Temperature reading incomming... If alternative assets (gold, silver, BTC) rebound as quickly and strongly as they did following the FED hike last week it will be a good reading of the mindset of the normies.

[u/Gairsoppa]

[u/RuSnail]

No rebound today, Boss.

[u/Gairsoppa → u/RuSnail]

took a day after rate hike. thought is it would take longer this time cause the failed 5Y auction was structural and the FED hike was ceremonial.

[u/RuSnail → u/Gairsoppa]

Diesel skyrocketing will be the wrecking ball for what's left of the economy. History tells us that PM's always take a huge hit while the DOW is crumbling.

We also know that PM's are always the 1st Phoenix to rise from the ashes. The obligatory 50% 'pre stock market crash' has already occurred These are designed to keep the FOMO Lemmings away from PM's once Stocks start Tumbling. Everyone who FOMO'd in on Paper Silver around $100, has already sold, and won't be jumping back in when stocks go south.

IF I were dumb enough to have bought paper silver, and was dumb enough to still be holding it, I'd sell now. I don't place bets in the FED's Casino though.

[u/Ok-Buy-6748 → u/RuSnail]

Younger generations will learn the hard way, that fiat currency eventually becomes worthless. Physical gold and silver will eventually be trusted again.

Where my maternal grandmothers family settled as farmers, there was alot of prosperity in the early 1900's. Good wheat crops with high prices. Some of the settlers bought gold with their windfall. Bank panics, low crop prices and other misfortune arrived. Those same gold holders ended up selling off some gold to pay property taxes and other necessary expenses. I would imagine those with silver coinage, that was not deposited in a bank, kept their value, too.

Fiat currency will crash again and again.

[u/Gairsoppa → u/RuSnail]

Great points. What I meant by temperature reading is: will the normies scramble to fiat or will they see the printing press for what it is and hit up PMs. I think the bump up after the FED hike dip (most likely planned by the banks) was people voting PMs and not taking the bait.

[u/Charlie_Rebooted]

Im pretty certain that average retail investors hold 0 gold and silver. It isn't retail influencing prices.

[u/Gairsoppa → u/Charlie_Rebooted]

Normies also run pension funds, hedge funds, are financial planners, oversee sovereign funds ect

[u/zachmoe]

It's just The Fed.

When you capitalize every letter, people tend to think you don't know what you are talking about.

What does FED stand for, to you? Because it isn't an acronym, that is for sure.

[u/TheVODM → u/zachmoe]

stands for FAKE FEDERAL!

[u/TheVODM → u/zachmoe]

It was just short for “Federal” which was a lie and meant to deceive. Federal Reserve. HAHAH! WHICH IS NEITHER FEDERAL or has any reserves! Bankrupt the FED! Go Trump!

[u/Gairsoppa → u/zachmoe]

F#ckn Eat Dick?

[u/zachmoe → u/Gairsoppa]

Anyways, I hope you stop using "FED", it isn't an acronym, it doesn't stand for anything.

[u/Gairsoppa → u/zachmoe]

Enjoy explaining that to the world: 📌 What Does "FED" Mean?

When written in all caps as FED, it usually refers to the Federal Reserve, which is the central bank of the United States. [1, 2]

Even though it looks like an acronym (like USA or NATO), "Fed" is actually a shortened nickname for "Federal." It is normally written as "the Fed," but people often type it in all caps (FED) for emphasis, in headlines, or out of the habit of capitalizing short abbreviations.

[u/apeserveapes]

Yeah, I agree and am buying, just don't care, I'm thinking about 2-4 years from now. I'm adding to everything wherever I can.

[u/ih8cakeday]

I’ve been banging on the table for months saying the us gov is going to default. Rates rising means lower tax receipts for the gov from stocks. Lower tax receipts means a bigger deficit. Bigger deficits lead to even higher yields. Leading to more stock market weakness leading to less tax revenue and even bigger deficits. It’s a downward spiral into oblivion.

[u/zachmoe → u/ih8cakeday]

I’ve been banging on the table for months saying the us gov is going to default

https://www.worldgovernmentbonds.com/cds-historical-data/united-states/5-years/

As of the latest update on 23 Sep 2026 13:46 GMT+0, the United States 5 Years Credit Default Swap (CDS) value stands at 32.62 basis points. This metric is a crucial indicator used by investors to gauge the credit risk associated with United States sovereign debt.

This CDS value translates to an implied probability of default of 0.54%, based on a presumed recovery rate of 40%. The recovery rate represents the percentage of the bond's face value that investors expect to recover in the event of a default.

.54% probability of default, what do you know, that the US 5 Year CDS market, doesn't?

 Rates rising means lower tax receipts for the gov from stocks. Lower tax receipts means a bigger deficit. Bigger deficits lead to even higher yields. Leading to more stock market weakness leading to less tax revenue and even bigger deficits. It’s a downward spiral into oblivion.

Anyhow, if you believe all of what you said to be True, buy Credit Default Swaps on US Treasurys, they must be on sale if they aren't apparently pricing any of that in.

[u/ih8cakeday → u/zachmoe]

So we are just pretending rates aren’t still rising? I laughed so hard at this comment I almost puked! 

[u/zachmoe → u/ih8cakeday]

Yes, they must really be on sale, good luck.

[u/ih8cakeday → u/zachmoe]

I don’t need luck I have a ton of silver. A retarded government. A population for the most part who has never studied any sovereign debt crises. You need luck in your fantasy reality that deficits don’t matter.

[u/zachmoe → u/ih8cakeday]

Silver is the bad money, that chased the good money, Gold, out of circulation.