Bill’s Commentary:

“A chart of the Weimar experience to start off 2026!”

“the chart below serves as an important reminder of the extreme volatility gold experienced during the Weimar period from 1914 to 1925.”

what i have been saying as well. i peg us at about 1923  just about to enter the most destructive phase of it over 2026.

Otavio (Tavi) Costa

@TaviCosta

It’s hard to ignore what’s happening with silver recently.

What fascinates me is how few are interpreting this move through a hyperinflationary lens.

Instead, the prevailing narrative is that prices are overstretched and due for mean reversion — a view I strongly disagree with.

The chart below serves as an important reminder of the extreme volatility gold experienced during the Weimar period from 1914 to 1925.

From a price-behavior standpoint, the resemblance is hard to ignore, despite obvious differences in today’s political and economic environment.

Let me be clear:

Silver is not making new highs because miners are recklessly deploying capital or because supply is surging.

In fact, we’re seeing the opposite.

There have been no major discoveries, no meaningful supply response, while demand continues to rise structurally, all while a monetary crisis quietly builds.

This is the kind of price behavior typically observed in emerging markets when confidence in the currency is eroding.

Jeremiah Johnson

None of this is trading advice

Bill’s Commentary:

“Posted in case you did not know, or had forgotten…”

Bill’s Commentary:

“Not good”

Russia evacuates diplomats’ families from Venezuela as US seizes oil tankers

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has begun evacuating the families of diplomats from Venezuela, a European intelligence official told AP on Monday, as the United States pursues its third sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean and President Donald Trump convenes senior national security officials at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

The evacuations, which started Friday and include women and children, come as Russian officials assess the situation in Venezuela in what the intelligence source described as “very grim tones.” The withdrawals signal heightened concerns about stability in the South American nation as the Trump administration escalates its four-month pressure campaign against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

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