Posted on 12/28/2025 4:48:48 AM PST by MtnClimber
The gold price is racing from one all-time high to the next. That’s good news for friends of the precious metal and bad news for anyone still hoping for a stabilization of global debt dynamics.
Assuming the markets close out the year without major volatility, gold holders can look forward to an approximate 70 percent increase in value within a single year. This is remarkable -- not least because 2024 already ended with a 26 percent gain for the otherwise conservative asset class of precious metals. That amounts to a doubling of value in just two years -- a surge usually seen in the tech sector rather than gold.
A Store of Value in Turbulent Times
For the most stable money humanity has ever known, which has served as a store of value in crises for millennia, this is no ordinary development. Quite the opposite. Among those who follow geopolitical developments and financial markets closely, such a compressed upward movement is an unmistakable signal: Danger is imminent.
Whether it’s military conflicts -- like the Ukraine crisis, which still carries dangerous escalation potential -- or the global debt dynamics now affecting nearly every region, capital is visibly fleeing to the safe haven of gold. Gold has a key advantage over other assets: there is no counterparty risk. Physical ownership -- not as an ETF held at a bank -- represents a tangible value that, aside from the annual 1.6 percent mining increase, neither inflates nor can be arbitrarily frozen.
By comparison, the M2 money supply -- which includes cash, deposits, short-term term deposits such as money market funds, and savings accounts -- is expected to grow by seven to nine percent globally this year. Gold is becoming scarcer relative to circulating fiat money -- a compelling argument, particularly in central bank circles.
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PSLV 8.68% $26.04
SIL 2.67% $90.01
This is listed for JUST FRIDAY's silver increase. The cost to get a share is the amount listed.
ETF's allow you to invest to get the price increase of silver but they buy silver, they store it, pay insurance etc. You get less than the actual price increase of silver but it's so much easier.
About this time someone will yell that ETF's are NOT nearly as good as actually having physical metals in a lot of scenarios. TRUE, but if you want to have a good chance to make at least 10% on your investment NEXT WEEK, then this is easy.
as a kid i collected soda pop bottles and turned them in for 2 cent deposit, one day they went to 3 cents deposit and I was very happy 50% more on the dozens i had stored in the garage waiting to cash in.
In inflationary cycles commodities do well. I like oil and natural gas. Though I have made over 300% since April 2025 on leveraged semiconductors (SOXL).
From my perspective, the same people that downplay stacking PMs are the ones with a diversified portfolio loaded with debt, an empty savings account, a leased car in the driveway and an album full of Disney vaca pictures.
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