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Gold and silver are signaling that the end game is approaching.

For decades, central banks have “papered over” the decline in living standards (falling real incomes relative to increased costs of living) with easy credit/ money printing. This scheme only worked because throughout that period, the bond market was in a super cycle bull market that resulted in yields falling steadily, allowing governments to issue gargantuan amounts of debt without triggering a debt crisis.

As the above chart reveals, that chapter of our debt-based financial system ended in 2022 when bond yields broke out of a 35-year downtrend to the upside.

This was a major signal from the financial system that the great “papering over” scheme employed by central banks since the early 1980s was coming to an end. And bonds weren’t the only asset class signaling this. We got confirmation of this from precious metals.

It is no coincidence that precious metals began to move higher in 2020-2022 when the super cycle bull market in bonds ended. For centuries, precious metals have served as the ultimate “crisis trade.” For one thing they represent a currency that cannot be devalued by money printing. They also allow you to stockpile a significant amount of capital in a relatively small space.

In this context, when gold and silver exploded higher back in 2020-2022, it was a major signal that our current debt-based financial system was in its final chapter.

This process is now accelerating. Gold is now in a near perpetual “panic bid” as everyone from retail investors, to hedge funds, to even central banks themselves are piling into the precious metal.

The writing is on the wall. The financial system is rapidly barreling towards a crisis of confidence. Some investors will make fortunes. Others stand to lose everything.

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