and powwowing with his cabinet on Iran, gold was spotted outside the Oval Office.
Specifically, a couple of dudes in dark suits were seen in the hallways of the White House wheeling what looked like a cart loaded up with gold bars, well-placed sources briefed on the situation told On The Money.
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Hungary returns Ukrainian bank vehicles but keeps cash and gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-03-12 22:44 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Anita Komuves and Krisztina Fenyo
Reuters
Thursday, March 12, 2026
BUDAPEST -- Hungary returned two seized armoured bank vehicles to Ukraine today but withheld cash and gold worth approximately $82 million, citing an investigation into alleged money laundering, a move Kyiv has denounced as theft.
Relations between Hungary and Ukraine, already strained by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's close ties to Russia, reached a new low last week when Hungary detained seven Ukrainians transporting cash and gold.
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Jesse Colombo: Why precious metals may be ready to surge
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-03-12 19:59 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jesse Colombo
The Bubble Bubble Report, San Francisco
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Precious metals have largely treaded water since their sharp correction in late January, and many speculators and investors, at least those without true conviction, have moved on to the next hot asset, believing that precious metals have already had their run and that it is essentially downhill from here.
