Lear Capital Blog
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Silver Outpaces Gold in 2025: What's Fueling the Surge?
As we move through 2025, silver is quietly outperforming expectations, and even surpassing gold in terms of percentage gains. Driven by a mix of strong industrial demand, tightening supply, and renewed investor interest, silver prices have climbed to their highest levels in nearly 14 years, drawing increased attention from both institutional and individual investors. Silver …
By Kathrynn Ward on July 24, 2025 -
From 71% to 59% and $37 Trillion in Debt: Why the World Is Quietly Abandoning the Dollar for Gold
For decades, the U.S. dollar has been the backbone of global finance. But the world is changing, and fast, and two major warning signs are now flashing red. The first is the dollar's declining share in global foreign exchange reserves. The second is America's soaring national debt, which has recently crossed a staggering $37 trillion. …
By Kathrynn Ward on July 17, 2025 -
End of an Era? The Dollar's Decline and What It Means for Your Wealth
Since the end of World War II, the U.S. dollar has been the cornerstone of the global financial system. But like all great empires and currencies before it, the dollar's dominance was never guaranteed to last forever. Today, mounting debt, geopolitical tension, and growing moves away from the dollar suggest that its time at the …
By Kathrynn Ward on July 10, 2025 -
What Lear Capital Subscribers Want to Learn: Silver Shines as Top Topic
At Lear Capital, we're always looking for ways to provide value to our community of investors and keep you informed about the trends shaping the markets, the economy, and the precious metals landscape. To better understand what you want to learn more about, we recently asked our subscribers to weigh in on the topics they …
By Kathrynn Ward on July 3, 2025 -
The Fed Hits Pause Again-But the Clock Is Ticking
On June 18, the Federal Reserve decided, once again, to leave interest rates unchanged at a 23-year high of 4.25% – 4.5%. This marks the fourth straight meeting without a rate change, suggesting the central bank is still uncertain about the path forward. But what's catching headlines isn’t just what the Fed did, but what …
By Kathrynn Ward on June 19, 2025