A lot of countries are bringing their gold home. What's behind this gold repatriation movement? 

In this episode of the Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey takes a deep dive into the gold repatriation trend, explaining the motivations behind it and some of the potential ramifications.

In this episode, Mike also discusses platinum's phenomenal performance during the first half of the year.  

This week we have an interview involving Money Metals' own Jp Cortez, who appeared on the popular VRIC Media YouTube channel this week. Jp gives the latest on Money Metals' efforts to promote sound money reforms across America – but he also has some warnings.  

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You demanded answers! We will not disappoint!

Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast host Mike Maharrey is on vacation this week, so he pre-recorded an episode where he answers listener-submitted questions. He tackles subjects from whether or not he thinks the gold is still in Fr. Knox to how fractional reserve banking increases inflation.

Coming up in a moment, we have an informative interview with Jordan Roy Byrne, a technical analyst and editor of the Daily Gold Newsletter. Author of a new book on the precious metals markets, Jordan has a lot to say about the forces at work in the gold market right now...

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Some decisions are hard. Some decisions are easy. 

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, Mike Maharrey talks about one of each.

Should the Fed cut or raise interest rates? That's a hard decision, and the June CPI didn't give much clarity. Mike breaks down the report and examines various ways to interpret it. 

Should you have silver? That decision seems like a no-brainer given the fundamental and technical dynamics, as Mike explains. 

Don’t miss this exclusive interview with Joe Cavatoni of the World Gold Council. Joe is a market strategist with over 30 years of financial services experience and reveals how the investment world has been waking up to and embracing gold over the last several years and the shift that has taken place when it comes to the view and the acceptance of the yellow metal throughout the Western world specifically. 

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Should the Federal Reserve cut interest rates or hold them steady?

The debate is raging with plausible arguments on both sides, but Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast host Mike Maharrey thinks we're debating the wrong question. 

In this episode, Mike argues that the real question is why we let central planners control interest rates in the first place. He explains the role of interest rates in the economy and how politicians and central bankers have distorted the entire system to our detriment. 

Of course, central planners are going to centrally plan, so Mike explains how we can navigate things in the world as it exists. 

Coming up don’t miss a wonderful interview with Larry Reed, President Emeritus at the Foundation for Economic Education or FEE. Larry is a terrific historian and the author of several books and shares with us some fascinating history on the origins of sound money in this country.

The dollar is garbage!

This may sound like an overstatement, but the dollar index fell by over 10 percent through the first half of 2025, the sharpest decline since 1973. 

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek memo, host Mike Maharrey explains why he thinks the dollar is "garbage," or "unattractive as Swiss investment bank UBS analysts put it. He highlights some of the reasons for de-dollarization and explains what's replacing the greenback. He also explains the practical impact of dollar devaluation. 

Coming up in a moment, we have an exclusive interview with Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter and the CEO of the renowned New Orleans Investment Conference. Money Metals’ Mike Maharrey and Brien dissect how the market often has a tendency to latch onto the latest narrative.