Got Gold? Set It and Forget It Is Hard
A word about gold. You own it for times like these. It’s like insurance. You hope you never need it. You hope it goes...
The Power of Gold
As the purchasing power of the American dollar has declined steadily since gold convertibility ended in 1971, the purchasing power of an ounce of...
Lost Golden City Fully Unearthed in Egypt After Years of Excavation
Georgina Jedikovska of Interesting Engineering reports that Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the 3,000-year-old "Lost City of Gold," Aten, near Luxor. The site, well-preserved with...
Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?
The price of gold has reached new highs. In 2017 I wrote to subscribers:
Since 1913, the year the Federal Reserve was created, the purchasing...
Frozen Gold: Greenland’s Riches and the Struggle to Extract Them
Greenland has vast mineral reserves critical for tech and defense, but harsh conditions and limited infrastructure hinder mining. Plans to start extraction by 2027...
Mali Military Seizes Gold from Canadian Mining Giant
Mali's military government has seized $245 million worth of gold from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine and stored it at the state-owned Banque Malienne de...
Yuan Weakens as China Faces Pressures
Rebecca Feng and Jason Douglas of The Wall Street Journal report that China’s currency has had a rough start to 2025. They write:
Since the beginning of...
Boom or Bust: “What Do You Think of Bitcoin?
If you’ve been breathing, then you’ve heard about bitcoin. Your Survival Guy is asked all the time, “What do you think of bitcoin?” Years...
Dear President Trump, Protect the Dollar with Gold
You know that for the last few years of the Biden administration, Americans have been hammered by the inflation tax. Biden and his friends...
Could Gold Prices Hit $3,000 Per Ounce in 2025?
Louis Goss of MarketWatch reports that Goldman Sachs analysts expect uncertainty related to heightened geopolitical tensions and the potential for tariffs from the U.S....