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**METALS Investor!** This is Just BEGINNING 🦍🦍 - Silver and Gold Price News Update

August 18, 2026

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Silver and Gold Under Pressure, But the Structural Case Keeps Building

Gold and silver took a hit this morning, with Treasury yields spiking to 19-year highs in the U.S. and Japan's 30-year hitting a new all-time high. The host frames this as a temporary headwind driven by inflation fears and geopolitical uncertainty around the Straits of Hormuz — the same forces that should ultimately push precious metals higher. "Inflation will drive the price of gold and silver higher and higher and higher," he says. "Geopolitical uncertainty... when people don't trust each other's promises... they move to gold and silver." That's why central banks are accumulating gold at record levels. Today's red is normal.

The Commodities Super Cycle Is Still in the Second Inning

Tavi Costa provides the big-picture framing. The last major commodity super cycle ran from roughly 2001 to 2011, with the broad commodities index rising 400–500%. Silver went from under $5 to nearly $50. The current cycle has risen only about 60% from its starting point — meaning we are very early. The host zooms in on that 2001–2011 chart to show it wasn't a straight line: "Up down, up, down, up down." Red days and red months are part of the pattern.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:02) **Morning Sell-Off in Context** - Host explains why silver and gold are getting clobbered as the episode opens
  • 2 (03:14) **Tavi Costa's Five Reasons for Commodities Super Cycle** - A chart-based argument that precious metals are still in the early innings of a major bull run
  • 3 (06:24) **Patrick Karim's Bullish Silver Call** - A respected analyst who had been cautious now signals the silver rally may have started
  • 4 (07:41) **Silver Squeeze Data from Ed Steer** - Unprecedented options activity in silver points toward a potential short squeeze
  • 5 (12:26) **India Silver Imports Resuming** - After six months of restrictions, silver is flowing back into India, potentially adding a major demand catalyst
  • 6 (18:19) **The COMEX is Dying** - Vince Lanci explains the structural shift of pricing power from West to East
  • 7 (22:18) **Paper Market Volume Dynamics** - A shift in the nature of COMEX volume is a healthy sign for silver

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Guests on this episode

Vince Lanci

Show Notes

The precious metals landscape is shifting dramatically as a new long-term commodity cycle takes off. Technical analyst Patrick Karim highlights key silver breakouts past major resistance levels, while analyst Ed Steer warns of an impending short squeeze fueled by massive options activity and shifting global paper trading mechanics on the COMEX. Meanwhile, surge in Indian silver import demand and central bank accumulation highlight a broader structural shift toward hard assets. With gold officially overtaking U.S. Treasuries in global central bank reserves, this deep dive breaks down market dynamics, major players, and potential price targets on the horizon.SILVER and GOLDhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCsTbtWwMeruS1YlOoWey5wzIFwiofGs 🧼 25% OFF! Sugar Mountain Trading 🧼Handcrafted curated soaps, shampoo and lotions from Mount Vernon, Kentucky https://sugarmountaintrading.com/🚨 DISCOUNT CODE: RON25 🚨➡️ BUY Silver from FIRST MINT:🚨 DISCOUNT Code: VIPRB 🚨https://firstmint.com/ "From Mine to Mint"🔴 Learn MORE about First Mining Gold:https://firstmininggold.com/or contact [email protected]🔒BUY a Ledger Crypto Security Device: https://shop.ledger.com/?r=7ffa4498bb22&tracker=MY_TRACKER BUY DirtyMan SAFE ✅ https://www.dirtymansafe.com/ 🔥 Use discount code: RON10 for 10% off 🔥 🔥 Or use this DirtyMan link: https://affiliates.dirtymansafe.com/ronsbasement for 10% off and a free gift 🔥 👍DONATE to HOPE WALKS:https://hopewalks.org/Mailing Address: RONS BASEMENT LLC 36 FOUR SEASONS SHOPPING CTR Stall #117 CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017 CONTACTS: [email protected] ⭐FOLLOW ON 𝕏 (Formerly Twitter)⭐: https://twitter.com/BasementRon ⭐LISTEN ON SPOTIFY⭐: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AcS5O5y8GrnBEdsL92VTI⭐LISTEN ON APPLE PODCAST⭐: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/silver-gold-investing-global-economics/id1741078463⭐FOLLOW ON RUMBLE:⭐: https://rumble.com/user/RONSBASEMENT🌟You Can Donate To RONS BASEMENT: https://www.paypal.me/RONSBASEMENT THANK YOU! RONS BASEMENT LLC is sponsored by First Mint and is a proud owner of several of their outstanding silver minted products. Ron is sponsored by First Mining Gold and has owned the stock for over 3 years. Any information shared in this video should not be construed as investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any company stock, meme coin or any other investment product (informational purposes only). Ron may receive compensation from affiliate links and discount codes provided. ***Informational purposes only. Do not buy or sell anything, make any type of investment decision, adopt a puppy, get engaged, or do anything based upon the information I share with you.***SILVER SPOT PRICEGOLD AND SILVERSILVER STACKINGSILVER NEWSGOLD SPOT PRICESPOT SILVERSILVER BULLIONSILVER SPOT PRICE TODAYGOLD SPOT PRICE TODAYINVESTING GOLDPRECIOUS METALS PRICESKITCOPRICE OF GOLD AND SILVERPRICE OF SILVER PER GRAMGOLD AND SILVER SPOT PRICESILVER OZ PRICEPRICE OF GOLD AND SILVER TODAYGOLD PRICE OZJ & M BULLIONBULLI

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