The price of gold reached a (temporary) high of $3,500 per ounce on April 22. It was probably a good idea to exchange at least some of your gold for silver and platinum.

Both platinum and silver had reached historical levels relative to the price of gold.

During a bull market in precious metals, gold usually takes off the fastest, but at some point, silver, platinum, and mining stocks take the lead.

That's what we're seeing happen today.

While gold has been consolidating for six weeks, it's suddenly silver and platinum that are showing momentum and setting new highs.

The price of silver has risen by 11% since April 22, and platinum has even gained 20.4%!

And the smaller mining stocks are finally waking up too.

This bull market has now entered a new phase, and this could easily turn into a complete mania.

It's no coincidence that this aligns with the flood of liquidity being deployed to refinance the U.S. national debt.

In the U.S., they have now understood that savings alone will no longer suffice.

When the government makes up too large a part of the economy, savings automatically lead to an economic contraction, causing your debt ratio to rise instead of fall.

So, you have to combine this with strong nominal growth. For those who understand: inflation.

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is intended to contribute to this, among other things.

And although the details have been circulating online for weeks, Elon Musk has suddenly turned against the proposal. Musk initially targeted the bill in question, but he quickly became very personal. According to Musk, Trump was compromised by the Epstein files, which would logically lead to an impeachment.

The American empire (and by extension, the entire West) is truly faltering in all sorts of ways.

The comparison to the end of the Roman Empire is not even that far-fetched anymore.

The political instability... the open corruption... the moral decline... the increasing division, etc.

The endgame is simply developing further.

How can you still trust the value of currencies and bonds in such an environment?

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