As someone who owns actual physical ("physical ETF" is an oxymoron) and have been watching these manipulated markets for decades now, I wish I could express just how long I've been waiting for this. Every weekend the metals prices would be monkey-hammered back down, especially silver. It was hard watching retail investing in metals ETFs too, thinking they could "take delivery" someday. If your gold isn't in your hand, you don't really own it.
I've always tried to tell people "It's not that gold is worth more, it's the dollar losing value." All along my primary goal was to just try to maintain the value of my savings: to not LOSE it. I knew I was in it for the long haul, and it has been a very, very long one.
I still didn't know that Bear Stearns was the largest short out there though, that's interesting. JPM was known to be shorting the silver market themselves even before 2008, and people were trying to guess as to how much influence they had - so I guess JPM didn't let that crisis go to waste. I've been following ZH since they started, sometime around 2006 I think - they're great.
So wow, now Trump is repatriating gold... he's taking away the City of London's chokehold. BRICS countries have been stockpiling gold for years, and this scramble here in the U.S. is the rumble before the earthquake then.
I'm not so sure those white hats didn't take over JPMorgan back in 2019 and then force BoA to hang their ass in the breeze though, giving them control over both banks. Infiltration, and all that.
But either way, all these fractional reserve lending banks deserve everything they are going to get. Gold may end the Fed, but perhaps silver will end the big banks. Those derivatives unwinding could take them all down like dominoes, and because everything is flash-traded now, their network will fail just like computer networks always do: all at once.
It's going to be fascinating to see what happens when they go to audit Fort Knox, too. (I can't even think of the name "Fort Knox" without automatically thinking "tungsten" though.)
Blessings Sarah! Great comments. This has been a long wait. But the longer the bubble the bigger the crash.
That’s an interesting thought on JPM already being taken down. It’s possible, Dimon has been saying some positive things and going against the cabal narrative.
But I think the coming bank run is going to give Trump a great opportunity.
No more “too big to fail.”
These big banks are going to fall like dominoes and I think it will give Trump the opportunity to take them over and create a public banking option and at the same time, it will eliminate these Wall Street banks control over the markets.
Exactamundo. I think they (Trump et al) know exactly what they are doing. The cabal wanted to crash US, the people. Instead we are going to crash them, seize everything per EO 13818, and start our merry new blockchain peer-to-peer system! It's a dream come true really. Blessings to you too!
Yeah.... maybe. Lots of sketchy stuff going on with that, but then again the SEC (any 3-letter agency really) is also sketchy so who knows. Something like that, I have to wait to see how the story truly plays out. Maybe it will be something we find out about the SEC itself down the road. Plus there's only a thousand new chains out there now - even Solana got hit with some people doing sketchy stuff on their chain and tanked it recently. Too many players right now.
I think the SEC will eventually reverse itself on the Reggie Middleton persecution. The Middleton team is working hard to make this happen. Jorge Tenreiro, the lead SEC prosecutor against Reggie has been demoted to the IT department after revelations he lied by omission to the judge.
Could be. I suppose I'm thinking in larger terms: that within the next year the SEC and the DOJ themselves may no longer exist in the form they do now. Neither have proven trustworthy, and many people are also being exposed as criminal. Add in people who are lying to judges, add in the ridiculously political environment we are operating in, not to mention the lying media, it becomes a bit difficult to form a solid take. This is true across the board, not just about a given single case.
Can’t wait to see the public banking option come to be. I’d love to see Trump impose tariffs on all other countries who lack the public banking option. THAT would truly be a final nail in the coffin for the central bankers and make it impossible for them to ever be resurrected.
It's going to be sooo much fun once we are all allowed out of our checking account playpens. :) Really Trump already took over the Fed and brought it under the Treasury years ago - that's when I realized what was really happening, because after so many years I had been throughly black-pilled about the all powerful central banks.
When I found out that he had done that, I was floored. I knew that never in a million years would the cabal have allowed such a thing to happen unless they had lost their power. It's just taken a long time to get the people ready for it. It's frustrating to wait, but I keep reminding myself that it's truly a miracle that it's happening at all!
Do you remember the big scandal about the repatriation of the 400 tons of German gold that the FED supposedly was holding safely in NY for them and the German government requested back…
The serial numbers of the bars didn’t match and after some of the first shipments back to Germany, they tested the bars and found out that they were just Tungsten plated with gold. Obviously the FED didn’t have the original bars, secondly they even didn’t have enough gold most likely because they had already leased to someone else. I think in a very short period of time we will found out that Bernie Madoff was a baby boy compared to the FED.
YES, I do remember! That's when I learned what tungsten even was, that it had the same weight as gold. God knows where the real gold went, but I guarantee it didn't just go *poof*. Somebody got it. Probably sitting in the Vatican. Maybe that was part of those 650 planeloads they were talking about. :)
I watched this but I was not sure how it would affect the economy. I know they have all the evidence for election fraud and much much more. President Trump told us so as he was leaving dc at the last day of his first term. I agree. Things were too hostile for Trump to step back in. Shoot, my own mother thought he colluded with Russia until two years ago! So much happening. Trying to stay present and prepared
I think that’s where it is too. So Sara, why do you think Trump wants to audit Fort Knox and do you think we have fake gold there? It’s been about 70 years since an audit was done and I am not certain if that was even complete. In the 70s there was a show and tell and nothing was even tested or the serial number verified and you probably know all of this anyway, but what effect would that have on our financial situation? I’ve heard several different reports from the global economy would crash and on and on. I’m sure you can tell I’m just trying to understand how all of this works and would you buy silver at the current price? Gold is too expensive for us. Economic shortfalls with Biden economy.
Hi Deborah, first and foremost the best thing to understand is that we are witnessing a wake-up operation. ALL of this was accounted for years ago, Trump and the white hats already know not only what's in Fort Knox, but how this entire financial revolution is going to go down. They have to prep us so that ordinary people will understand it. Trump says all kinds of stuff, but I do not for a minute believe they will allow the American people to be devastated financially. They know that the vast majority of us do not own gold, cannot afford gold, or Bitcoin. Most cannot even come up with the money for a car repair. And, it is almost impossible to separate the signal from the noise right now.
I personally do believe that both gold and silver are a very good idea for anyone to hold. As I said above, the prices of metals reflect the loss of value in the dollar, so buying metals helps you keep from losing that value. (Always hold it physically, take possession of it.)
All that being said, the times we are living in are unprecedented. We have never been here before. Things are NOT going to be happening the "Zombie Apocalypse" way most of us gold bugs thought. Our future is so much brighter than I ever anticipated, and I do not believe that anyone need fear it. Buy some silver that you can afford, but be at ease even if you cannot. In the end, the wealth that Trump is creating for our country will be shared by each of us.
Thank you Sarah. I’m not worried about what President Trump is doing. I recognized long ago that we have been at war in our own country and the 2020 election was stolen. I’ve read more the past few years and gone down some pretty dark rabbit holes which I believe have led to an understanding of what he’s trying to accomplish.
I knew Biden was going to be awful, but he was so much worse than I had expected, however, I also believe that President Trump put forth some excellent EO and I believe too that he does have all the evidence to expose the corruption.
It’s been a hard five years. Covid and Biden’s economy led to lost wages in my husband’s employment. He’s a welder by trade and has been with the same company for 21 years. We aren’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination but we are not in a complete financial crisis unlike so many of our peers across our country. Any expenditure has had to be need and not a want, so since I’m not savvy enough to understand bitcoin, I knew we sure could not afford that and Gold, well that’s up there with bitcoin prices for us. Silver would be something we could afford in small amounts. We aren’t looking to become rich, but comfortable enough to enjoy life pre- Biden. So your response was greatly appreciated and I thank you for your kind and encouraging words.
Warm regards and let’s watch this storm that’s about to hit Washington together, shall we? 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
I've decided to hold on to Nvidia stocks. Trump's moves with Taiwan increases Nvidea's market On March 3, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a significant agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest chip manufacturer. The key points of this agreement are:
1. Investment: TSMC plans to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years[3][4]. This is in addition to the previously announced $65 billion investment, bringing the total to $165 billion[10].
2. New Facilities: The investment will fund the construction of five new fabrication facilities in Arizona, including three chip manufacturing plants and two packaging facilities[10].
3. Advanced Technology: TSMC will bring its cutting-edge semiconductor technologies to its facilities in Arizona[3].
This agreement affects Nvidia in several ways:
1. Supply Chain Security: As one of TSMC's largest customers, Nvidia stands to benefit from a more secure and localized supply chain for its chips[5].
2. Potential Tariff Mitigation: With TSMC expanding its U.S. presence, Nvidia may be able to mitigate potential tariff risks in the long term[8].
3. Manufacturing Capacity: Nvidia has secured over 70% of TSMC's advanced chip packaging capacity for 2025, indicating strong demand for its next-generation Blackwell AI chips[6].
4. Market Volatility: Despite the positive long-term outlook, Nvidia's stock experienced volatility due to Trump's tariff threats and the broader market reaction to the TSMC deal[5][8].
5. Competitive Landscape: The increased U.S. presence in advanced chip manufacturing could potentially impact Nvidia's competitive position, as it may face new challenges in maintaining its technological lead[9].
It's important to note that while the TSMC deal is significant, Trump has also threatened to impose tariffs on Taiwanese chips and has considered terminating the CHIPS Act[11]. These potential actions create uncertainty for companies like Nvidia that rely heavily on TSMC's manufacturing capabilities.
I can see your logic, and I think there might be many opportunities along the way, as long as we do our research about what's really happening. Trump says a lot of things so it's important to watch and see what he actually does. Personally I'm not much invested in the stock market, other than his DJT stock (originally DWAC, now TMTG) simply because I believe in him and where he is taking us. To each our own, and good luck to you!
I’ve been subconsciously been waiting for this news for a long time! Maybe since I had an inkling in 2021 and made some very drastic changes to my 401k. Thank you for this info packed article with receipts, graphs, and video to put that icing on the proverbial cake 🎂! It gives me hope as I drag myself to a job I hate more every day. Happy Sunday Joe!
It has been a long long time waiting for all stackers.
It brakes my heart that the writer of many of those articles is gone from this world.
Silver Sicker was literally the hard and patient work of Ted Buttler, unfortunately he lost his health battle.
He made many like me aware of this and painfully waiting for this soon coming day.
10 to one ratio is the GODs ratio.
Gold is $2900 so silver should be at least $290 but as many others like Egon von Greyerz and his partner Mathew Piepenburg has been telling us, the price is a lot more than $3000. Nomi Prins just said that gold price has to be at least $2000 more than it is today. In his book The New Case for Gold James Ricards describes step by step with accuracy where we are today and most likely where we are going to end with this.
Thanks Joe for another great article and as Andrew McGuire says, how much physical do you own?
Joe, again, THANK YOU for all you are doing. Your work is put in a format that makes it easier to understand. I remember reading your SS referenced here. They were so helpful back then, too. Hard to believe they were from 2 years ago.
Well so much for my nap. Wow - not a big financial mind here but I understood this. Thank you again for helping us. I rest on James 5 scripture. Go to ye rich men...
Thanks for this one , Joe. I've been buying small amounts of silver for about four years or so. I'm in England, but a Global financial crisis throws a blanket over all of us! The argument you present here, is much the same argument that provoked the REDDIT crowd to buy silver, back in 2019-ish? It has always seemed very odd to me that people can invest, pay money, but just rely on a piece of paper as confirmation that they have a part of this or that commodity or business. I'm gratified, and feel supported by this article, which is telling me that the one investment market decision I made in my entire life could, or is about to be justified! Come on!
Buying an ETF of any kind, including silver or gold, is just paper.
When push comes to shove in a financial crisis, the shareholder is going to be the last one who gets possession of the metal.
I witnessed something like this firsthand with a friend of mine.
He was high risk and was trading an oil ETF that was 3times the value.
If you’re right, you can make a lot of money fast. I warned him about the risk but he didn’t listen because he had made fast money with it a few times.
But one time he bought and it dropped. He was down a lot really fast, but instead of cutting his losses, he talked himself into just riding it out because “the price of oil will come back again.”
But it didn’t. It kept dropping and he was down almost half his money.
Then a nightmare scenario happened that was completely unpredictable.
This was back in Trump’s first term when Saudi Arabia suddenly announced back in 2020 that they were cutting the oil prices to the US, Europe and Asia by as much as $7 a barrel.
That tanked the stock market and crashed the oil price down to around $34 a barrel.
My friend’s 3times leveraged oil stock collapsed as panic selling commenced and trading kept getting halted.
He couldn’t even sell and lost almost everything.
It was a tough thing to witness a friend go through.
I don’t trust any ETF because it’s paper trades and most of it is leveraged, which means risk is higher.
As for silver, I own physical and trade the miners because they go up when the prices of the metals do and often at multiples much greater than the metal.
Blessings my friend and hang in there.
Trump is going to make the world great again. It won’t be easy, but it’s coming.
Deep, Joe. Can see why you were so busy! And now I have to read it again, make sure I get (at least) the meat of it lol. Great job, as always! Thanks, Joe!
I’m with ya! I always listen and/or read, usually both, Joe’s articles 2-3 times, then save them, to really take in and retain (I’m 67 today so it gets more difficult by the day!!!! 🙃) all the incredibly well researched, informative, beautifully written/cogent articles Joe puts out! You are my number one Joe Lange!!!! Thank you!
I’m no expert on crypto either Phil but I believe it’s an important part of the plan in order to create a system that is transparent and honest to prevent all the corruption and give the power back to the people.
It makes things easily audited and prevents crooks from hiding things.
Joe, Been tracking this.. and following your reports related to metals, mining and shady banking practices. I see the squeeze coming as well and I certainly hope the result is as you postulate. I can’t stop thinking about the post offices being the new banks. This was a fun report and read beautifully by my buddy Patrick. Love you both.
Someone actually sent me something last week on Trump saying he was going to make the Post Office great again.
More signal.
The “public option” in banking will change everything.
Private banks would have to compete with public banks/possibly PO’s that would charge little to no fees for everything. And the people’s money would be kept safe.
Joe, as usual very informative AND entertaining. I’ve been a gold bug for years and love the way things are playing out. Been thinking about silver lately and I think you just convinced me that it’s time. Is there any other way to capitalize on silver without holding/storing the physical?
Very exciting assessment, Joe, and your batting average has always been good. I suspect you might be exactly right after reading how the price of silver has been manipulated and the leasing part that I’ve never heard of. My husband is way more interested in the financial aspect. It’s easy to me to see by using the leasing option they’re certainly in a vulnerable position. It was another way to dupe us like the fractional banking market.
Thank you for the education on this! I will pay more attention from this point. It is very obvious that Trump will not do anything to diminish national sovereignty., so this might be the move leading directly to the destruction of the central banks. That’s a good thing for nations. Very interesting post! God bless you, Joe.🙏
These are interesting times and so much is happening at the same time. I’m trying to find the signals that are important to watch that may be catalysts for big changes.
It seems everything is racing towards a coming conclusion.
Thank you very much, Joe, for this excellent article
Question for you, maybe as a suggested topic for a future post:
Why would BoA or any bank place such huge bets on short selling metals? What do they have to gain from this? Why do they see it as a winning bet? Wouldn't it be more profitable and less risky for the bank to make some other kind of investment?
You have to remember that gold and silver have been manipulated for many generations.
I think BOA thought they could make a fast profit which helps their books and profitability.
I think they fully expected the gold and silver prices to continue to be suppressed by JPM and they could buy the silver back from the ETF at a lower price than they sold it and pocket the profit.
The problem is, I don’t think they expected the Basel III regulation changed where gold was once again made a tier one asset. That triggered massive purchases of gold by central banks around the world which drove up the price big time.
They were instantly in the hole and hoping at some point that silver would get hammered lower again.
It hasn’t happened, which means there are some banks who are losing billions.
How much longer can they hold out?
Not much longer if that silver price hits $36 in my opinion.
Great article Joe!
As someone who owns actual physical ("physical ETF" is an oxymoron) and have been watching these manipulated markets for decades now, I wish I could express just how long I've been waiting for this. Every weekend the metals prices would be monkey-hammered back down, especially silver. It was hard watching retail investing in metals ETFs too, thinking they could "take delivery" someday. If your gold isn't in your hand, you don't really own it.
I've always tried to tell people "It's not that gold is worth more, it's the dollar losing value." All along my primary goal was to just try to maintain the value of my savings: to not LOSE it. I knew I was in it for the long haul, and it has been a very, very long one.
I still didn't know that Bear Stearns was the largest short out there though, that's interesting. JPM was known to be shorting the silver market themselves even before 2008, and people were trying to guess as to how much influence they had - so I guess JPM didn't let that crisis go to waste. I've been following ZH since they started, sometime around 2006 I think - they're great.
So wow, now Trump is repatriating gold... he's taking away the City of London's chokehold. BRICS countries have been stockpiling gold for years, and this scramble here in the U.S. is the rumble before the earthquake then.
I'm not so sure those white hats didn't take over JPMorgan back in 2019 and then force BoA to hang their ass in the breeze though, giving them control over both banks. Infiltration, and all that.
But either way, all these fractional reserve lending banks deserve everything they are going to get. Gold may end the Fed, but perhaps silver will end the big banks. Those derivatives unwinding could take them all down like dominoes, and because everything is flash-traded now, their network will fail just like computer networks always do: all at once.
It's going to be fascinating to see what happens when they go to audit Fort Knox, too. (I can't even think of the name "Fort Knox" without automatically thinking "tungsten" though.)
Thanks for another great take!
Blessings Sarah! Great comments. This has been a long wait. But the longer the bubble the bigger the crash.
That’s an interesting thought on JPM already being taken down. It’s possible, Dimon has been saying some positive things and going against the cabal narrative.
But I think the coming bank run is going to give Trump a great opportunity.
No more “too big to fail.”
These big banks are going to fall like dominoes and I think it will give Trump the opportunity to take them over and create a public banking option and at the same time, it will eliminate these Wall Street banks control over the markets.
Two for one!😁
Exactamundo. I think they (Trump et al) know exactly what they are doing. The cabal wanted to crash US, the people. Instead we are going to crash them, seize everything per EO 13818, and start our merry new blockchain peer-to-peer system! It's a dream come true really. Blessings to you too!
💯💯
Could soon be time for Reggie Middleton's patents to shine. And hopefully, Veritaseum.
Yeah.... maybe. Lots of sketchy stuff going on with that, but then again the SEC (any 3-letter agency really) is also sketchy so who knows. Something like that, I have to wait to see how the story truly plays out. Maybe it will be something we find out about the SEC itself down the road. Plus there's only a thousand new chains out there now - even Solana got hit with some people doing sketchy stuff on their chain and tanked it recently. Too many players right now.
I think the SEC will eventually reverse itself on the Reggie Middleton persecution. The Middleton team is working hard to make this happen. Jorge Tenreiro, the lead SEC prosecutor against Reggie has been demoted to the IT department after revelations he lied by omission to the judge.
Could be. I suppose I'm thinking in larger terms: that within the next year the SEC and the DOJ themselves may no longer exist in the form they do now. Neither have proven trustworthy, and many people are also being exposed as criminal. Add in people who are lying to judges, add in the ridiculously political environment we are operating in, not to mention the lying media, it becomes a bit difficult to form a solid take. This is true across the board, not just about a given single case.
Can’t wait to see the public banking option come to be. I’d love to see Trump impose tariffs on all other countries who lack the public banking option. THAT would truly be a final nail in the coffin for the central bankers and make it impossible for them to ever be resurrected.
It's going to be sooo much fun once we are all allowed out of our checking account playpens. :) Really Trump already took over the Fed and brought it under the Treasury years ago - that's when I realized what was really happening, because after so many years I had been throughly black-pilled about the all powerful central banks.
When I found out that he had done that, I was floored. I knew that never in a million years would the cabal have allowed such a thing to happen unless they had lost their power. It's just taken a long time to get the people ready for it. It's frustrating to wait, but I keep reminding myself that it's truly a miracle that it's happening at all!
You’re exactly right. The cabal lost most of their power in the first year of Trump’s first term. They’ve been mostly reacting ever since.
Do you remember the big scandal about the repatriation of the 400 tons of German gold that the FED supposedly was holding safely in NY for them and the German government requested back…
The serial numbers of the bars didn’t match and after some of the first shipments back to Germany, they tested the bars and found out that they were just Tungsten plated with gold. Obviously the FED didn’t have the original bars, secondly they even didn’t have enough gold most likely because they had already leased to someone else. I think in a very short period of time we will found out that Bernie Madoff was a baby boy compared to the FED.
YES, I do remember! That's when I learned what tungsten even was, that it had the same weight as gold. God knows where the real gold went, but I guarantee it didn't just go *poof*. Somebody got it. Probably sitting in the Vatican. Maybe that was part of those 650 planeloads they were talking about. :)
(My ears perked up when I saw this, lol)
https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1687290102907555840?mx=2
Have you seen this today
https://youtu.be/-7uf4Yx6kAU
I watched this but I was not sure how it would affect the economy. I know they have all the evidence for election fraud and much much more. President Trump told us so as he was leaving dc at the last day of his first term. I agree. Things were too hostile for Trump to step back in. Shoot, my own mother thought he colluded with Russia until two years ago! So much happening. Trying to stay present and prepared
I think that’s where it is too. So Sara, why do you think Trump wants to audit Fort Knox and do you think we have fake gold there? It’s been about 70 years since an audit was done and I am not certain if that was even complete. In the 70s there was a show and tell and nothing was even tested or the serial number verified and you probably know all of this anyway, but what effect would that have on our financial situation? I’ve heard several different reports from the global economy would crash and on and on. I’m sure you can tell I’m just trying to understand how all of this works and would you buy silver at the current price? Gold is too expensive for us. Economic shortfalls with Biden economy.
Thanks
Hi Deborah, first and foremost the best thing to understand is that we are witnessing a wake-up operation. ALL of this was accounted for years ago, Trump and the white hats already know not only what's in Fort Knox, but how this entire financial revolution is going to go down. They have to prep us so that ordinary people will understand it. Trump says all kinds of stuff, but I do not for a minute believe they will allow the American people to be devastated financially. They know that the vast majority of us do not own gold, cannot afford gold, or Bitcoin. Most cannot even come up with the money for a car repair. And, it is almost impossible to separate the signal from the noise right now.
I personally do believe that both gold and silver are a very good idea for anyone to hold. As I said above, the prices of metals reflect the loss of value in the dollar, so buying metals helps you keep from losing that value. (Always hold it physically, take possession of it.)
All that being said, the times we are living in are unprecedented. We have never been here before. Things are NOT going to be happening the "Zombie Apocalypse" way most of us gold bugs thought. Our future is so much brighter than I ever anticipated, and I do not believe that anyone need fear it. Buy some silver that you can afford, but be at ease even if you cannot. In the end, the wealth that Trump is creating for our country will be shared by each of us.
Amen!
Thank you Sarah. I’m not worried about what President Trump is doing. I recognized long ago that we have been at war in our own country and the 2020 election was stolen. I’ve read more the past few years and gone down some pretty dark rabbit holes which I believe have led to an understanding of what he’s trying to accomplish.
I knew Biden was going to be awful, but he was so much worse than I had expected, however, I also believe that President Trump put forth some excellent EO and I believe too that he does have all the evidence to expose the corruption.
It’s been a hard five years. Covid and Biden’s economy led to lost wages in my husband’s employment. He’s a welder by trade and has been with the same company for 21 years. We aren’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination but we are not in a complete financial crisis unlike so many of our peers across our country. Any expenditure has had to be need and not a want, so since I’m not savvy enough to understand bitcoin, I knew we sure could not afford that and Gold, well that’s up there with bitcoin prices for us. Silver would be something we could afford in small amounts. We aren’t looking to become rich, but comfortable enough to enjoy life pre- Biden. So your response was greatly appreciated and I thank you for your kind and encouraging words.
Warm regards and let’s watch this storm that’s about to hit Washington together, shall we? 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
Absolutely, glad to be here with you!
Also interestingly, metals are down a bit right now too. :)
Sarah, I can see that you have been into this for a long time. No one in a thousand people could understand that.
Or maybe you are German…
LOL Yes, since about 2004. Interestingly, half my heritage is Swiss German! 😆
I do agree a hundred percent with you.
I think that is the reason why Trump wants to go with Dr. Judy Shelton idea.
I do think he got that gold back.
I've decided to hold on to Nvidia stocks. Trump's moves with Taiwan increases Nvidea's market On March 3, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a significant agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest chip manufacturer. The key points of this agreement are:
1. Investment: TSMC plans to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years[3][4]. This is in addition to the previously announced $65 billion investment, bringing the total to $165 billion[10].
2. New Facilities: The investment will fund the construction of five new fabrication facilities in Arizona, including three chip manufacturing plants and two packaging facilities[10].
3. Advanced Technology: TSMC will bring its cutting-edge semiconductor technologies to its facilities in Arizona[3].
This agreement affects Nvidia in several ways:
1. Supply Chain Security: As one of TSMC's largest customers, Nvidia stands to benefit from a more secure and localized supply chain for its chips[5].
2. Potential Tariff Mitigation: With TSMC expanding its U.S. presence, Nvidia may be able to mitigate potential tariff risks in the long term[8].
3. Manufacturing Capacity: Nvidia has secured over 70% of TSMC's advanced chip packaging capacity for 2025, indicating strong demand for its next-generation Blackwell AI chips[6].
4. Market Volatility: Despite the positive long-term outlook, Nvidia's stock experienced volatility due to Trump's tariff threats and the broader market reaction to the TSMC deal[5][8].
5. Competitive Landscape: The increased U.S. presence in advanced chip manufacturing could potentially impact Nvidia's competitive position, as it may face new challenges in maintaining its technological lead[9].
It's important to note that while the TSMC deal is significant, Trump has also threatened to impose tariffs on Taiwanese chips and has considered terminating the CHIPS Act[11]. These potential actions create uncertainty for companies like Nvidia that rely heavily on TSMC's manufacturing capabilities.
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-has-trump-said-about-nvid-RFzMcrcWQTq2asSepYDuWA#1
I applaud you for doing your research and being in control of your finances.
That’s the biggest thing I’m trying to encourage people to do.
Blessings friend.
I can see your logic, and I think there might be many opportunities along the way, as long as we do our research about what's really happening. Trump says a lot of things so it's important to watch and see what he actually does. Personally I'm not much invested in the stock market, other than his DJT stock (originally DWAC, now TMTG) simply because I believe in him and where he is taking us. To each our own, and good luck to you!
A Joe Lange article…. Day made!!!
Thank you Kevin.
I do appreciate you!
I’ve been subconsciously been waiting for this news for a long time! Maybe since I had an inkling in 2021 and made some very drastic changes to my 401k. Thank you for this info packed article with receipts, graphs, and video to put that icing on the proverbial cake 🎂! It gives me hope as I drag myself to a job I hate more every day. Happy Sunday Joe!
Most of us work because we have to, not because we want to.
Much better times are ahead my friend!
It has been a long long time waiting for all stackers.
It brakes my heart that the writer of many of those articles is gone from this world.
Silver Sicker was literally the hard and patient work of Ted Buttler, unfortunately he lost his health battle.
He made many like me aware of this and painfully waiting for this soon coming day.
10 to one ratio is the GODs ratio.
Gold is $2900 so silver should be at least $290 but as many others like Egon von Greyerz and his partner Mathew Piepenburg has been telling us, the price is a lot more than $3000. Nomi Prins just said that gold price has to be at least $2000 more than it is today. In his book The New Case for Gold James Ricards describes step by step with accuracy where we are today and most likely where we are going to end with this.
Thanks Joe for another great article and as Andrew McGuire says, how much physical do you own?
James Rickards is a great follow!
Joe, again, THANK YOU for all you are doing. Your work is put in a format that makes it easier to understand. I remember reading your SS referenced here. They were so helpful back then, too. Hard to believe they were from 2 years ago.
I almost included my old Substack article on this subject and I probably should have.
Blessings Leigh, I appreciate you friend.
M “Ag” A With ya’ brother!
Blessings Michael!!👊🏼👊🏼
Hope you’ve backed up the truck as far as I have.
I wish I could even more, but this house build is proving to be quite challenging.
I unfortunately lost all mine in a boating accident years ago. 😉
I only need a small shopping cart for mine but good for you! I’ll be purchasing more this week 🔗🔐◻️
Sounds like a Hunt brothers redox.
Well so much for my nap. Wow - not a big financial mind here but I understood this. Thank you again for helping us. I rest on James 5 scripture. Go to ye rich men...
Blessings my friend! I wish I could nap! I can barely sleep, my brain is always racing.
Mine too Joe. It’s from Substack overload! 😆
😆😆
Buying physical silver or the miners is like buying dollars for pennies.
At 87 to one in the Gold Silver ratio of today, is like buying gold ounces at $500.
Thanks for this one , Joe. I've been buying small amounts of silver for about four years or so. I'm in England, but a Global financial crisis throws a blanket over all of us! The argument you present here, is much the same argument that provoked the REDDIT crowd to buy silver, back in 2019-ish? It has always seemed very odd to me that people can invest, pay money, but just rely on a piece of paper as confirmation that they have a part of this or that commodity or business. I'm gratified, and feel supported by this article, which is telling me that the one investment market decision I made in my entire life could, or is about to be justified! Come on!
Buying an ETF of any kind, including silver or gold, is just paper.
When push comes to shove in a financial crisis, the shareholder is going to be the last one who gets possession of the metal.
I witnessed something like this firsthand with a friend of mine.
He was high risk and was trading an oil ETF that was 3times the value.
If you’re right, you can make a lot of money fast. I warned him about the risk but he didn’t listen because he had made fast money with it a few times.
But one time he bought and it dropped. He was down a lot really fast, but instead of cutting his losses, he talked himself into just riding it out because “the price of oil will come back again.”
But it didn’t. It kept dropping and he was down almost half his money.
Then a nightmare scenario happened that was completely unpredictable.
This was back in Trump’s first term when Saudi Arabia suddenly announced back in 2020 that they were cutting the oil prices to the US, Europe and Asia by as much as $7 a barrel.
That tanked the stock market and crashed the oil price down to around $34 a barrel.
My friend’s 3times leveraged oil stock collapsed as panic selling commenced and trading kept getting halted.
He couldn’t even sell and lost almost everything.
It was a tough thing to witness a friend go through.
I don’t trust any ETF because it’s paper trades and most of it is leveraged, which means risk is higher.
As for silver, I own physical and trade the miners because they go up when the prices of the metals do and often at multiples much greater than the metal.
Blessings my friend and hang in there.
Trump is going to make the world great again. It won’t be easy, but it’s coming.
Seriously it’s been a quiet Sunday and I was getting bored lol
I hope this gives you something to think about my friend!
Love it Joe. I know the fiat slave system has to be ended. The sooner the better!
Trump 2.0 is so much fun 😁
God Wins!
God Bless!!!
Blessings Joe!
It is unbelievable how fast things are moving. It feels like Trump has been in office for a year, not a month!😁😁
He has done in four weeks, what the last 10 presidents did together.
GOD Bless America and the world.
💯💯
Deep, Joe. Can see why you were so busy! And now I have to read it again, make sure I get (at least) the meat of it lol. Great job, as always! Thanks, Joe!
Blessings Phil! So much happening. I can’t keep up with it all!😁😁
I’m with ya! I always listen and/or read, usually both, Joe’s articles 2-3 times, then save them, to really take in and retain (I’m 67 today so it gets more difficult by the day!!!! 🙃) all the incredibly well researched, informative, beautifully written/cogent articles Joe puts out! You are my number one Joe Lange!!!! Thank you!
Haha 75 here. Best part is that I have no doubt I’m “escaping” before I really need to figure this crypto stuff out. Just way too much work…..
I’m no expert on crypto either Phil but I believe it’s an important part of the plan in order to create a system that is transparent and honest to prevent all the corruption and give the power back to the people.
It makes things easily audited and prevents crooks from hiding things.
Agree totally, at least I understand that much! You’ve referenced blockchain several times. Gotta study up on that, at least.
Thank you very much for those kind words KC! That is very encouraging and much appreciated!
Joe, Been tracking this.. and following your reports related to metals, mining and shady banking practices. I see the squeeze coming as well and I certainly hope the result is as you postulate. I can’t stop thinking about the post offices being the new banks. This was a fun report and read beautifully by my buddy Patrick. Love you both.
Someone actually sent me something last week on Trump saying he was going to make the Post Office great again.
More signal.
The “public option” in banking will change everything.
Private banks would have to compete with public banks/possibly PO’s that would charge little to no fees for everything. And the people’s money would be kept safe.
Great read, Joe while waiting for Daytona to pick up from rain delay! Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸🤍
Trump at Daytona was so awesome!! The Beast flying around the track is one of the greatest things ever!!
Joe, as usual very informative AND entertaining. I’ve been a gold bug for years and love the way things are playing out. Been thinking about silver lately and I think you just convinced me that it’s time. Is there any other way to capitalize on silver without holding/storing the physical?
I myself like buying mining stocks. That’s mostly what I’ve done for years.
But that’s just me.
Sprot is physically holding of silver.
PSLV
As usual, an excellent read and very timely. Validated decisions made in 2022. Thanks again Joe
I do appreciate you my friend!
Very exciting assessment, Joe, and your batting average has always been good. I suspect you might be exactly right after reading how the price of silver has been manipulated and the leasing part that I’ve never heard of. My husband is way more interested in the financial aspect. It’s easy to me to see by using the leasing option they’re certainly in a vulnerable position. It was another way to dupe us like the fractional banking market.
Thank you for the education on this! I will pay more attention from this point. It is very obvious that Trump will not do anything to diminish national sovereignty., so this might be the move leading directly to the destruction of the central banks. That’s a good thing for nations. Very interesting post! God bless you, Joe.🙏
Thank you ALtab!
These are interesting times and so much is happening at the same time. I’m trying to find the signals that are important to watch that may be catalysts for big changes.
It seems everything is racing towards a coming conclusion.
Things are moving so fast!
Thank you very much, Joe, for this excellent article
Question for you, maybe as a suggested topic for a future post:
Why would BoA or any bank place such huge bets on short selling metals? What do they have to gain from this? Why do they see it as a winning bet? Wouldn't it be more profitable and less risky for the bank to make some other kind of investment?
Thanks.
You have to remember that gold and silver have been manipulated for many generations.
I think BOA thought they could make a fast profit which helps their books and profitability.
I think they fully expected the gold and silver prices to continue to be suppressed by JPM and they could buy the silver back from the ETF at a lower price than they sold it and pocket the profit.
The problem is, I don’t think they expected the Basel III regulation changed where gold was once again made a tier one asset. That triggered massive purchases of gold by central banks around the world which drove up the price big time.
They were instantly in the hole and hoping at some point that silver would get hammered lower again.
It hasn’t happened, which means there are some banks who are losing billions.
How much longer can they hold out?
Not much longer if that silver price hits $36 in my opinion.
They are not banks, they are casinos.
The daily gains are incredible and irresistible for them…until it goes wrong.
We are about to witness just that.