Today's AI investment craze suffers from the same flawed assumptions that sparked past bubbles.Without a course correction, the U.S. economy faces a self-inflicted bust.In the mid-2000s, Wall Street's best and brightest were packaging subprime loans into complex securities and assuring the world they were safe. Regulators nodded. Rating agencies blessed them. Investors snapped them up.Few asked th...Read More
Gold has broken out to new highs. It's currently trading around $3,640.Silver moved past $40 with gusto and is currently trading at $41.42/oz.Miners are churning out cash flow and starting to attract attention from the generalist investors.A few weeks ago we wondered where the generalists were in Tale of the Gold Miner Tape.The largest gold miner ETF (GDX) is up an impressive 63% so far in 2025.Ye...Read More
The Industrial Revolution was, at least initially, a British phenomenon.It started off in the mid-1700s with a number of textile-related tech breakthroughs. The spinning jenny and the water frame made productivity in the sector soar.Traditional weavers, spinners, and other craftspeople quickly found themselves lacking steady work.Technological advances only sped up from there, with Watt steam engi...Read More
Today, we'll discuss gold, and its recent, upward price move along with the accelerating decline of the dollar, and by extension the global dollar system. The takeaway is that if you are not positioned in precious metals and miners, then you are not prepared for what's about to hit you.But first, I want to tell you what happened to me last week. Unexpectedly, I wound up over 540 feet beneath sea l...Read More
Today we're going to do something a little different. Let's look at five critically-important charts which tell the story of this market.First up, the performance of gold miners vs other sectors in 2025.Source: Tavi CostaIncredible outperformance. Gold mining stocks are finally getting the respect they deserve. With spot metal prices soaring, profitability in this sector is exploding.However, we'r...Read More
The Pax Romana (Roman Peace) was a 200-year golden age in Rome's history.A series of five "good emperors", from Augustus in 27 BC through Marcus Aurelius in 180 AD, set the realm up for success.Augustus kicked off the Pax by centralizing command of Rome's legions and creating the elite Praetorian Guard.By this time, major rival powers had been subdued by the ascendent Roman Army.With Augustus' ref...Read More
Two people who should still be with us are no longer with us.Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who rebuilt her life in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family, was stabbed by a man who should never have been out on the street.Charlie Kirk, a star in conservative politics and co-founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, was assassinated in cold blood by a professional sniper.Differe...Read More
A tricky gold chart is making the rounds on social media.The Bloomberg chart in question shows that gold just surpassed its 1980 all-time high, if you adjust for CPI (official government inflation).Take a gander:At first glance, this might seem scary if you own gold and miners. Some will be tempted to sell their precious metal investments based on this faulty chart.The problem, of course, is that...Read More
The Federal Reserve is irrelevant unless it's doing damage to the economy. Since the Fed is often doing damage to the economy, it does require our attention.Claiming the Fed is irrelevant seems outlandish. The Fed dominates the headlines. An upcoming meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC, the Fed's interest rate policy group) on September 16-17 is already receiving outsized attention...Read More
Dakota Gold Corp. (DC:NYSE American) recently shared an update on its 2025 drill campaign, including progress on metallurgical testwork for its 100%-owned Oxide Heap Leach Gold Project in South Dakota. Read on to see why one Canaccord Genuity analyst rates this stock as a Speculative Buy.On September 9, 2025, Canaccord Genuity Corp. analyst Peter Bell maintained a Speculative Buy rating on Dakota...Read More
Michael Ballanger looks at the history of other countries to explain why he thinks we are in the early stages of a hyperinflationary melt-up. Ballanger also shares his thoughts on the gold and silver market. With all major U.S. stock market averages closing out the week at record, nosebleed highs amidst unprecedented levels of retail speculation and P/E multiple expansion, old-timers like this aut...Read More
The 1970s are known as a "lost decade" for U.S. investors.The S&P 500 returned around -1.1% per year during the 70s. That includes dividends being reinvested, and accounts for inflation.Naturally, certain sectors outperformed. Gold and silver miners, oil stocks, and other commodity producers stood out.Hard assets did so well that by 1980, more than 30% of the S&P 500 consisted of oil and g...Read More
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) put on a big show this week.To celebrate the end of WW2 80 years ago, Beijing conducted a military parade in Tiananmen Square.On display were a bunch of new hypersonic missiles, ICBMs, laser systems, fighter jets, bombers, nuclear torpedos, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), drones, and more.China's new DF-61 ICBMThe effectiveness of these weapons is largely unprove...Read More
In early 2009, I bought Apple (AAPL) shares during the crash. The price was around $4.60 (split-adjusted).By early 2010 the price had more than doubled and I decided to take profits. The fear of a "double-dip" recession seemed very real at the time.I missed out on a roughly 50x gain. Everybody's got stories like this one, but it's one of the moments which convinced me to always hold quality invest...Read More
Silver Crown Royalties Inc. (SCRI:CBOE; SLCRF:OTCQX; QS0:FSE) announced a brokered private placement of up to CA$5 million led by Centurion One Capital.Read how the offering will support royalty expansion efforts amid rising silver demand and supply constraints.Silver Crown Royalties Inc. (SCRI:CBOE; SLCRF:OTCQX; QS0:FSE) has announced that its previously disclosed private placement will now proce...Read More
West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (WRLG:TSX.V; WRLGF:OTCQB; FRA:UJO) recently shared progress in mill operations, definition drilling, and mine development since the official restart in May, according to a Cantor Fitzgerald research note.On September 4, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Matthew O'Keefe maintained a Buy rating on West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (WRLG:TSX.V; WRLGF:OTCQB; FRA:UJO) with an un...Read More
Radisson Mining Resources Inc. (RDS:TSX.V; RMRDF:OTCQB) intersected high-grade gold in step-out drilling at its O'Brien Project in Quebec, extending mineralization below the current resource model. Read how the results support continued growth at one of Canada's most historic high-grade gold camps.Radisson Mining Resources Inc. (RDS:TSX.V; RMRDF:OTCQB) announced assay results from 15 new drill hol...Read More
Stimulating though it is, working at Paradigm Press sometimes feels like you're part of a band of Cassandras railing against the end of times. Not the end of the world, just the end of the current world. The way things are. Business as usual, so to speak.However, business is becoming unusual at breakneck speed, although John Q. Public and his wife, Jane, are doing their best to ignore it. That's w...Read More
Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V; AGXPF:OTC) incorporated expanded operations, following the release of an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment that demonstrates significant value creation potential, noted a Red Cloud Securities report.On September 5, 2025, Red Cloud Securities analyst Alina Islam maintained a Buy rating on Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V; AGXPF:OTC), while raising the target...Read More