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2025 Followed Gold’s Lead

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Silver Followed (And How)

2025 was was a bad one in many ways except investment (IMO & speaking personally)

A silver (and gold) lining was, of course, the precious metals sector for we who had anticipated the bull. Gold led, the rest of the precious metals complex, and eventually broader markets, followed.

2026? It can’t get any worse socio-politically, and pending a potential Q1/H1 liquidity issue, could be just as good investment-wise

With the Fed already on a rate cutting regimen and positioned for some form of QE (as it plans to buy short-term Treasuries and let MBS roll off the books), and Trump soon to tap a yes-man to chair the Fed, the inflation problem they appear to want to summon should lift a wider segment of the broad commodity and resources sectors.

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