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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has officially identified this as the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. As the Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting today, it faces a “nightmare setup”: energy prices are soaring just as the U.S. labor market begins to soften. In this interview, Larry McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report and author of How to Listen to Market Speak, reveals why this isn’t just a macro scare—it is the “exhaustion of the paper-credit system itself”. From the 70% collapse of subprime lenders like Goeasy to Morgan Stanley’s 8% default…
A “terrible storm” is approaching the US bond market as the global financial architecture begins a fundamental shift toward hard assets, according to Colonel Douglas Macgregor. With gold inching above $4,600 and silver rebounding into the mid $70s, the guest argues that the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East is reaching a critical tipping point. According to Macgregor, the real reason the Strait of Hormuz closed was due to insurance giants like Lloyd’s of London—not direct military force – effectively halting commercial traffic. In this exclusive interview, Macgregor provides a blunt assessment of what he claims is…
In this exclusive for Kitco News, Anchor Jeremy Szafron sits down with Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson, Chief Investment Officer at Lemelson Capital Management, to dissect a global market he describes as ‘detached from reality’. Following a historic $36 intraday swing in oil, Lemelson warns that the current volatility is merely a ‘tremor before the major earthquake’. Fr. Lemelson challenges the core thesis of the ‘gold bugs,’ arguing that while trust in fiat is breaking down, gold is not a guaranteed sanctuary. He posits a sobering geopolitical reality: in a global crisis, ‘it’s the guy with the biggest military that’s gonna take…
The Federal Reserve has cut rates by 25 basis points and confirmed $40 billion per month in reserve management purchases, sending fresh liquidity into the system. As the announcement hit the market, silver went parabolic, breaking into new all-time highs above $62, while gold continued to consolidate firmly above $4,200. Gary Wagner of TheGoldForecast.com joins Kitco News Anchor Jeremy Szafron to map the next phase of this historic metals rally. Wagner explains how silver’s breakout above $54 triggered the surge to $59 and why the post-Fed jump through $61 and $62 puts the market into true price discovery. He also…
Did retail traders just panic-sell the bottom to the world’s largest asset manager? On the exact same day Bitcoin flushed to $83,000 on Bank of Japan rate hike fears, Vanguard—the $8 Trillion giant that famously blocked crypto—officially opened its platform to Bitcoin ETFs. This massive shift in market structure sent over $1 billion in volume flooding into the ETFs within minutes of the US open, signaling a potential “wealth transfer” from retail hands to institutional wallets. In this market update, Jeremy Szafron sits down with Wendy O (Host of The O Show) to investigate whether this volatility is a trap.…
The “Paper” markets are in a panic, but the “Physical” world is just waking up. Philippe Gijsels returns to Kitco News to break down a week of absolute chaos: from a blistering 8.4% annualized PPI print that has the Federal Reserve’s hands tied, to the massive escalation in the Middle East. We explore the first direct strikes on Iran’s upstream gas infrastructure at South Pars and why $109 Brent oil is just the beginning of a fragmented, weaponized energy order. Gijsels provides his most aggressive outlook to date, detailing why he believes Gold is headed to $10,000 and Silver is…
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Silver’s powerful rally may be entering a new phase, and the biggest opportunity could now lie in mining equities. Speaking with Kitco News at PDAC 2026, Peter Krauth, author of The Great Silver Bull and editor of Silver Stock Investor, said the market has likely moved beyond its early accumulation stage and into the awareness phase of the bull cycle. He expects volatility to remain a defining feature of the market this year as prices continue climbing. Krauth also warned that structural pressure may be building in the paper silver market. “If you get some big futures holder that says,…
The math of the 2026 economy is reaching a breaking point. Economist and author Saifedean Ammous joins Kitco News Anchor Jeremy Szafron to expose the structural fractures currently paralyzing the global financial system. From the government’s refusal to audit Fort Knox to the “Paper Trap” that prevents physical gold from ever returning as a true medium of exchange, this interview reveals why the rules of the game have fundamentally changed. Ammous breaks down why the 10-year Treasury yield hitting 4.5% is the ultimate “trigger” for the war machine and why your traditional S&P 500 portfolio is effectively a “melting ice…
With gold pulling back to test its 200-day moving average and silver flashing oversold momentum, technicians are mapping the structural damage to the precious metals complex. Gary Wagner, editor of The Gold Forecast, joins Kitco News to break down the final C-wave correction in gold and the 78% Fibonacci retracement level holding silver. Wagner outlines how the ongoing macro shocks—including Brent crude surging past $108 a barrel and Turkey’s central bank liquidating 60 tons of gold for liquidity —are fundamentally driving the charts. He also details what needs to happen geopolitically for gold and silver to decouple from rising bond…