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2025-07-30

A lot of countries are bringing their gold home. What’s behind this gold repatriation movement? 

In this episode of the Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey takes a deep dive into the gold repatriation trend, explaining the motivations behind it and some of the potential ramifications.

In this episode, Mike also discusses platinum’s phenomenal performance during the first half of the year.

2025-07-11

Don’t miss this exclusive interview with Joe Cavatoni of the World Gold Council. Joe is a market strategist with over 30 years of financial services experience and reveals how the investment world has been waking up to and embracing gold over the last several years and the shift that has taken place when it comes to the view and the acceptance of the yellow metal throughout the Western world specifically. 

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2025-07-09

Should the Federal Reserve cut interest rates or hold them steady?

The debate is raging with plausible arguments on both sides, but Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast host Mike Maharrey thinks we’re debating the wrong question. 

In this episode, Mike argues that the real question is why we let central planners control interest rates in the first place. He explains the role of interest rates in the economy and how politicians and central bankers have distorted the entire system to our detriment. 

Of course, central planners are going to centrally plan, so Mike explains how we can navigate things in the world as it exists.

2025-06-25

With some apparent progress on the tariff front, some people in the mainstream are turning bearish toward gold, thinking the economy can avoid a recession and dodge a resurgence in price inflation. 

Is their bearishness justified?

On this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey takes on the gold and silver bears, arguing there are at least three significant factors that should continue to support gold in the mid to long term.  

In this show, Mike also explains why Idaho Governor Brad Little was wrong to veto a bill authorizing state gold and silver reserves because of the storage costs.