gold
Japan, Failing Fiat, and Precious Metals
Overview: There’s been a lot in the news and on Fin-X lately about Japan, record gold prices, and skyrocketing silver. Here’s a quick summary of the situation(s). Japan: I was going to write a long explanation, and then realized I’ve covered this in detail in the past. The short version is Japan ran up … Read more
A Few Quick Thoughts on Bitcoin
Bitcoin had been down about 25% from it’s all-time highs reached earlier this year before falling another 7% so far today. Today’s drop started Sunday evening NY time and is largely being attributed to higher interest rates in Japan, large and leveraged sellers, and the possibility the US Federal Reserve won’t cut rates this month. … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Supply Chain Issue
Lots of supply chain and trade war news this week. China renews and strengthens restrictions on export of rare earth elements and magnets. They’ve spent decades securing the upper hand in these crucial components leaving the west no choice but to invest in our own mining and refining capacity. Silver joins fellow precious metal gold … Read more
Weekly Points – October 10th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Gold! Issue
$AMD offers stock and chips to OpenAI in an effort to break $NVDA’s near-monopoly status. DKI wonders where we’re going to get the electricity supply to power all those chips. Gold crosses $4k on the way to a new all-time high. Or as we like to put it: Gold is staying stable while the dollar … Read more
Bitcoin – It’s All About the Fed Right Now
Bitcoin is an asset with no cash flows, no interest payments, and no fundamentals. That means explanations for short-term volatility are often little more than guesses. However, this time, there is an easy explanation for the volatility of the recent few weeks. In general, Bitcoin and gold tend to experience higher dollar prices when the … Read more
Monthly Depth Report – March 2024 – The “Store of Value” Debate
With inflation continuing to erode the purchasing power of the dollar and both gold and Bitcoin hitting all-time highs this month, there’s been increasing interest in the concept of what constitutes a store of value. Michael Gayed has asserted that a store of value can’t have tail risk. That means if an asset can have … Read more