Good as Gold — Sound Money in a Loud Metals Market

Gold and silver have been anything but calm lately—surging, crashing, and frequently reacting to margin changes and headlines. In this episode, Mike and Taylor cover Judy Shelton's book Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money and unpack why that volatility isn’t a failure of metals, but a signal of a monetary system without an anchor. They explore the difference between gold as money and gold as a trade, why silver gets pulled in every direction at once, and how discretionary policy turns prices into pressure gauges. The takeaway: the noise in today’s markets isn’t random—it’s what happens when the measuring stick won’t sit still.