Recycled Gold: The Quiet 25% of Global Supply
Scrap, jewellery resale, and electronic recovery now rival mine output in some years.
Scrap, jewellery resale, and electronic recovery now rival mine output in some years.
Why exploration-stage stocks can return 10x in a bull market and zero in a bear.
A model that delivers gold price exposure without the operating risk has quietly outperformed the majors for two decades.
Average mined grades have halved in 30 years. Here is what that means for prices and supply.
Gold mining stocks underperform gold itself over most multi-decade windows. Royalty companies do the opposite. Here is the structural reason why.
The case for any specific gold allocation should rest on data, not feelings. Here is what 5%, 10%, and 20% gold portfolios actually delivered from 1972 to 2024.
Palladium fell over 70% from its 2021 peak. Looking back, every component of the bull thesis broke at roughly the same time, which is why the decline was so brutal.
Battery electric vehicles use no palladium. As BEV penetration crosses 20%, palladium faces a structural demand decline that no investment story can offset.
Platinum has not traded above $2,000 since 2008. The structural case for revisiting that level is stronger than at any point in fifteen years. Here is the framework.
Platinum traded above palladium for most of recent history, then fell behind in 2018 and stayed there. The inversion is now reversing again. Here is why.