Money Metals' Weekly Market Wrap Podcast

On this special Christmas Eve edition of the podcast, we unfortunately have to report that Washington politics and fears of a surging virus are threatening to spoil holiday cheer. Earlier this week, Congress agreed to send millions of Americans a much-delayed stimulus check. But the gift went over like a lump of coal. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are on the move this week. They got a boost following Wednesday's Federal Reserve policy statement. Fed officials kept their benchmark interest rate near zero and vowed to continue injecting $120 billion per month into the bond market. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As investors anticipate a successful vaccine rollout and an economic rebound in 2021, bullish sentiment pushed some sectors of the stock market to new highs this week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Gold and silver markets are recovering impressively in this first week of December. After slumping last month to erase most of this summer's big gains, gold shows a gain of 2.7% since last Friday's close to trade at $1,842 per ounce. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the Dow Jones Industrials surged to the stratospheric 30,000 level during this holiday-shortened trading week, traders continued to unload gold positions. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Gold and silver markets continue to test support levels as investors await the next directional move in the U.S dollar index. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets got off to a rocky start this week as Wall Street celebrated promising developments on the vaccine front. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As President Donald Trump continues to insist that he will be the winner of the election after all the legitimate votes are counted and the illegitimate ones thrown out, at least one publication has declared a different winner. Not Joe Biden, but Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Volatility is ramping up ahead of next Tuesday's all-important election. Equity and precious metals markets got hit earlier this week on lockdown jitters. New virus restrictions in Europe and fears of a devastating second wave in the United States caused investors to place sell orders. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

All asset classes are reflecting uncertainty ahead of the election. Investors seem to be as undecided as voters in the swing states. Perhaps the next major moves in metals and stocks – up or down – will have to wait until after November 3rd to be determined. Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Gold and silver markets slumped this week as stimulus talks faltered again in Washington. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals investors faced choppy market seas this week. Gold bobbed to a slight decline while silver essentially treaded water through Thursday's close. Both are advancing here today. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are advancing this week as a massive new stimulus bill makes its way through Congress. On Thursday evening the House of Representatives passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill on a party line vote. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets got clobbered early this week as gold and silver broke down from their high-level consolidations. Strength in the U.S. Dollar Index seemed to be the catalyst that got the selling going. Once key technical levels got breached, the selling intensified. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, gold and silver investors who were hoping Wednesday's FOMC meeting would be a catalyst for a major breakout move were largely disappointed. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it would continue to hold its benchmark interest rate near zero. That came as no surprise. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As volatility shook Wall Street again this week, gold and silver markets advanced strongly into Thursday morning trading before encountering some mild selling. We will likely see a more decisive move in the gold market one way or the other in the days ahead. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

This week we hear a recent interview Money Metals president Stefan Gleason gave with Mountain West IRA on the ins and outs of how you can own physical precious metals inside a retirement account. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the Federal Reserve embarks on a new campaign to raise inflation rates, markets may be in for a change in character. Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Earlier this week, precious metals markets got a surprising Buffett bounce. Legendary investor Warren Buffett isn't often associated with gold – at least not in a positive way. In the past Buffett has made derisive comments about the monetary metal. He once quipped that gold "has no utility." | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As Joe Biden announced his VP pick, Wall Street's hopes for a V-shaped economic recovery were revived by falling jobless claims and the S&P 500 inching closer to an all-time high. Precious metals markets, meanwhile, were hit with a big V for Volatility. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, the extraordinary run up in precious metals markets continues as silver makes some truly epic percentage gains while gold pushes further into record territory. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Another big week for precious metals markets as gold prices catapulted to new record highs. Gold's record-setting rise has been driven by Federal Reserve stimulus, dollar weakness, and strong safe-haven investment demand. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

It's been a big week for gold, it's been an even bigger week for silver. The white metal broke above $20 an ounce on Monday and spiked all the way up to $23 by Wednesday. Prices currently trade at $22.79 per ounce after gaining an extraordinary 16.7% or over $3.00 an ounce this week alone. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, it's been another wild, wild week in the precious metals markets, particularly at the retail level in the United States. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

No guest interviews this week, as we're back to an all-hands-on-deck situation servicing all our Money Metals customers. A new demand spike in recent days harkens back to the pandemonium we saw in the precious metals markets back in March. So, let's get right into today's market wrap, because there is plenty to talk about... Gold and silver markets advanced this week to hit new milestones. Check gold and silver prices here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts/

Today we'll hear part two of that interview. Stefan gives some important warnings to gold and silver investors; discusses why he favors one of the precious metals over the others and also talks about some really important things to consider when selecting a precious metals dealer. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Coming up we'll hear an interview with Money Metals president Stefan Gleason, who was a featured guest during the recent 360 Gold Summit. Stefan addressed the fundamental question of "why precious metals" and also gave some helpful tips on how to avoid making big mistakes when investing in gold and silver. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Coming up David Morgan of The Morgan Report joins me to discuss a range of topics including the recent disruptions in the paper-based precious metals futures markets that cost some major bullion banks to lose their shirts- | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

The sudden spike in market volatility yesterday came after the Federal Reserve vowed on Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate near zero through 2022. That's an unusually long period for the Fed to be projecting rate policy. It reflects the fact that it will take many months and perhaps years for the tens of millions of jobs that were recently lost to return. Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan to 'Description'.

Michael Pento weighs in on the massive increase in the Fed's balance sheet over the last several months, amounts that make the stimulative response to the Great Recession a decade ago look like chump change. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Coming up Gerald Celente of the Trends Journal joins me for an explosive interview on a range of topics, including the massive government failures in handling the COVID-19 outbreak... | Check Gold Prices Here: https://t.co/TGLlrPFFxf

As we head into this Memorial Day weekend and remember those who have fought for our great country over the years, those who gave their lives - the ultimate sacrifice - to protect the freedoms we enjoy, we thought it appropriate to highlight on this week's podcast an issue and a man who is fighting for another form of freedom... that being our financial freedom. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Gold and silver markets are inching closer to achieving major upside breakouts. On Thursday, gold rallied above a near-term consolidation pattern to close at $1,747 an ounce. That put the monetary metal about $30 away from making new highs for the year. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Greg Weldon of Weldon Financial and Gold-Guru.com joins us for an incredible interview on a range of topics including why he sees gold soaring later this year and why we need to look outside the U.S. for important clues about the economy. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets enter the month of May with some mixed signals near term. But the long-term picture continues to look constructive. All the metals appear to have put in major bottoms during the panic selling of mid to late March. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, just when you thought you'd seen it all in markets, this week brought something that was previously assumed by many to be impossible: a negative price for a physical commodity. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Even as the death count from coronavirus continues to climb, investors are finding reasons to be optimistic. U.S. stock market futures jumped Thursday night after President Donald Trump released formal guidelines for opening the economy back up in phases. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Wild price action and unprecedented interventions once again characterized this holiday-shortened trading week. Oil prices whipsawed lower Thursday on concerns about expected oil production cuts from Russia and Saudi Arabia. But the general trend for most other assets, including metals and equities, was up – way up. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

A surge in coronavirus cases, an expansion of economic lockdowns, and an explosion in unemployment claims hit markets this week. But this deluge of bad news didn't seem to catch investors by surprise. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

The roller coaster ride in markets took a sharp turn higher this week after the Federal Reserve and Congress together pledged over 6 trillion dollars to rescue the financial system. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

Another week of wild market volatility hit all asset classes, and precious metals were no exception. Gold continues to be the least volatile metal. And it continues to hold up better than the chaotic stock market during most trading days. But it is experiencing some downside this week. Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

David Morgan of The Morgan Report joins me to breakdown the madness in the markets, tells us why he believes this is 2008 part 2 in the financial markets and also addresses the major frustration over silver and when he thinks it will start acting like a safe haven and start to play catch-up versus gold. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

This week, first-time guest Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation and also the winner of all three of this week's Presidential primaries for the Libertarian party, tells us how both the major political parties in America have been engaged in socialism, why he believes the Federal Reserve needs to be abolished, and how gold and silver can help to restore our broken monetary system. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

Greg Weldon of Weldon Financial joins us for another tremendous interview where he breaks down the market fallout still ahead of us as a result of the coronavirus, why gold and silver won't be immune to the selloff that will continue to take place in all markets. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

Michael Rivero joins us for an incredible interview on a range of topics including the plan to take out President Donald Trump, why we may not seen the last of Hillary Clinton, how globalism is a bad thing when we're dealing with a pandemic and why we shouldn't sleep on the Middle East despite the apparent mutual stand down between the U.S. and Iran. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

David Smith of The Morgan Report and MoneyMetals.com columnist joins us to discuss the dearth of exploration that's taking place in the silver mining industry and what that may mean for the supply of silver during the coming mania phase of retail buying he says will one day be upon us. David also offers some advice and a warning to those who are suffering from the widespread investor complacency. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

Axel Merk of Merk Investments joins me to discuss why he's watching developments in China and with the coronavirus so closely and how it may affect the global economy and the financial markets. Axel also offers some very good advice about the importance of understanding why it is that you own gold and the danger of letting short-term dynamics affect your long-term investment strategy. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

The top trends forecaster - Gerald Celente - shares his thoughts on why protests in many nations throughout the globe are a driver in central banks continual printing of a massive amount of money. Gerald also weighs in on the coronavirus situation, the U.S. strike on Iran earlier this month, and why he believes gold may hit a new all-time high as soon as this year. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

Michael Pento goes through his checklist of data points and the events that, once taken place, will fuel the next big rally in precious metals. He also talks about the key warning sign that we can be looking for that will indicate when the economic bubble to end all bubbles is about to burst. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts

This week we'll hear an encore of a wonderful interview with Guy Christopher, who wrote many popular columns for MoneyMetals.com before his passing. Guy speaks on the topic of personal responsibility, estate planning, and making sure you don't leave your loved ones with a financial nightmare and an unwelcome scavenger hunt. | Check Gold and Silver Prices Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts