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Stefan Gleason is President of the Sound Money Defense League, a national grassroots lobbying organization working to restore gold & silver to their historical role as America's constitutional money. He also leads Money Metals Exchange, a national precious metals dealer with over 50,000 customers. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, & CNBC, & his writings have appeared in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, TheStreet.com, Seeking Alpha, Detroit News, Washington Times, & National Review.

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Small Asian Nation Hopes to Become New Global Gold Hub

This week, Juan-Carlos Artigas, Head of Global Research at the World Gold Council joins us. Juan-Carlos and Mike Maharrey also discuss the growing divergence between the demand for gold in Asia as compared to the U.S.

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The Real Reason the Federal Reserve Exists

💬 "The Federal Reserve exists to print inflation and bail out banks. The recessions are just a side effect." — Peter St Onge, PhD

This powerful quote strips away the illusions and exposes the core of our economic system. Share this if you’re ready to challenge the status quo and push for sound money.

💥 Inflation isn’t an accident. It’s a design.

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Thinking Big Picture: Three Long-Term Trends Investors Should Consider

Information comes at us at a dizzying pace. We live in a 30-second news cycle, and the latest headline tends to drive markets. 

Are investors missing the big picture in this deluge of data and headlines?

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey argues that many are, and he encourages more big-picture thinking to put the latest headlines into perspective. To kickstart the process, he covers three long-term trends that he thinks investors should pay attention to.

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STAGFLATION: Federal Reserve Unsure What to Do Next

Coming up in a moment, we have an exclusive interview with Nomi Prins, renowned market commentator, author and founder and CEO of Prinsight Global. Nomi sheds light on what has been driving gold recently and much more.

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Fed Chairman Powell Tells the Truth! 🤯

It was a rare moment of honesty.

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Everybody Wants Gold! … Except Americans

With gold prices at record levels, investment demand for the yellow metal surged in the first quarter. But not in the United States. Asian markets primarily drove gold coin and bar demand.

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey digs into the demand data for Q1, focusing specifically on physical investment demands and highlighting the dichotomy between Asian and American markets. Along the way, he explains the difference between investing in gold-backed ETFs and physical metal, and explains how the value of gold scrap is determined.

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Central Banks Globally Are Scrambling for More Gold

Jim Grant joins us this week to tell us why he believes the current low interest rate environment is unsustainable and much more. 

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Gold Costs How Much? Understanding Pricing

Today, the price of gold is just over $3,300 per ounce. But where does that number come from? And why do different sources quote different prices?

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey takes a deep dive into the sometimes confusing world of gold pricing. He explains the difference between the spot, futures, and fixed prices, and what each price tells you about the market. 

This week, Mike also covers another milestone for gold and offers some tips on navigating and making sense of the markets in these chaotic times when prices whipsaw with the latest post on social media.

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First Majestic Silver CEO Says Triple-Digit Silver Needed to Cover Supply Deficit

Don’t miss this week’s interview with Keith Neumeyer, president and CEO of First Majestic Silver Corp (https://www.firstmajestic.com/) . Keith, is somewhat of a lone wolf when it comes to mining executives because he regularly holds gold and silver on the company’s balance sheet, rather than always selling his mining output onto the open market. Keith discusses this strategy and why he is a firm believer in his product. 

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When Will Silver Shine?

Gold has been hogging the spotlight, surging higher and setting new records on what seems like a daily basis. Meanwhile, silver has been kind of lost in the shadows.

When will it be silver’s turn to shine?

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey takes deep dive into both the fundamentals and the technicals of the silver market and argues that the white metal is poised to upstage gold in the spotlight with an explosive move higher. It’s just a matter of time.

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Can the Gold Bull Keep Up This Pace?

Coming up we’ll hear from our good friend David Morgan of The Morgan Report. You won’t want to miss Mike Maharrey’s discussion with the man they call the Silver Guru, who tells us why he believes the underlying economic issues go beyond just trade wars and tariffs and how they are actually much deeper concerns when it comes to America’s dependence on China for critical resources, among other things.

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Who Broke the Cookie Jar?

Fed chair Jerome Powell is like a kid blaming the dog for breaking the cookie jar when he’s the one who knocked it off the shelf.

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Gold: The Last Safe Haven Standing in This Bubble Economy

Last week was a wild roller coaster ride on Wall Street. When the dust settled and the cars came to a stop on Friday, gold was the last safe haven standing. 

In this week’s Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey examines gold’s performance and contrasts it with other havens, including the Treasuries and the U.S. dollar. 

He also puts recent market and economic volatility driven by the trade war into a broader context—the bubble economy. Mike notes that the mainstream can’t even ignore the bubble anymore, but they still seem relatively clueless about what caused it and why it will ultimately pop.

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Gold’s Relevance Skyrockets as More Policymakers Turn to Gold

Coming up we’ll hear from Jp Cortez, Executive Director of the Sound Money Defense League (https://www.soundmoneydefense.org/) . Mike Maharrey and his interview guest this week discuss the state of sound money in our nation, some exciting news on the policy front regarding gold and silver and then also talk about the nation’s gold at Fort Knox and what it will take to finally get an audit on the gold that Uncle Sam supposedly owns.

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Beyond Tariffs: A Story Within a Story

Tariffs and rumors of tariffs are driving the markets right now. But is there something bigger going on? Are tariffs just one plotline within a bigger story? 

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey puts the current market chaos into context, zooming in to focus on what he believes is a much bigger narrative. 

He argues that the stock market is a big fat bubble just waiting for a pin. Tariffs might be that pin. But even if they’re not, there’s a pin out there. Mike explains how we got to this place, focusing on Federal Reserve monetary policy and the broader boom-bust business cycle using the Dow-to-Gold ratio as a map to the broader narrative.

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Global International Reserves in Percentages

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Our quarterly bar chart race on the evolution of global international reserves is out. Recently gold overtook the euro, and soon will be challenging the dollar!

This explores 1950-2024 gold reserves numbers. Data was collected from the International Monetary Fund, World Gold Council, and Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Money Metals.

By Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Money Metals

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PETER KRAUTH EXCLUSIVE: Silver Dramatically Underpriced vs. Gold

Coming up don’t miss an exclusive interview with Peter Krauth, author of the book The Great Silver Bull (https://www.moneymetals.com/the-great-silver-bull-crush-inflation-and-profit-as-the-dollar-dies/1359) . Money Metals’ Mike Maharrey talks to Peter about a range of topics, including the disconnect we’re seeing between the gold price and the silver price.

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Kentucky Gold and Silver Tax Law

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Three Kentucky taxpayers and one of America’s largest precious metals dealers today filed a class-action lawsuit against Governor Andrew Beshear, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Department of Revenue for their illegal sales tax collections in connection with retail purchases of physical gold and silver.

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Read more HERE: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2025/03/27/three-kentucky-citizens-and-americas-top-precious-metals-retailer-sue-gov-andy-beshear-for-illegal-sales-tax-seizures-003942

Legal Affidavit: https://www.moneymetals.com/uploads/content/ComplaintFiledHuston.pdf

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A Dollar’s Not Worth Much But It Makes Good Wallpaper

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The inside of a South Carolina pub is wallpapered with dollar bills. What does this tell you about the value of a dollar?

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Some Things Should Be Avoided

You want to avoid people who let you down, right? #gold #silver #counterpartyrisk

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You Asked, Mike Answered!

You folks ask a lot of questions.

Well, Mike has a lot of answers!

And he guarantees they will be the correct answers or your money back!

It’s back to the basics this week on the Midweek Memo podcast as host Mike Maharrey answers some of the most common questions he’s asked about gold, silver, investing, and economics.

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Revaluation Rumblings: Does Gold’s Big Run-Up Mean Manipulation Is Failing?

This week, a tremendous interview with Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, or GATA. Chris tells how the rapid rise to $3,000 gold is an indication that central bank manipulation of gold is falling apart, and more. 

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My Little Fed Talk

According to the headlines, the Federal Reserve didn’t really do anything at its March meeting.

But it did.

True, the central bank held interest rates steady, however, it still made a very significant move.

It dramatically slowed balance sheet reduction. 

What does this mean and why did the Fed do it now? 

In this week’s Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey explains the move and its potential impact, and puts it in the context of Fed monetary policy history. He also talks about what we should make of Jerome Powell’s insistence that the economy is "fine."

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Gold & Silver Cool Slightly After Month-Long Rally

This week, we have the incredible honor of talking to the man who wrote a book on the origins of the Fed called The Creature from Jekyll Island. G. Edward Griffin joins us this week and you will not want to miss the incredible and sketchy story of how the Federal Reserve came to be over a century ago. 

 

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$3,000! A Major Milestone!

Gold hit a major milestone last week eclipsing $3,000 an ounce for the first time.

Perhaps even more impressive was how fast gold pushed to that much-anticipated level. 

So, can this gold bull run continue?

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey talks about it, highlighting several factors driving gold higher and explaining why he thinks this gold can keep pushing higher.

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Gold Breaks $3,000, But Here’s Why Silver Could Steal the Show…

Coming up we’ll hear a fascinating interview with Stuart Englert, award-winning and veteran journalist and the author of nine books including Rigged: Exposing the Largest Financial Fraud in History (https://www.moneymetals.com/rigged-exposing-the-largest-financial-fraud-in-history/1944) , which you can find on MoneyMetals.com.

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When Winning Is Losing — Inflation Edition

Moderate improvement in the CPI last month might not be the good news you think.

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Dollar Doom? De-Dollarization, Gold and You

Is the dollar in trouble? Is it doomed?

People are starting to talk about a growing trend of "de-dollarization." But what does that mean? And why does it matter? 

In this episode of the Money Metals’ Midweek memo, host Mike Maharrey talks about de-dollarization, why it’s happening, and the potential ramifications. He explains how the weaponization of the dollar has hastened de-dollarization and why even a small decline in the dollar’s global reserve status could be disastrous. He also discusses how the de-dollarization trend could drive gold much higher than most people realize.

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Jordan Roy-Byrne: Here’s Why Silver Will FINALLY Outperform Gold

This week, we have an exclusive interview with Jordan Roy-Byrne, a chartered market technician and master of financial technical analysis, editor and publisher of The Daily Gold and Gold and Silver: The Greatest Bull Market Has Begun. Jordan lays out the case for gold having broken out of a 13-year long trading range, signaling the start of a new long-term uptrend. And why Silver might outperform Gold.

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And In the Blink of an Eye…

We went from, "The economy is great," to "Uh-oh" in the blink of an eye!

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