Money Metals' Weekly Market Wrap Podcast

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 cen...

Coming up don’t miss a wonderful interview with Larry Reed, President Emeritus at the

The dollar is garbage!

This may sound like an overstatement, but the dollar index fell by over 10 percent through the first half of 2025, the sharpest decline since 1973. 

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek memo, host Mike Maharrey explains why he thinks the dollar is "garbage," or "unattractive as Swiss investment bank UBS analysts put it. He highlights some of the reasons for de-dollarization and explains what's replacin...

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...

Coming up don’t we’ll have another wonderful interview, this time with Phillip Newman, founding partner and managing director of Metals Focus. Phillip shares the insights from perhaps the most highly regarded precious metals research and consultancy firms o...

Central banks have been gobbling up gold, adding over 1,000 tonnes to their reserves each of the last three years.

Meanwhile, they're jettisoning dollars.

Why?

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo Podcast, host Mike Maharrey delves into the central bank gold buying phenomenon. He discusses a recent survey that indicates there is more central bank gold accumulation in the pipeline and explains the ramifications for the U...

Silver has finally broken through a significant price level. Could this be the beginning of a breakout that sends silver to new record highs?

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey makes the case that this is the start of the much-anticipated silver bull run, where the white metal finally catches up with gold. And even if it's not, silver is still poised for a breakout.

Mike also talks about the tax cu...

This week, exclusive interview with Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Michael
shares his incredible insights on a range of topics, including how much longer he
expects the consolidation in gold prices to last, which metal he favors the most and much more.

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After increasing annually for nearly 50 years, gold mine output has plateaued. Some analysts believe this signals we are close to "peak gold," the point at which mine output will begin to decrease annually. 

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey looks at the historical and current gold supply dynamics and presents the case for peak gold. He also highlights one big bank's bullish forecast for b...