Is Donald Trump an emperor? Of course not. Still, the more interesting question is whether Trump personally rules like an emperor, at least the "good emperors" of Roman history. That question requires some in-depth analysis. The answer may surprise most readers. At the same time, the answer offers some valuable clues as to Trump's policy choices over the coming years. That's an invaluable aid to i...Read More

I spent years in the financial wilderness, waiting for the sky to fall.You see, the Chicken Little Austrian School forgets to remind its adherents to gather ye rosebuds while ye may. That is, there's a boom before the bust, and one has to make hay while the getting's good, no matter how much you disagree with the prevailing fiscal or monetary policy.Yes, the state is a gang of thieves writ large,...Read More

Over the past 5 years, the S&P 500 is up an impressive 83%.Meanwhile the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) has only risen 6.8% over that period.Once you factor in inflation, emerging markets (EMs) are basically flat in real terms over the past 5 years.And this trend of U.S. stocks outperforming has been going on for more than a decade. The chart below covers 1990 to July 2025. The red line i...Read More

Friends (and even one enemy) have been texting me about silver.And based on the fact that we just hit $92/oz here in the U.S., and over $105 in Shanghai, it's not about to ease up."Is it too late to buy silver?""Should I sell?""Are miners a buy here?"I imagine many of you are wondering the same things.So today, let's cover these bases.Is it Too Late to Buy?This is the toughest question.Let's take...Read More

The scale of fraud allegedly being committed by Somalian immigrants in Minnesota has shocked the country.It started with an independent journalist named Nick Shirley and his viral investigation into government-funded daycares.As I'm sure you all know by now, he visited a bunch of them on camera, and most were empty on a school day.Many had boarded-up windows, and no outdoor play areas. And the sta...Read More

First things first. Let's define these acronyms.PACO = Powell Always Chickens Out. A new twist on TACO.TACO = Trump Always Chickens Out. A tired line from mainstream media.The big question is, who will bend first? President Trump, or Fed chief Powell?At this point, their battle has been raging for Trump's entire second term.Last year, President Trump gave Federal Reserve head Jerome Powell a Nativ...Read More

First, welcome to new subscribers who signed up for a Paradigm Press subscription over the holiday season. Thank you for being part of what we do, and absolutely we do it for you.Today we'll look at recent, eye-popping moves in precious metals. Then we'll segue into how President Trump is shaking up the entire structure of both the internal U.S. and external global order (aka the "old" order)... w...Read More

John Rich is a country music superstar.He's known as a deeply Christian man and a big supporter of President Trump.And guess what? John's a fellow silver bug, big time.I recently came across a very interesting post by John on X (Twitter).It was a long, detailed post about the silver short squeeze theory. And John has 1.4 million followers on X, so he gets some serious eyeballs on this stuff.Here's...Read More

Last summer my 16-year old worked at the pool we belong to.Here in Ellicott City, Maryland, the minimum wage is $15/hr. Not bad for a teenager these days.Over 3 months he earned about $2,800 after taxes.He wanted to invest the money. So we started a custodial Roth IRA. The most he can contribute is the total he earned, and we agreed to match 50%.I explained the benefits to him, and he was sold. A...Read More

There are many different skills that any person – especially a businessperson – must develop. Presentation, writing, and networking skills, among others, are crucial to developing both the self and the business.Imagine your prospective customer discussing a potential business deal with you.You're able to navigate the conversation effortlessly, without any theatrics. The dialogue feels...Read More

The last year has been a precious metals story.We've covered that story to the point that even I'm getting sick of writing about it.Thankfully, things are heating up in industrial metals. And there are some attractive opportunities in cheap mining stocks.With the industrial metals we're talking about iron, aluminum, nickel, copper, zinc, etc. Hard assets.These are the "boring" metals, but right no...Read More

Welcome to 2026 and a new year with Paradigm Press. We all hope that you had a good holiday season, and perhaps took some time off to relax, recharge and regroup. Many thanks for subscribing. And now, let's get back to work and make some money, right?Over the past couple of weeks, I pondered what to discuss in my kickoff article for the year. I thought I'd write about President Trump and his new f...Read More

Precious metal miners have done very well over the past year.But today I'm going to show why silver miners in particular have much further to run based on current metal prices (hint: it involves a 10x increase in profits).In 2025, gold rose about 70%. Silver jumped an impressive 130%.People unfamiliar with mining may think the industry's profits jumped in line with these price increases.But that's...Read More

The geopolitical chessboard, after two decades of relative calm, is heating up again.Major powers are maneuvering their pieces, looking to secure their own interests and spheres of influence.China is eyeing Taiwan and expanding its reach worldwide. Russia is on the verge of winning in Ukraine, and taking a big chunk of territory. Putin also appears to have aims of bringing neighboring allies into...Read More

This past month was dominated by domestic and international political issues with volatile headwinds impacting markets. Let's survey the landscape to see what these key stories are. Some of them are well-known but have hidden twists. Others are not well-known at all but will have equal or greater weight as time goes on.The Political Affordability WarThe largest single political issue continues to...Read More

Look at that. We log off for a few days, and absolute chaos breaks out in silver.On Sunday December 28th, silver briefly traded over $83/oz here in the U.S. It's currently trading at $72.67. That's up sharply from $29 at the beginning of 2025.What a crazy few weeks to end the year for precious metal bugs.Today we're going to look at what happened with silver, and explain why the bullish case is st...Read More

Long before Powell "paused," Lagarde fibbed, or Yellen got lost mid-sentence, one man quietly built an economy of trust with fire, gold, and grit.His name was Saint Eligius. You probably haven't heard of him unless you’re a medieval goldsmith or a devout Catholic with a taste for obscure hagiographies. But I'd argue he did more for monetary integrity than any central banker alive today.Eli...Read More

It may seem odd to hate a stock index. After all, it's just a model of company shares used by fund managers to build ETFs and mutual funds.But once you learn the truth about the Russell 2000 small cap index, you just might hate it like I do.Today we're going to explore why the Russell 2000 makes a bad foundation for any investment vehicle.Misleading Stats (at Best)Historically, small cap stocks te...Read More

In 1975, an engineer at Kodak invented the world's first digital camera.The prototype took 23 seconds to capture a black and white picture. The image was stored on a cassette tape and could be displayed on a television.The technology was primitive, but clearly had potential. Still, digital cameras would threaten Kodak's lucrative film photography business. So Kodak executives ditched the project.A...Read More

Greetings, Morning Reckoneers! I hope you had a good Christmas last week. And of course, this week brings 2025 to a close and kicks off the next year of the calendar. Make Calendars Great Again, right?As the week unfolds, you'll notice that your inbox is light on content from Paradigm Press. Some articles are reruns and "best of" items because just about everybody is taking a few days to go easy,...Read More