$GLD
4 long-form articles and 3 pre-market mentions covering $GLD from AskMelon Research.
The Vigilantes
For fifteen years the market learned a single lesson so thoroughly that it became an article of faith: that the United States can borrow without limit, that its deficits do not matter, that the world …
Five Thousand
Gold crossed five thousand dollars an ounce this year and kept going, to an all-time high near $5,589 — the first time in history the metal has been more expensive, adjusted for inflation, than it was…
The Hundred-Trillion-Dollar Note That Bought Lunch
A meditation on Zimbabwe's 2008 hyperinflation, the eighty-nine-sextillion-percent annual rate, and the slow rebuild of monetary credibility through serial currency resets.
The Milkshake the United States Drinks Through Everyone Else's Straw
A meditation on Brent Johnson's 2018 dollar thesis, the cascading dollar shortage that has materialized across emerging markets, and the structural advantage of holding the world's reserve currency du…
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Your Saturday morning market coffee. The week the indexes closed at fresh highs while every "beat" got sold and oil ripped 17% — three things happened, none of them quiet.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Tim Cook exits Apple. Vance flies to Islamabad. Defense earnings before the bell. Retail Sales at 8:30. And the ceasefire expires tomorrow night. It's all happening at once.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner are wheels-up to Islamabad. The ceasefire expires Wednesday. Iran says it's impossible to pass the strait. Oil is surging again. Whatever happens this week will define the …