BlackRock Loads Up on Silver Stocks... BlackRock Inc. Acquires New Holdings in Pan American Silver Corp. $PAAS (The firm bought 8,393,564 shares or 2.01% of the company) BlackRock, Inc. reports 25.52% increase in ownership of CDE / Coeur Mining, Inc .... ownership of 127,773,599 shares of Coeur Mining, Inc. (US:C $CDE) valued at $2,085,265,136 USD

Go further. Gold and silver are exempt from all theft… taxation! Charging capital gains taxes on constitutional money — PUNISHING conservative savers who try to avoid the inflation tax but forced to pay a tax on your gold-silver “gains” Evil

Doug Casey: Many Americans still believe Donald Trump is a solution to what ails the US. They still think he’s a maverick who will smash the Deep State. That’s understandable since, even though he’s devoid of moral or philosophical principles, he’s at least a cultural conservative who wants the country to resemble the happy days of yesteryear, when Mom, apple pie, and Chevrolets were more important than Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Many of us believed him when he said that he would abolish the income tax, never involve the U.S. in foreign wars, and generally cut back the size of government. Those hopes are as dead as Elon Musk’s noble DOGE. Trump is a nationalist, a traditionalist, and business-oriented. But so was Mussolini, who also liked the idea of massive State involvement in business. Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. government under Trump has taken equity positions in over a dozen corporations, with many more on the runway. Unfortunately, that works to cement the Deep State further into position. Trump has, almost necessarily, surrounded himself with Deep State players—like Commerce Secretary Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Bessent, and Fed Chairman Warsh. They’re all denizens of the swamps and cesspools in and around the Washington Beltway, Wall Street, Academia, and the media. Trump is not about to abolish government agencies (although it’s nice to see what happened to USAID), or fire many government employees. He sees these things as resources, minions, to do what he fancies. His lack of a moral core guarantees that instead of trying to abolish the State (in the manner of Argentina’s Milei or Ron Paul), he’ll just use it in ways he thinks are righteous. The proof of that is the trillions of new government spending and deficits he’s approved so far. He’ll spend trillions more over the next two years. And all of it will feed the Deep State. On the bright side, though Trump’s rhetoric and actions are generally horrible, they’re less objectionable than Kamala’s. Kamala, and the people behind her, would have worked overtime to collectivize the US. On the not-so-bright side, I suspect the Democrats will win the mid-terms come November. They’ll impeach Trump, and tie him in knots for his numerous illegalities and massive grift. They’ll regain control of the apparatus of the State, and won’t give it up again. The Deep State, however, doesn’t really care who’s in office. Although they prefer the Dems at this point because Trump has turned into a loose cannon. He’s become totally unpredictable, except when it comes to his own pocketbook, and a certain foreign country. The Deep State, the Establishment, will get even fatter and happier when the Dems take control, while the average American slides further into the Slough of Despond. That’s what they’ll work for. And that’s the way to bet. What does this mean for us? Stay long commodities, and particularly gold and oil stocks.

The daily action is more of a casino than it is of a free market. In fact, the Fed has turned all markets into a casino with their interventions and manipulation of rates to asset-debt prices. That’s on top of the other games they play (NY Fed).

Ridiculous! I’ve been “concerned” for a very long time about these sickos! I am not a blinded political apologist. I spoke out when most have their cowardly mouths shut! Did you actively speak out Dio??

Warsh's 1/2 hour speech focuses on concerns of high inflation; nothing really new in what he has said prior. Nonetheless, Precious Metals... Silver prices were smashed back $70/ounce, before finding strong buying again between $68-69/ounce. Now with Warsh is done speaking, see how strong the silver market is here short-term. Can it hold the $68/ounce area and reclaim $70? Or is a larger pullback going to take place? I remain on the bullish camp... the bulls will show their strength buy the shortness of price-drops.