HistoryThe 1971 Nixon Shock and the End of the Gold Standard
Three days at Camp David that ended a 2,500-year link between currency and metal.
May 11, 2026
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History
HistoryBretton Woods 1944: The Gold-Dollar Peg That Built the Postwar Order
How 730 delegates in a New Hampshire hotel designed the monetary system of the second half of the 20th century.
May 11, 2026
HistoryExecutive Order 6102: When the US Confiscated Citizens' Gold
In April 1933, Roosevelt outlawed private gold ownership. The repercussions echo through monetary debates today.
May 11, 2026
HistoryWitwatersrand 1886: How a Farm Became the World's Gold Capital
The reef that built Johannesburg, financed an empire, and reshaped southern Africa.
May 11, 2026
HistoryThe California Gold Rush of 1849: Economic Impact Beyond the Pan
How a discovery at Sutter's Mill triggered the fastest demographic and monetary expansion in US history.
May 11, 2026
SilverThe Spanish Conquest of the Inca and the Gold That Drowned Europe
How a few hundred conquistadors triggered the largest precious-metals shock in early modern history.
May 11, 2026
HistoryThe Roman Aureus and the Debasement Under Nero and Diocletian
How successive emperors quietly stole from their own coinage and what it cost the empire.
May 11, 2026
HistoryThe Lydian Electrum Coins: 600 BC and the Birth of Currency
How a small kingdom in western Anatolia struck the first coins and changed economic history.
May 11, 2026
Gold MarketsGold's Wild 2020: From the COVID Crash to the August All-Time High
Gold lost 12% in eight days, then rallied 40% to a new record. The 2020 round-trip is a master class in how gold behaves through liquidity events and policy responses.
May 8, 2026
HistoryGold Through the 2008 Financial Crisis: Hedge or Casualty?
Gold's performance during the global financial crisis was more nuanced than the narrative suggests. A month-by-month account reveals what gold actually did when the system broke.
May 8, 2026