A Look at Gold’s Bad Rep

While gold keeps trending higher, it’s almost entirely been due to central bank demand.

That should make investors at least pause and consider what these banks know about the economy that they don’t.

Sadly, that’s not the case.

Even with two big years of double-digit performance behind it, the average investor isn’t interested in the metal itself, or in playing catch-up with gold mining stocks:

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It’s doubtful that U.S. investors will sit out the gold trade forever.

And until U.S. investors are over-allocating to gold, both the metal and mining stocks likely have more upside ahead.

~ Addison

URGENT, Read Before Firday’s Opening Bell

President Trump just handed you a GIFT.

But only if you accept it before Monday’s opening bell.

If you do…You could see this as one of the luckiest times of your investment life.

That’s because three forces are coming together to to create one of the biggest stock booms in history.

It could start as soon as Monday at 9:30am.

Click here to see why… and how to take advantage.

P.S. We’ve recently released new research on today’s markets, and how President Trump is following through on a Great Reset of the U.S. economy. This first phase isn’t pretty – we call it the Great Fire – of which gold can play a role for safety. Click here for more details on how it could play out.

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While gold keeps trending higher, it’s almost entirely been due to central bank demand.

That should make investors at least pause and consider what these banks know about the economy that they don’t.

Sadly, that’s not the case.

Even with two big years of double-digit performance behind it, the average investor isn’t interested in the metal itself, or in playing catch-up with gold mining stocks:

Turn Your Images On

It’s doubtful that U.S. investors will sit out the gold trade forever.

And until U.S. investors are over-allocating to gold, both the metal and mining stocks likely have more upside ahead.

~ Addison

URGENT, Read Before Firday’s Opening Bell

President Trump just handed you a GIFT.

But only if you accept it before Monday’s opening bell.

If you do…You could see this as one of the luckiest times of your investment life.

That’s because three forces are coming together to to create one of the biggest stock booms in history.

It could start as soon as Monday at 9:30am.

Click here to see why… and how to take advantage.

As always, your reader feedback is welcome: feedback@greyswanfraternity.com (We read all emails. Thanks in advance for your contribution.)

Since the US confiscation of Russian assets in 2022, pretty much every pull back to 50-day moving average (red line) has been bought, and they continue to be bought. The average is now flattening out, as you would expect with this summer consolidation, rather as it did late last year. Some sideways consolidation is good. Ideally, you want to see the short-, medium- and long-term moving averages all flatten and converge. There often follows a big move higher.

We know many consumers continue to live paycheck to paycheck. After spiking higher, the drawdown in savings—cash that can be used in an emergency—is back to pre-pandemic levels.

While the overall debt picture is ugly, in some ways it isn’t – and that it may take some more time for a debt crisis to reach a kitchen countertop near you.

As we knock off for the week approaching mid-summer, it strikes us how hard it is to distinguish signal from noise. Markets defying gravity gives us pause.

Don’t buy in at elevated prices.

Keep your asset allocation in full view.

Buy cheap.

Sell dear.

It’s a funny old world, isn’t it?

AI is buying engineers like they’re first-round picks. The military is investing in rare earths like it’s the 1950s space race. Tariffs are flying, cocoa’s getting scarce, and your cereal may soon come with a luxury markup.

None of it, likely, concerns your portfolio.

This new wave of tokenized shares is exciting. It has the potential to break down walls and democratize access to pre-IPO giants.

But at the moment, it’s also risky, opaque, and largely unregulated.

So while we applaud the innovation, we urge caution — especially if you’re being offered something that seems too good to be true.