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Why do I write about gold and silver? This week’s blog entry is going to be something a little bit different. Rather than writing directly about the current state of the precious metals market, I’m going to be telling you why I write about gold and silver at all – as opposed to any of a thousand other investment opportunities. (Although, knowing me, I’ll undoubtedly throw in at least a couple of observations about the current situation in the gold and silver markets.)
My hope is that explaining why I write what I write about the precious metals will help you gain the maximum possible benefit from my ongoing market commentary, as you aim to make the best, most well-informed investing decisions.
Specifically, I’m going to address three points, as follows:
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Why I Write About Investing in Gold and Silver
Okay, that’s not my real answer. Seriously now…
Why do I write about investing in gold and silver? After all, I could be writing instead about, for example, oil investing, or AI investing…(or just be giving you the latest odds on horse racing).
Well, the answer to this question is pretty simple. To put it simply, I am of the same opinion as other gold market experts who believe that the current bull market in precious metals represents a “once in a lifetime” investment opportunity. Gold has been outperforming the S&P 500, hand over fist, ever since the turn of the century (560% return vs 124% return). And it’s certainly outperforming it thus far in 2025! Rick Rule, Andy Schectman, and among others – this one might surprise you – even President Trump has, without reservation, characterized silver as “the most undervalued financial asset in the world”. I unreservedly concur. The Chinese obviously think it’s hugely undervalued, since they’re buying every ounce that they can get their hands on.
The famous bank robber, Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks, simply replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” Well, in my opinion, right now gold and silver are where the money is – or rather, where the money to be made is. So, that’s why I write about it, rather than writing about anything else – because I sincerely believe that precious metals are the best investment opportunity on the board at the moment.
How I Choose What to Write about the Gold Market
Okay, not really. Seriously now…
There are literally hundreds of bits of information and points of analysis on the gold market – both fundamental and technical – published every single day. It’s laughable trying to keep up with even 10 per cent of it. Heck, I spend at least a couple of hours every Monday through Friday just checking in to get the latest information, insights, and commentary – podcasts, YouTube videos, articles, tweets (the list of sources is endless) - from gold market experts whom I have the highest respect for, such as Andy Schectman, Ray Dalio, Mike Maloney, Alasdair Macleod, and Rick Rule. I devote one whole day each week just trying (I said trying, not necessarily succeeding) to ascertain the latest news on the gold market actions of China and the BRICS nations.
It's more than enough work just trying to keep up with the daily market action. The gold boom is accelerating so rapidly that, sometimes, what I write in the morning is obsolete information by the afternoon. One day last week, no sooner had I noted that, “Gold just scored a new record high at $3,433”, than I had to correct that to, “No, make that a new record high of $3,450”. An hour later, I had to edit again – “a new record high of $3,475” – and an hour after that, “Yeah, now the new record high is $3,494”.
And out of all that market action, and news, insights, commentary – and continually revised price predictions – that occurs every day, I’m faced with the daunting task of trying to pick and choose what to relay to you, dear reader, in the blog articles that I write here every week or so.
So, what do I try to communicate to you in these articles, along with a review of recent market action? Well, first of all, I try to pass along what I think are the very keenest – the sharpest - insights into the current state of the gold and silver markets. That’s no easy task, but I try to do the best I can. And I don’t just consult “market experts” for that. If I run across some unknown waitress in a small diner in New Mexico who has a unique observation on the gold and silver markets, I’ll throw that in if I honestly believe it to be well-founded, well-reasoned market analysis.
Second, I try to provide you with the “not so easy to find” market information – the kind of stuff that you’re not likely to be aware of just from watching CNBC or reading articles on gold at Bloomberg. For example, pretty much everybody and his brother is now predicting gold to be trading at $4,000-$5,000 per ounce in the not-too-distant future. Well, in addition to those consensus opinions, I look for the forecasts that represent substantial deviations from those consensus numbers – like price predictions of $25,000 an ounce or higher.
In short, I try to offer unique and focused thoughts on the precious metals market. I also attempt to take the mountain of available information and commentary, and distill it down for you into key, bite-size bits. When I sit down to type, I ask myself, “All right, there’s this, and that, and the other – but what’s the essence of what’s going on with gold and silver, and of what’s most likely to go on in the future?” Example: If you’re a regular reader of my ongoing market commentary, then you’re probably familiar with how often – whenever the bullion banks try to smack down the price of silver – I hammer home the thought, “Don’t focus on that – instead, keep your eye on the fundamental huge shortfall of the supply of silver in relation to the ever-increasing demand for silver.” I wrote just recently that the bullion banks can temporarily smack silver down – but they can’t keep it down.
Ultimately, what I try to do here is give you the information and insights that I believe will be most helpful to you in making your personal investment decisions on gold and silver.
Why I Write Exclusively for True Gold Republic
HA! – I WISH! Okay, that’s not my real answer.
Seriously now…
I could scribble my commentary on the gold and silver markets at any one of dozens of websites focused on precious metals investing. But the fact of the matter is that I only offer it here. I write about the gold market exclusively for True Gold Republic.
Why do I only write about gold and silver here at TGR? Well, basically, because I’m picky about who I write for.
True Gold Republic makes no secret of the fact that it is a “faith-based” company.
- from the True Gold Republic website -
“True Gold Republic uses a faith-based approach in assisting clients with securing physical precious metals, a tangible and reliable asset that has proven throughout history to provide safety and protection from continuing currency devaluation and political uncertainty. …We are blessed for the opportunity to assist our clients with achieving their goals and objectives.”
Well, I’m a faith-based guy – although I’ve certainly never made any outrageous claims to being a good person, and, now that Saint Paul has left the scene, I suppose it’s probably me who is “the chiefest of sinners”. But I try to make up for my myriad bad decisions in life (all ten thousand of them) by making the best decisions that I can when it comes to talking about gold and silver. I would love it – and I imagine True Gold Republic would, too – if TGR could boast on its website something like, “We have helped each of our clients to secure investment returns of one million dollars or more with their precious metals investments”. Well, I suppose we’re not quite there yet, but that is, indeed, the goal that I have in mind whenever I put pen to paper here (or, well, fingers to keyboard).
I apologize if this sounds so hokey that it makes you a little bit nauseous, but it’s simply the truth. When I write these blog articles, I actually pray that what I write will be genuinely and substantially helpful to investors in making the best possible (i.e., the most profitable) investment decisions in regard to gold and silver. Yes, I would like to make a million dollars (or more – like, say, several million) on my investments in gold and silver – but I also want each and every one of you to make gold and silver millions, too! And I sincerely believe that True Gold Republic can give you the best help available in achieving that goal – and that’s why I write exclusively for TGR.
Why I’m All About Gold and Silver – Conclusion
In keeping with my stated desire to boil things down for you to the key essentials, here are three main points that I hope you take away from today’s blog entry:
…Some Closing Observations on the Current Gold and Silver Market
Oh, I did say in the beginning here that, even though it isn’t the main focus of this article, I’d likely still toss in a couple of notes about the current state of the precious metals market. So, let me, indeed, note a couple of things here.
First, despite the bullion banks still doing all they can to suppress the price, silver is back approaching its recent high around $34.50 an ounce. In just the past several days, we’re also seeing something that we haven’t seen in quite some time – silver enjoying noticeably bullish days even when gold is noticeably down on the day. (At the moment, silver is up about half a per cent on the day, while gold is down 1.1%.) Many precious metals market experts interpret this divergence in price action as signaling an impending upside breakout for silver. Those same experts also note that in the first part of a bull market in precious metals, gold typically leads silver – but in the next part of the bull market, silver tends to lead gold.
Second, Alasdair Macleod noted in a recent interview that retail investing interest in gold and silver is “only just beginning” – that we’re only just now starting to see public investing pick up in gold and silver ETFs and in the mining sector. That could be an indication that the major portion of a bull market in gold and silver is just barely getting started. Macleod observes that these may be “the early days” of a bull run for precious metals. If the price rise in gold, at close to $3,500 an ounce, is “only just beginning”, what could that signal about how high the prices of gold and silver might ultimately go?
Andy Schectman, CEO of Miles Franklin, echoed Macleod’s observation and his belief that we’re still very early in the bull market for precious metals, noting that the only entities that are currently heavily investing in gold and silver are “the most well-informed traders in the world - the central banks, the sovereign wealth funds, and the commercial banks”. Schectman also notes that both China and Russia are actively encouraging their citizens to invest in gold. In that vein, Russia recently removed all taxes on gold purchases. China remains the biggest buyer of gold. Perhaps we should trust its instincts here, given the fact that China is both the largest owner of gold in the world and the biggest producer of gold worldwide. (In short, the Chinese probably know what they’re doing when it comes to gold.)
Schectman concludes, “I will tell you that in my heart, in my soul, I believe that gold will be foundational to a new (monetary) system.”
Well, just a thought to consider…If “the most well-informed traders in the world” are buying gold and silver by the trainload – and if gold market experts think the bull market in precious metals is “only just beginning” - what should you be doing with your investment capital?
Wishing you a wonderful week – in both the financial markets and in your personal life,
Sources:
Alasdair Macleod - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJD9h3xZQtY
Andy Schectman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buPf3vCrVgc&t=11s
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