Positions as of 27 January, 2026
Popular speculative manias never last long, their frenzied fear-of-missing-out chasing buying soon burning itself out. The subsequent big symmetrical selloffs are violent and unforgiving.
After the severity of this morning’s drop we are likely to see some sort of bounce which may be used to lighten positions as this correction probably has some way to run...
It’s a great time to take a step back and think about the things that are going on in the world, and where you think the prices of the metals will have to be in five or ten years from now.
Exploration work has revealed and confirmed high-grade silver occurrences, accompanied by high lead, zinc, and copper concentrations, as well as elevated pathfinder elements...
Trying to “run” Venezuela is a bad idea from every point of view. Especially while the US government is engaged in similar misadventures in a half-dozen other places in the world.
After a whole year of massive tariff turbulence, the US trade deficit just exploded upward by almost 100% from the month before.
If you were watching the precious metals markets at the US open, you would have seen just how volatile things have become.
Ira Epstein discusses a significant lawsuit filed against the U.S. Attorney and the IRS, highlighting the monetary stakes involved, ranging from $8,000 to $20,000.