Gold’s Primary Trend Remains Intact

August 29, 2025 • 1 minute, 22 second read

Gold is likely to trend higher in the months ahead. We expect the price to break $3,500.

It’s basic.

Whether you measure gold in dollars, Euro, yen, or rubles, those are fiat currencies. The supply of every one of them is growing faster than the new supply of gold coming to market.

Here’s a remarkable new fact:

Foreign central banks now hold more gold than U.S. Treasury assets.

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Global central banks continue to sell U.S. Treasury bonds and stockpile gold at near nominal all-time highs (Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa)

In modern finance theory, only U.S. T-bills are considered risk-free assets.

Central banks are telling us they believe the real risk-free asset is gold.

Our Grey Swan research shows exactly how the dynamic between government finance and gold is playing out in real time.

Take a look.

~ Addison

P.S. Yesterday’s Grey Swan Live! with Andrew Zatlin was phenomenally lucid. If you’re a paid-up member and you missed it – that’s a mistake.

We examined a historic setup in the stock market: seasonal weakness versus an ill-timed rate cut promise. The blow-off rally into 2026 is upon us. You’ll want to catch the full recoding, up on the Grey Swan site now.

P.P.S. Hopefully you’re also aware we’re hosting a free live tax seminar on how to keep more of your investment proceeds with IRS-compliant strategies today.

August 29, at 1 p.m. ET. Registration is free and easy — reserve your spot here.

If you have any questions for us about the market, send them our way now to: Addison@GreySwanFraternity.com.

Ripple Effect

Gold’s Primary Trend Remains Intact

Addison Wiggin

August 29, 2025 • 1 minute, 22 second read

central banks gold

Gold is likely to trend higher in the months ahead. We expect the price to break $3,500.

It’s basic.

Whether you measure gold in dollars, Euro, yen, or rubles, those are fiat currencies. The supply of every one of them is growing faster than the new supply of gold coming to market.

Here’s a remarkable new fact:

Foreign central banks now hold more gold than U.S. Treasury assets.

Turn Your Images On

Global central banks continue to sell U.S. Treasury bonds and stockpile gold at near nominal all-time highs (Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa)

In modern finance theory, only U.S. T-bills are considered risk-free assets.

Central banks are telling us they believe the real risk-free asset is gold.

Our Grey Swan research shows exactly how the dynamic between government finance and gold is playing out in real time.

Take a look.

~ Addison

P.S. Yesterday’s Grey Swan Live! with Andrew Zatlin was phenomenally lucid. If you’re a paid-up member and you missed it – that’s a mistake.

P.P.S. Hopefully you’re also aware we’re hosting a free live tax seminar on how to keep more of your investment proceeds with IRS-compliant strategies today.

August 29, at 1 p.m. ET. Registration is free and easy — reserve your spot here.

If you have any questions for us about the market, send them our way now to: Addison@GreySwanFraternity.com.

The Debasement “Trade”

November 18, 2025 • Mark Jeftovic

Bitcoin isn’t a trade and trying to time it with chart patterns generally does not work.

I’ve never really felt like technical analysis carried much real predictive edge in general and when it comes to BTC, I’ve seen too many failed “death crosses” to change my opinion.

The one that just triggered in mid-November as bitcoin flirted with $90,000 is just the latest.

What really matters? It’s a monetary regime change – if market participants are trading anything it’s getting rid of a currency (“it’s the denominator, stupid”) for a store of value – and we’re seeing it in spades with Bitcoin and gold.

The Cult of Stock Market Riches

November 18, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

White-collar hiring is, in fact, slowing. Engel’s Pause is taking hold of the jobs picture.

In the meantime, everyday Americans are rediscovering an ancient truth: there is wisdom in wearing steel-toed boots.

Jobs that struggle to attract bodies in boom times are now seeing stampedes of applicants.

– Georgia’s Department of Corrections: applications up 40%.

– The U.S. military: reached 2025 recruiting goals early.

– Waste management staffing: applications up 50%.

For now, economists call this “labor market tightness.” Anyone who has ever scrubbed a grease trap knows it by another name: fear.

Whales Buy the Bitcoin Dip

November 18, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

Bitcoin has historically weathered 30%+ corrections while still in a bull market.

Global liquidity fears and lower odds of a Fed rate cut in December are driving bitcoin and other cryptos lower at present.

As Andrew Zatlin described on Thursday’s Live! we can expect a series of stimulus efforts next year, ahead of the midterms, driving new liquidity. The $2,000 “tariff rebate” checks President Trump has been touting are but one example.

When higher liquidity hits the market – in whatever form it takes – today’s bitcoin buyers will be waiting.

Make like the whales, and use market selloffs and stimulus to your advantage.

Private Credit’s Creditanstalt Moment

November 17, 2025 • Andrew Packer

The market seems to know something about private credit that we don’t. And in a big enough liquidity event for private credit, investors will have to sell off more liquid assets if they want capital.

That’s the danger private credit poses today, exactly at a time when rules are being eased to make it easier for retail investors like us to buy into this asset class.

I’m in the camp that this smells like a way to keep the party going by providing another source of liquidity – the passive investment flows from your regular 401(k) contributions. The smell takes on a sour note as this sector starts to falter.

Perhaps today’s selloff is simply a reaction to declining interest rates, the growth of private credit, and a few inevitable deals that have gone sour recently.

The Debasement “Trade”

November 18, 2025 • Mark Jeftovic

Bitcoin isn’t a trade and trying to time it with chart patterns generally does not work.

I’ve never really felt like technical analysis carried much real predictive edge in general and when it comes to BTC, I’ve seen too many failed “death crosses” to change my opinion.

The one that just triggered in mid-November as bitcoin flirted with $90,000 is just the latest.

The Cult of Stock Market Riches

November 18, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

White-collar hiring is, in fact, slowing. Engel’s Pause is taking hold of the jobs picture.

In the meantime, everyday Americans are rediscovering an ancient truth: there is wisdom in wearing steel-toed boots.

Jobs that struggle to attract bodies in boom times are now seeing stampedes of applicants.

– Georgia’s Department of Corrections: applications up 40%.

– The U.S. military: reached 2025 recruiting goals early.

– Waste management staffing: applications up 50%.

For now, economists call this “labor market tightness.” Anyone who has ever scrubbed a grease trap knows it by another name: fear.

Whales Buy the Bitcoin Dip

November 18, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

Bitcoin has historically weathered 30%+ corrections while still in a bull market.

Global liquidity fears and lower odds of a Fed rate cut in December are driving bitcoin and other cryptos lower at present.

When higher liquidity hits the market – in whatever form it takes – today’s bitcoin buyers will be waiting.

Make like the whales, and use market selloffs and stimulus to your advantage.

Private Credit’s Creditanstalt Moment

November 17, 2025 • Andrew Packer

That’s the danger private credit poses today, exactly at a time when rules are being eased to make it easier for retail investors like us to buy into this asset class.

Perhaps today’s selloff is simply a reaction to declining interest rates, the growth of private credit, and a few inevitable deals that have gone sour recently.