Sometimes, an event takes place that goes over the market's head. Perhaps it’s dismissed as trivial, or brushed aside as new hyperbole hits media headlines that pulls its attention elsewhere. The...
BRICS nations now hold more than 17% of global gold reserves, and that’s not a coincidence. To put a little more perspective on that ownership, keep in mind that their share is up from about 11%...
When the CEO of Chevron stood in front of a crowd a month ago, his warning should’ve echoed across media headlines. He told us flat out that we’ll soon start seeing physical shortages —...
Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon are spending more than $650 billion on AI infrastructure this year. Look, they have the chips ready, and certainly enough land to build those projects. But what a...
In the early 1980s, the Carter administration sent a classified memo to Congress that barely made the papers. For most, the subject was far from exciting — chromium. How many people do you know...
The first reports came in around 9 p.m. local time. But if you were there, you wouldn’t need to wait for the official report because you’d know something was very, very wrong at Qatar’s Ras...
Back in the spring of 1999, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown decided that gold was finished. It seemed to make sense at the time.
Look, the narrative now is pretty simple — the strait reopens, supply flows, inventory fills, crisis ends, prices normalize. But the reality is going to be messier...
If you find a 1943 penny that sticks to a magnet, hang on to it. Not because it's particularly valuable, mind you, or that they’re worth a few bucks to coin collectors. You want it because of WHY...
In 1877, the first transcontinental telephone line didn’t make the men stringing copper wire famous. However, it did turn Alexander Graham Bell into a legend overnight.
When analysts over at Goldman Sachs released the updated supply-demand models for uranium, there was really only one conclusion to be made...
The night of March 18th started off like every other night of this war. Iran's early-warning systems were tracking Israeli and American strike packages that had been hitting military infrastructure...