In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire is joined - a popular request - by Ron Branstetter of Ron’s Basement to discuss the accelerating pace of change that silver stackers should expect in the months to come.
The precious metals experts take listeners through the implications of recent manoeuvres of the Global South, questioning whether international conflict can be avoided through leveraging a global gold and silver reevaluation.
Timestamps
- 00:00 Start
- 03:00 Ron’s thoughts on the price of silver right now
- 06:30 Momentum traders willing to pay over the odds
- 12:45 China going directly to miners to buy gold and silver - bypassing the COMEX & LBMA
- 17:40 Under-investment in the silver mining industry
- 19:30 Dedollarisation process coming to a head and triggering the gold reevaluation
- 29:45 EU central bank gold ownership relative to GDP; are they preparing for something?
- 38:00 The opportunity for US citizens to reclaim the right to sound money
- 41:30 Could BRICS nations drag the US back into the gold standard?
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