The Gold Standard

This week on The Gold Standard, Marcus Blackwell and Sasha Reyes work through one of the most volatile trading weeks of the year for precious metals. Gold broke below $4,400 on US-Iran strike fears before reversing sharply on ceasefire reports, and the hosts use that single-week swing to examine the full geopolitical transmission chain from oil prices to inflation expectations to real yields to go...

This episode of The Gold Standard examines a week of sharp contradictions in the precious metals market: gold posted its worst single-day loss since March, silver fell even harder, and yet a silver mining company raised $270 million in a successful IPO. Hosts Marcus Blackwell and Sasha Reyes work through what a blowout jobs report means for near-term price pressure while making the case that the s...

This episode of The Gold Standard breaks down a volatile week across precious metals markets, covering gold's 2.4% weekly gain, silver's historic single-session surge, standout earnings from major miners, and where institutional money sees prices heading through the rest of 2026. Hosts Marcus and Sasha walk through the competing forces shaping gold right now — ceasefire headlines, US-Iran tensions...

In this episode of The Gold Standard, hosts Marcus Blackwell and Sasha Reyes work through a full-spectrum gold market update spanning geopolitics, central bank strategy, institutional price forecasts, and mining sector developments. The catalyst for today's discussion is rising gold prices tied to U.S.-Iran deal prospects, and the episode traces exactly how that geopolitical story moves through oi...

This week on The Gold Standard, Marcus and Sasha break down a turbulent stretch for precious metals. Gold fell sharply toward $4,500 as hotter-than-expected May 2026 inflation data raised yields, strengthened the dollar, and reduced the probability of a Fed rate cut. Silver hit harder, dropping over 13% in a single session to $76.15. At the same time, India raised import duties on gold and silver...

This episode of The Gold Standard covers a pivotal week in precious metals, from major central bank repositioning to striking price forecasts for silver and a wave of significant deals reshaping the mining sector. Hosts Sasha Reyes and Marcus Blackwell work through what the latest moves by France, Tether, China, and Turkey actually signal about how gold is being treated at the reserve level, then...

In this episode of The Gold Standard, Marcus Blackwell and Sasha unpack gold’s first weekly pullback after a three-week rally and connect it to war risk around the Strait of Hormuz, oil-driven inflation expectations, and shifting rate-cut odds. They then move through silver’s stalled breakout, mining company fundamentals, and how different gold and silver investment vehicles fit into a practical s...

This episode of The Gold Standard walks through the week’s sharp move in gold toward the $4,830 area on Iran and Strait of Hormuz headlines, the contrasting slow-burn fundamentals in silver, and how official sector flows and streaming equities fit into a broader precious metals strategy. Listeners will learn how to interpret geopolitical risk in real time, separate panic spikes from structural dri...

This episode of The Gold Standard examines a volatile week for precious metals, with gold down about 2.7% and silver nearly 5%, and contrasts that short-term weakness with aggressive 2026 bank forecasts calling for prices in the mid-$5,000s per ounce. Marcus and Sasha unpack how traders, long-term allocators, and central banks are each reading the same market very differently, and what that means...

This episode of The Gold Standard breaks down a volatile week in gold, from conflict headlines and ceasefire rumors around Iran to central banks shifting from steady buyers to selective sellers. Marcus Blackwell and Sasha Reyes connect price action, ETF flows, silver and mining stocks, and practical trading rules into a single, coherent view of today’s precious metals landscape. Listeners will lea...

Marcus Blackwell and Sasha Reyes break down gold's worst weekly drop in six years, falling to $4,415.70, and examine why the traditional war-rally playbook failed to materialize despite active Middle East tensions. The episode covers the mechanical forces behind the selloff, the divergence between paper and physical silver markets, and what investors should be watching for a potential reversal. Th...

🎙️ Gold is closing in on $6,000 per ounce — and in this episode of The Gold Standard, Marcus and Sasha break down every signal, driver, and opportunity behind one of the most historic moments in precious metals history. In this packed episode, hosts Marcus and Sasha cover the geopolitical shockwaves rattling bond markets — including a Strait of Hormuz closure threat and China's jaw-dropping $85.9...