Tuesday, June 16, 2026

The Silver Stocks Big Rally Crushed Immediately

by Ed Steer, Silver Seek:

Gold’s initial choppy rally in early Globex trading ended minutes after 10 a.m. in Shanghai — and it then chopped sideways until shortly before London opened. It was then forced to chop lower until the COMEX open in New York. Its rally attempt from that point was capped at the 10 a.m. EDT afternoon gold fix in London — and it was then engineered lower in price until minutes before 12 o’clock noon EDT. From there it had a broad and slightly ascending up/down move centered around 2 p.m. in after-hours trading — and ending when the market closed at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Gold, Debt And The Inevitable Global Housing Market Crash

by Brandon Smith, Alt Market:

Maybe the most prominent economic discussion circulating today is the fear that the vast majority of people have been priced out of housing markets for the rest of their lives, regardless of the country they live. Gen Z and even Gen Alpha teens are already planning for a future in which buying a home is impossible. Those that are buying are aiming for cost efficiency and they are buying alone (prioritizing savings and home ownership over marriage).

This is a subject for another article but it represents a reversal in traditional consumer behavior; a sea change that needs to be examined because it reflects greater underlying social and economic struggles.

The suppression of oil prices in the US, while continuing to export, is the most idiotic and ruinous thing that any administration could possibly do.

You Think Silver is Manipulated? It’s Far Worse Than That.

by Miles Harris, Miles Harris:

Of course silver is manipulated.
That part is obvious.

There is distortion.
There is leverage.
There are paper claims that exceed physical supply.

But focusing only on that leads you to the wrong conclusion.

Because it assumes that the system will return to true price discovery.

That is the mistake.

Zimbabwe gold-backed currency undervalued against dollar – central bank

from RT:

The ZiG should be trading at around 15 to the greenback, rather than the official rate of about 25, Reserve Bank chief John Mushayavanhu has said

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency (ZiG) is undervalued by nearly half and should be trading much stronger against the US dollar, the southern African nation’s central bank has said.

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mushayavanhu said on Friday that the ZiG should be valued at around 15 to the US dollar, compared with the official rate of about 25, Bloomberg reported on Monday.