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Cockroaches and Gold

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 2, 2025 ·

Trouble Ahead for the Economy… Good for Gold. “Eeeekeedoo!” Forgive me for the spelling; I might have it wrong. Maybe a phonetic pronunciation …

Ted Baumann · October 31, 2025 ·

Maybe Not… When Daniel Brooks (not his real name) died unexpectedly at 56, his wife May found herself trapped in a legal maze stretching across two …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 30, 2025 ·

This Might Surprise You… As I write this, gold sits at more than $4,000 per ounce. Back when I first started telling my readers to buy gold for …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 28, 2025 ·

Gold Protects You in a Political Crisis. The path to America’s coming crisis is now clear. And it means gold is clearly the protector-in-chief at …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 26, 2025 ·

The Yellow Metal Is Up 60% This Year So Far… Look at this… That is a problem. Not for anyone who has owned gold for the last few years. But …

Ted Baumann · October 25, 2025 ·

What I Learned at the Future of Wealth Summit… Earlier this month I had the pleasure to speak at the Future of Wealth Summit in Dublin. Although …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 24, 2025 ·

Except in These Places… In yesterday’s dispatch, we looked forward to the past to understand how stagflation in 2025 might stack up against …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 23, 2025 ·

Today, we jump back in time… to the 1970s. Truthfully, that was one of my favorite decades. Then again, I was a kid, and my singular concerns were …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 18, 2025 ·

The 3 Things He Needs to Know Now… My son’s birthday arrived recently and I asked him what he might want for his 29th. “I don’t know,” came the …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 15, 2025 ·

One Day, Gold Will Fall… But Not Anytime Soon. “Hey, Jeff…” I heard the callout as I passed a few guys sitting at a round banquet table in a late …