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Gold Vs An Erupting Financial Volcano Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Below, we look soberly at the historical case of gold in the backdrop of current headlines and a global financial system nearing an eruption moment.  Although the catalysts of oil, war, bond dysfunction, and bloated stocks may seem modern and unique, the current case for gold is as timeless and constant as nature itself. Volcanic Parallels… In May of 1980, David Alexander Johnston, a volcanologist for the United States Geological Survey, was manning an observation post 10 kilometers from the percolating volcano...

Lithuania To Lift Ban On Nuclear Weapons, Following Finland First it was Finland which lifted its ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons, declaring its willingness to host NATO's arsenal (which is largely provided by the US), and now Lithuania has become the latest European country to move to do the same. Lithuania, which has been a NATO member state since 2004, has newly declared its willingness to be part of the alliance's nuclear sharing program. "We would like to be the integral part of this nuclear deterrence," Lithuanian President Gitanas...

Alarming Supply-Chain Stress Sends Transport Cost Soaring, Fueling Inflation Fears Nearly three weeks ago, UBS analyst Pierre Lafourcade reactivated his desk's supply-chain watch coverage after stress across global supply chains was "rising at its fastest pace since the early pandemic." That warning is now increasingly getting louder by the week, with ongoing disruptions around the Hormuz chokepoint and the resulting energy supply shock, pushing up input, freight, and other logistics costs across the global economy. Weeks after Lafourcade's warning, which can be read here, the May 2026 Logistics Managers' Index Report...