In case the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates wasn’t enough to roil the stock market, now there’s conflict between Iran and Israel to worry about. As the unfortunate events unfold, investors must pause and reconsider which anti-inflation assets they plan to hold on to.

Did you hear that? It’s the sound of gold and silver soaring while mega-cap stocks stand still. Call it the “reckoning” or just the long overdue catch-up of precious metals, but it’s really just the beginning of a much bigger price move.

Donald Trump’s company, Trump Media, was already tradable for a while as Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) stock. However, now that it’s been converted to DJT stock, it’s getting a lot of press coverage – though much of it is political rather than financial.

Will the gold price achieve a weekly, monthly, and quarterly all-time high? That’s where it’s headed right now, and gold holders have a lot to celebrate – yet, the divergence between physical gold and the mining shares may seem baffling and frustrating.

So, Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Some folks will say that’s too much time; others will say he should have gotten life without parole. Either way, there’s a lot of damage to be undone if the blockchain is to remain a legitimate, respected entity.

Could small companies post the biggest gains this year? That’s the hypothesis floated by Tom Lee of Fundstrat, as his prediction calls for small-caps to stage an epic comeback and the Russell 2000 to break above 3,000 for the first time ever.

When the tide goes out, you can see who’s swimming naked. That’s not my idea, but Warren Buffett’s – and as the tide of easy money goes out, we can all see which electric vehicle (EV) start-ups never had any clothes to begin with.

Washington D.C. is currently occupied by a bureaucratic coup, and Biden screamed his “disunion” speech in the House Chamber for an hour.

The last thing career politicians need in an election year is an inflation print that doesn’t support the “mission accomplished” narrative. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) can only massage and suppress the data for so long, and as inflation rears its ugly head, the you-know-what is about to hit the fan.

Don’t expect ideal homes to flood the housing market this year, but due diligence might find a home that meets needs instead of wants.

One of the mainstream media’s favorite tactics is to divide and conquer. If they can split us into a gold faction versus a Bitcoin faction, then they can keep us fighting against each other instead of staying on the same page.

Cryptocurrency hardly gets mentioned in the mainstream press until it makes a big price move, and then the pundits come out of the woodwork. They’ll claim to have been bullish on Bitcoin and Ethereum all along, but we’ve actually been recommending crypto for years and have the publications to prove it.