January 4, 2026 | So Much Is Riding on Silver!

The speculative frenzy in silver has provided welcome relief from AI claptrap, but will it last?  There are a hundred theories about why silver has come exuberantly to life after lagging gold for so long.   I’ve been puzzled myself, since my technical runes suggest that gold futures could make an important top at $5132, about […]

January 4, 2026 | 2026: the Year to Be Optimistic

Every Sunday morning, I wake up to what has become my favorite newsletter: The Rational Optimist Society Newsletter. It generally highlights companies both large and small who are at the cutting edge – the very frontiers of knowledge in score of industries that are busy creating the future while the vast bulk of the media […]

January 3, 2026 | Trading Desk Notes for January 3, 2026

Anything can happen I recorded my Moneytalks interview yesterday and told Mike that I had a gut feeling that events in 2026 would “rock our world,” and asked, “What will Donald Trump do to make sure the Republicans retain control of Congress in the mid-term elections that are less than nine months away?”   I woke up this morning […]

January 3, 2026 | Hollywood in 2026?

  Those who attended the 2025 World Economic Conference know that I have agreed to participate in a Hollywood film on my life. Everything is still in the works. I will provide more information once it becomes available, but I expect big news in the year ahead. Fortune and fame have never allured me or […]

January 3, 2026 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Gold, Silver, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar, Bitcoin.
• Rick Ackerman: (12:21) Silver, Bitcoin, AI, Safe Havens.
• Victor Adair:  (43:11) Risk Management, Oil.
• Martin Straith: (1:09:46) AI, Sectors for 2026.  Special Offer!

January 3, 2026 | Tech Talk for Saturday January 3rd 2026

The Bottom Line The proverbial “Santa Claus” rally for the S&P 500 Index from December 14th to January 6th is “holding in” just barely. The S&P is up 0.45% since the close on Friday December 12th. Several technical analysts/strategists (e.g. Tom Bowley, Craig Johnson, Tom Lee, Guy Adami, Dan Nathan, Carter Worth, David Keller, Jeremy […]

January 2, 2026 | Jobs Will Continue to Flee California in 2026

  California state experiences a payroll contraction during the first eight months of 2025, marking the largest job decline since COVID. The state’s 5% unemployment rate is above the national average and has remained so for the past 19 consecutive months. Over 173,000 jobs disappeared from California from January to November 2025, a 14% annual […]

January 2, 2026 | Is There a Safe Haven if Markets Crash?

Will the US Dollar climb in 2026?

January 1, 2026 | Silver’s 2026 Open: Irresistable Force Meets Immovable Object

Specifically, Institutional buying meets higher Comex margins Comex Margins   The paper metals markets have traditionally responded to spiking prices by raising margin requirements. Players who can’t come up with the extra money have to liquidate their positions, which causes prices to fall. That accounts for at least part of the brutal end to last […]

January 1, 2026 | Happy New Year!

Buckle in—2026 marks a key phase in the Economic Confidence Model, when markets, governments, and institutions will be tested. By following the model rather than the headlines, we can navigate what’s coming together.