Most gold investors have the right idea — but the wrong strategy.

In this episode, Keith Weiner breaks down the hidden “gold trap” that keeps even the smartest investors stuck in the dollar system they’re trying to escape. He explains why gold isn’t really “going up,” why selling it for dollars is a losing move, and how the entire monetary system is quietly sinking beneath us.

From the “sinking dollar ship” analogy to the concept of putting your gold to work, Keith reveals how to turn a stagnant asset into a source of real, productive yield — without ever selling it.

If you believe in gold, but you’re still thinking in dollars, this episode will challenge everything you thought you knew about money, value, and what it truly means to build lasting wealth.

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The dollar hasn’t just declined — it’s collapsed in slow motion. According to Keith Weiner, it’s lost over 99% of its value since 1913. But most people don’t notice, because they’re looking at gold charts the wrong way. In this episode, Keith breaks down why gold isn’t going up — the dollar is going down. We explore the deeper signals that gold is revealing, what the recent breakout really means, and how a quiet, long-term repricing of trust is unfolding in real time. We also dig into why silver still matters, how the monetary system actually works under the surface, and what comes next for those still holding their wealth in paper. If you're trying to understand what $4,000 gold actually means — and why this shift is more structural than speculative — this is a conversation you can’t afford to miss.

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Tavi Costa joins the podcast to discuss his views on the secular bull market in gold and the reason he is structurally bearish on the dollar. We discuss interest rate differentials, how central bank reserves are shifting, and the significance of US monetary and fiscal problems.

Last week the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which was recently valued at $32 billion, imploded. While the tragedy continues to play out, let’s summarize what has happened so far and what we can understand about the underlying economics.

Lobo Tiggre joins Ben and Keith LIVE in New Orleans for a special edition of the Gold Exchange podcast. Lobo is the founder and CEO of Louis James LLC, and the principal analyst and editor of IndependentSpeculator.com. Lobo breaks down why the tech sector will be hit hard by the "banana", why the inevitable does not mean the imminent, and what a changing dollar price will do to commodities. This episode is jam packed with thought provoking discussion, breaking news, and expert predictions, so do not miss it!

In the last installment of our Zombie Month series, we welcome James Dow and Glen Whitman onto the Gold Exchange Podcast. James and Glen are professors of finance and economics at CSUN. James and Glen discuss the Economics of the Undead. What should you pack for the zombie apocalypse? Are vampires the best immortal investors? What would be money in a zombie pandemic? Listen to Ben, Keith, James, and Glen get into everything from zombie insurance to undead investing.

In this latest installment of our Zombie Month series, we welcome Daniel Lacalle onto the Gold Exchange Podcast. Daniel is an economist, fund manager and professor of Global Economics. Daniel discusses the recent fallout in the UK, the pressures building up in the global economy, and the central banks' creation of zombie firms. Listen to Ben, Keith and Daniel get into everything from quantitative easing to zombie slaying.

Comedian, commentator, and author Dominic Frisby joins Ben and Keith LIVE in New Orleans for a special edition of the Gold Exchange podcast. Dominic untangles the mess that's happening in the UK including the movements in the pound and gilt markets as well as their latest tax and energy policies. With Liz Truss stepping down today as the UK's Prime Minister, you'll want to listen in to what Dominic has to say.

In our latest Zombie Month episode, we welcome Jim Brown, a Monetary Metals Board Member, onto the Gold Exchange Podcast. "Hard Money" Jim dissects the increasing zombification of the economy, financial repression, and the unprecedented moves taken by Central Banks around the world. This episode was filmed LIVE at the New Orleans Investment Conference! Listen to Ben, Keith and Jim break it all down from the latest interest rate hikes, how they will impact the zombie hoards, and everything in between. Follow Jim on Twitter @HardMoneyJim

Zombie researcher Maximilian Göbel joins Keith and Ben on the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the scariest creatures the Fed has created, ZOMBIES! Will hordes of zombie corporations take over our economy? How serious of a threat are zombies? Are zombies increasing or decreasing? What IS a zombie corporation? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more for the first installment of Monetary Metals Zombie Month, all this October!

Brien Lundin joins Keith and Dickson on the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the storied history of the New Orleans Investment Conference, the inside scoop on past and future speakers, and how investors should think about gold in today's Fed-controlled credit environment.

Dan Oliver of Myrmikan Capital joins Keith and Dickson on the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the history of credit bubbles, the inevitability of central bank failings, and what history can tell us about the current Fed's trajectory.

Tavi Costa of Crescat Capital joins Keith and Dickson on the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the current state of the market, investing in good times and bad, and what future indicators to watch.

Earn a yield on gold, paid in gold: https://buff.ly/oF5QwQV Washington’s 39% gold tariff threat sent shockwaves through the market — but not in the way most people think. Monetary Metals CEO Keith Weiner breaks down what really happened, why gold prices barely moved, and why the hidden story is in the spreads. Discover how a single ruling nearly froze a major trade route, disrupted market internals, and revealed the unseen risks in the gold market.

Jp Cortez of the Sound Money Defense League joins Keith and Ben on the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about problems with central planning, the morality of sound money, which states are topping the Sound Money Index and why, and what you can do to support grass roots initiatives in the fight for sound money.

Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital joins the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the Dollar Milkshake Theory, how and why everyone should own gold, and what the perversity of the dollar system means for the rest of the worlds currencies.

Every week Merrill Lynch publishes a Capital Market Outlook Letter. The letters provide market commentary, research and analysis, and the occasional investment idea. Merrill Lynch (together with parent Bank of America) is the third largest brokerage firm, managing over $3 Trillion in client assets. When a firm of that size speaks up, you should listen.

Jim Forsythe of Citizens for Sound Money joins the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about how we can opt-out of dollars and get on the path back to sound money sanity. Keith and Jim discuss the systematic failure of public schooling, Bitcoin, what makes a better monetary system and how to get there, and the different ways to make gold and silver more accessible to more people.

​Paul Belanger joins the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about his gold analysis, why the Random Walk Hypothesis and Monte Carlo analysis are wrong and how much gold is the "right amount" to have in an investment portfolio. Keith and Paul also discuss inflation and the 1970's, the problems with data science, back tested models, and the failures of the mainstream financial consensus.

We welcome Travis Kimmel, AKA the Dollar Fatalist, the Wizard of Web1, the Crusher of Cryptocurrency dreams, and our favorite moniker, the illustrious BearLord, onto the Gold Exchange Podcast! Travis joins Keith to talk about Bitcoin acolytes' underlying Marxist philosophy, interest rate hikes, balance sheets, and so much more. Listen in to hear what the famous BearLord thinks about whether a recession cometh, and why it's insanity to hike rates in this market. This is a must-see episode! Follow Travis (AKA BearLord) on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/coloradotravis

In this episode, Monetary Metals' CEO Keith Weiner interviews President of United Precious Metals Association (UPMA) Larry Hilton. Larry was instrumental in passing various legal tender laws across the country. Together with UPMA, he is working on getting sound money to become a viable and profitable alternative to continuously debased fiat money.

Welcome to the third installment of our Ask Keith Anything video series. We published the call for questions far and wide to our readership, and the response was overwhelming! We received questions from all over the world. Now we've published the results! Keith answers your questions on Bitcoin, bottlenecks, banking, book recommendations, the gold and silver markets and so much more! Be sure to check out the show notes for a literal goldmine of information: https://monetary-metals.com/ask-keith-anything-part-iii/ Make sure to subscribe to our channel! You can learn more about our company at monetary-metals.com

Welcome to the second installment of our Ask Keith Anything video series. We published the call for questions far and wide to our readership, and the response was overwhelming! We received questions from all over the world. Now we've published the results! Keith answers your questions on the Federal Reserve, Lord of The Rings, gold calculations, steak cuts and a lot more! Be sure to check out the show notes for a literal goldmine of information: https://monetary-metals.com/ask-keith-anything-part-ii/ Make sure to subscribe and stay tuned for Parts III coming soon!

In the world of trends, history repeats more than it rhymes. Things which were considered “in” decades ago, reemerge as cool again decades later. From mom jeans to vinyl records and even Marxist ideology. The spotlight of today turns to things—both good and bad—once forgotten. Inflation is the latest trend to reemerge.

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Gene Epstein, founder of the Soho Forum and former economics editor at Barron’s, joins to discuss the intense intellectual battles shaping the future of economics. Gene dives deep into the challenges of hosting debates with some of the most prominent figures in the libertarian and progressive spheres. From the complexities of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) to the flaws of socialism versus capitalism, Gene shares his thoughts on how these ideas continue to evolve and impact our world. This episode explores the ideological struggles, the intricacies of high-stakes debates, and the principles that drive Gene's unwavering commitment to free market principles.

Welcome to the first installment of our Ask Keith Anything video series. We published the call for questions far and wide to our readership, and the response was overwhelming! We received questions from all over the world. Now we've published the results! Keith answers your questions on gold, inflation, Lord of The Rings, Russia and a lot more! Be sure to check out the show notes for a literal goldmine of information. And stay tuned for Parts II and III coming soon!

In this episode of the Gold Exchange Podcast CEO of Monetary Metals Keith Weiner interview President of Money Metals Exchange Stefan Gleason. Stefan is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Stefan has worked for National Right to Work and is now the Director of the Sound Money Defense League. In the episode Keith and Stefan discuss: -Repealing state and federal gold and silver taxes -Forced unionization and worker's rights -Grassroots activism -The Sound Money Index -Making sound money profitable

Last week we published our Gold Outlook 2022 Report, our annual analysis of the gold and silver markets from CEO Keith Weiner. In it, Keith explains the market players, dynamics, fallacies, and drivers for gold and silver. The report also includes analysis of Bitcoin and its effect on the gold market as well as inflation, interest rates and other macroeconomic factors. Last but not least, we give our price predictions for gold and silver for the year. In this week’s episode of the podcast, we focus on just a few concepts from the article: -The price of gold and silver in the future and why it matters -Bitcoin  - is it a safe haven asset and store of value? -Interest rate hikes and the Fed's predicament -How Covid-19 has changed the incentives for gold and silver

CEO of Monetary Metals Keith Weiner interviews Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University Per Bylund on regulation, entrepreneurship and more. Dr. Bylund has published research in top journals on both entrepreneurship and management. He has also published in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Review of Austrian Economics. He has founded four business startups and writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur magazine. Per and Keith discuss: -The definition of entrepreneurship, innovation and invention -Investing, Venture Capital and Startups -Path Dependency and First Movers -Henry Ford and the Model T vs the Horse and Carriage -Disruptive Schumpeterian Innovation and Uber -How companies pay workers and the living wage -How socialists misunderstand production and value creation

This week’s episode of the Gold Exchange Podcast, Keith Weiner interviews independent precious metals advisor Claudio Grass. Claudio explains his sound money origin story and how the rest of the world understands gold vs Americans' understanding. The wide ranging conversation spans everything from history, to covid lockdowns, to how societies change, to our relationship to money and even political principles and philosophy.

This week’s episode of the Gold Exchange Podcast explores the topic of Central Banks, most notably the US Federal Reserve. Monetary Metals’ CEO Keith Weiner explores why the Fed was created and what deleterious effects it has on our economy including inflation, boom bust cycles and monetary debasement in this recorded talk given to investment bankers.

This week’s episode of the Gold Exchange Podcast explores the idea of profits, and why it matters how you get them. Much of the financial world has confused the idea of profit with price appreciation. Or as we like to say, they confuse investment with speculation. Investment is deploying capital productively in a business for a yield. Speculation is betting one's capital on an asset price rising. There's a reason why this confusion exists. Central Banks have manipulated and distorted the most important market on planet earth - the market for money and credit. Interest rates are unhinged, and have been falling for over four decades. This has created an investment environment where more and more activity is speculative, and less and less is real investment. While both actions may produce a "profit" there is a significant difference. The results of one build civilization. The results of the other, tear it down.

The history of the Nixon Shock doesn't begin in 1971, it goes all the way back to 1792. As Keith wrote about in his article, Nixon's decision to close the gold window was the culmination of a long history of bad decisions. Decisions where government repeatedly and wrongly interfered in matters of money and credit, where each subsequent decision compounded the ill-effects of the previous one. In other words, the Nixon Shock is the not-so-grand-finale of a long and checkered history of the federal government messing with people's money.

Can there be innovation in physical gold? Absolutely! In our increasingly digital reality, innovation in the material world may seem a bit passé, but not to Dr. Adam Trexler, founder and President of Valaurum. Valaurum produces the Aurum® - the smallest verifiable unit of gold for investment available on the market today. Adam joined Keith and John for an invigorating discussion on what the future of gold is going to look like. "We're at the tip of the iceberg in terms of mainstream gold investment in the United States." That was how Adam began his thoughts on the state of gold today. Keith and Adam take a deep dive into all things gold - what makes gold money and the obstacles that stand in its way, the different forms and functions of gold, legal tender laws, and how we're rediscovering the foundational economic truths about gold and money in new and exciting ways. We were delighted to welcome Adam as our first guest on the Gold Exchange Podcast and we hope you enjoy their conversation!

It’s the proverbial elephant in the room. Everybody knows it’s there, but nobody wants to talk about it. When it is discussed (which is rare), it’s brushed aside, made to look like it’s under control, or kicked a bit further down the road. Meanwhile, it just keeps growing. Those that do see it as a problem tend to misdiagnose its cause, which assures their proposed remedies will miss the mark. We’re talking of course about the national debt. Now, as if it were a last-ditch, throw-your-hands-up-in-exasperation kind of attempt, there’s been talk of simply “resetting” the debt. We are reminded of Boromir at the outset of the Fellowship: “One does not simply reset the debt…”

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In this hard-hitting episode of the Gold Exchange podcast, Daniel Lacalle—Chief Economist at Tressis—exposes the fault lines in today’s global economy. He explains why mimicking U.S. policy is a trap for the rest of the world, why the 60/40 portfolio is no longer viable, and how China’s rise is reshaping the rules for economic superpowers. Lacalle offers a no-nonsense outlook on inflation, monetary policy, and reserve currencies—and where gold fits as this new economic era unfolds. Investors looking for clarity won’t want to miss this conversation.

The precious metals blogosphere has been lit up with the #silversqueeze story. Building on the momentum of the Reddit-born retail trade warriors made famous by squeezing the shorts in GameStop, a Wall Street Silver channel was created. And silver became the next main "squeeze"... if you will. This all started in late January, and for a moment, it looked like it had some legs. It was getting national press coverage, but eventually fizzled out due to the price losing momentum and reversing direction. Nonetheless, a group maintains the silver squeeze isn't over. Rather, it's only just beginning with another "squeeze" attempted earlier this month. This time feels different, with allegations and accusations being leveled at notable precious metals companies, not just the big banks. What's going on? As always, Keith provides some answers in this latest episode.

Keith presented his Theory of Interest and Prices at the Mises' Austrian Economics Research Conference earlier this year. Described as one of the most interesting talks of the entire event, this episode includes his fifteen-minute presentation as well as some follow-up thoughts by Keith himself at the end.

Back in February we published Gold Outlook 2021, our annual analysis of the gold and silver markets from CEO Keith Weiner. In it, Keith explained the market players, dynamics, fallacies, and drivers. He also made a call on gold and silver prices for the year.

Our recent article on Fedcoin - a digital currency being considered by the Federal Reserve - revealed the sinister and pernicious reasons behind such a move. This week's episode of The Gold Exchange Podcast explores the topic further.

In a prior episode, John Flaherty and CEO Keith Weiner discussed the intricacies of inflation, its definition, and the monetary and nonmonetary forces at play. This time, they go a little deeper.

There's been a lot of talk of inflation lately, with predictions in the media running from one extreme to the other. Most folks define inflation simply as "rising prices." But as John Flaherty and CEO Keith Weiner discuss in this week's episode, it's just not that simple. There are a number of intricacies to be aware of if you want to understand what's really going on.

Our prior episode on "money printing" veered into fractional reserve banking at a few points, so this week John Flaherty and Monetary Metals CEO Keith Weiner dive into that topic.

The phrase "money printing" conjures images of a giant printing press spitting out sheets of hundred dollar bills somewhere in the basement of the Fed. But is that what's *actually* happening lately? Absolutely not. Join John Flaherty and Monetary Metals CEO Keith Weiner for a conversation that will likely make you say "WOW!" or "Whaaat?" or maybe even "Oh, NOW I get it..."

Most people think in terms of purchasing power: how much can one’s cash buy? In this week's episode, CEO Keith Weiner & John Flaherty discuss an alternate perspective. Instead of spending your capital, what if you invested it to earn a return? What can that return buy?

Is there common ground the among proponents of gold and bitcoin? John Flaherty and CEO Keith Weiner take on that question in this episode.

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In this episode, Axel Merk—renowned macro investor and founder of Merk Investments which manages over $2 billion in assets—joins us to break down the economic fault lines shaking today’s markets. From exploding U.S. debt and central bank missteps to the enduring power of gold, Axel gives an unfiltered look at what’s really driving inflation, interest rates, and global market dislocation. If you're serious about understanding the macro trends shaping your wealth, this is a conversation you can't afford to miss.

This week's episode is the result of many questions submitted by listeners. Such as: Should I invest in silver or gold? What are the main things I need to consider? Can you help me understand what the Fed is doing? Does it make sense to borrow in order to invest in precious metals?

Our current financial environment with massive, growing debt and an irredeemable currency has many investors asking if that debt can ever be paid off. Is it even possible to close this chapter and move on to an honest monetary system?

In episode 6, we introduced the distinction between money and fiat currency, discussing what gives the dollar – or any fiat currency – its value. Now, we continue that conversation discussing additional characteristics of money, and illustrate how a false definition of money can lead to a corrupt state that wields blank checks.