time|||March 2025 - Week 4 Edition;;content|||<h2><strong>Gold Continues Trading Above $3,000, But Silver is Soaring Even More</strong></h2>
<p>Gold has traded above $3,000 since March 17 and it is up 6.6% in March, with one week left in the month. But silver has been quietly surpassing gold, up 9.5% so far in March, and both metals are up about 15% this year. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is still down.</p>
<p>The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is down 3.3% in March, which helps supercharge the price of both gold and silver, in terms of the U.S. dollar. Although the two major inflation indexes (CPI and PPI) were flat in February, the index, which the Federal Reserve watches most closely, the PCE, comes out this Friday and the CRB Commodity price index is up 4.27% this year.</p>
<p>Although gold and silver are up about 15% in the first quarter of 2025, some other metals are up far more, led by cobalt, up 38%; copper, up 30%; steel, up 29%; and rhodium, up 22%. In other commodities, we see lumber and coffee up 24% in 2025, although it’s refreshing to see wholesale egg prices down 63% in March. Retail egg prices should fall fairly soon!</p>
<h2><strong>New Director of the U.S. Mint To Be Appointed</strong></h2>
<p>We don’t know when President Donald Trump will appoint a new Director of the U.S. Mint Director but earlier this month, Ventris Gibson announced her resignation from the position, effective March 31. While we await word of the president’s choice for her replacement, we would like to thank Ms. Gibson for her service as the director. She has been pleasant to work with and helped improve coin collector options.</p>
<h2><strong>The Federal Deficit in Fiscal Year 2025 is Already Over $1 Trillion</strong></h2>
<p>The federal fiscal year of 2025 began October 1, 2024, and has already seen a deficit of over $1 trillion. Although, this is mostly attributable to the Biden budget team, which printed money rather than cutting costs. In combating the growing problem, President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) team are trying to bring the total 2025 budget deficit under $2 trillion, if possible. That will be a Herculean task, considering the massive level of resistance they are seeing within the Washington D.C. beltway and nationwide.</p>
<p>It was just reported that the cumulative federal deficit for the first five months of fiscal year 2025 reached $1.1 trillion (a $2.64 trillion annual rate). Even after adjusting for the timing shift of certain payments, this deficit was 18% larger than in the same five months of FY24. Deficits grew by $308 billion in February. Spending was $41 billion higher (+11%) over February 2024. This includes $5 billion <strong>less </strong>spending in the Department of Education during this February vs. the year before.</p>
<p>For the first five months of FY25, spending rose by $200 billion (+7%), most of it out of the Trump team’s control – +$73 billion for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, plus an additional $44 billion for interest on the national debt. Most of the rest comes from disaster relief and EPA grants. To pay for that new $200 billion in spending, tax receipts grew by only $37 billion.</p>
<p>The accumulated national debt has now reached $36.6 trillion, with $2 trillion added each year. Our GDP this year is expected to be around $27 trillion. If our debt reaches $38 trillion by year’s end, we will have a debt-to-GDP ratio of 140% (38 divided by 27). According to Investopedia, the only nations with higher debt-to-GDP ratios are Japan (262%), Sudan (259%), Venezuela (240%) and Greece (206%) and those economies have been “dead in the water” for a long time.</p>
<p>Turning to the annual deficit ($2 trillion) as a percentage of GDP ($27 trillion), that comes to about 7.4% of GDP. That’s tied with Brazil for the highest rate of any major nation on earth, more than double the euro-zone (3.4%) and triple that of Canada (2.3%). Some nations in Europe have budget surpluses, like Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, as do Taiwan and Singapore.</p>
<p>America desperately needs to get its spending juggernaut under control, despite the violent resistance from the entrenched “entitlement” community striking back. This may be our last chance to reduce deficits before the dollar is inflated out of its purchasing power, pushing gold to $5,000 and beyond, silver to $100 and most other coins and hard assets up in their wake.</p>
<p><strong>I urge you to contact one of our professional account representatives today to add gold and silver to your financial portfolio and to do so routinely.</strong> At the present time, all indicators are that <strong>gold and silver will continue to trend higher </strong>as we do not see any significant dips in the near future. Likewise, our predictions on rare gold coins have shown that their value has often outperformed gold and silver bullion products due to their collectability and desire across the numismatic market.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.web.universalcoin.com/mmr_files/images/3-28-25-chart.gif" alt="" width="100%" /></p>;;amer|||;;nat|||;;ffr|||<h2><strong>Gold Continues Trading Above $3,000, But Silver is Soaring Even More</strong></h2>
<p>Gold has traded above $3,000 since March 17 and it is up 6.6% in March, with one week left in the month. But silver has been quietly surpassing gold, up 9.5% so far in March, and both metals are up about 15% this year. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is still down.</p>
<p>The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is down 3.3% in March, which helps supercharge the price of both gold and silver, in terms of the U.S. dollar. Although the two major inflation indexes (CPI and PPI) were flat in February, the index, which the Federal Reserve watches most closely, the PCE, comes out this Friday and the CRB Commodity price index is up 4.27% this year.</p>
<p>Although gold and silver are up about 15% in the first quarter of 2025, some other metals are up far more, led by cobalt, up 38%; copper, up 30%; steel, up 29%; and rhodium, up 22%. In other commodities, we see lumber and coffee up 24% in 2025, although it’s refreshing to see wholesale egg prices down 63% in March. Retail egg prices should fall fairly soon!</p>
<h2><strong>New Director of the U.S. Mint To Be Appointed</strong></h2>
<p>We don’t know when President Donald Trump will appoint a new Director of the U.S. Mint Director but earlier this month, Ventris Gibson announced her resignation from the position, effective March 31. While we await word of the president’s choice for her replacement, we would like to thank Ms. Gibson for her service as the director. She has been pleasant to work with and helped improve coin collector options.</p>
<h2><strong>The Federal Deficit in Fiscal Year 2025 is Already Over $1 Trillion</strong></h2>
<p>The federal fiscal year of 2025 began October 1, 2024, and has already seen a deficit of over $1 trillion. Although, this is mostly attributable to the Biden budget team, which printed money rather than cutting costs. In combating the growing problem, President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) team are trying to bring the total 2025 budget deficit under $2 trillion, if possible. That will be a Herculean task, considering the massive level of resistance they are seeing within the Washington D.C. beltway and nationwide.</p>
<p>It was just reported that the cumulative federal deficit for the first five months of fiscal year 2025 reached $1.1 trillion (a $2.64 trillion annual rate). Even after adjusting for the timing shift of certain payments, this deficit was 18% larger than in the same five months of FY24. Deficits grew by $308 billion in February. Spending was $41 billion higher (+11%) over February 2024. This includes $5 billion <strong>less </strong>spending in the Department of Education during this February vs. the year before.</p>
<p>For the first five months of FY25, spending rose by $200 billion (+7%), most of it out of the Trump team’s control – +$73 billion for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, plus an additional $44 billion for interest on the national debt. Most of the rest comes from disaster relief and EPA grants. To pay for that new $200 billion in spending, tax receipts grew by only $37 billion.</p>
<p>The accumulated national debt has now reached $36.6 trillion, with $2 trillion added each year. Our GDP this year is expected to be around $27 trillion. If our debt reaches $38 trillion by year’s end, we will have a debt-to-GDP ratio of 140% (38 divided by 27). According to Investopedia, the only nations with higher debt-to-GDP ratios are Japan (262%), Sudan (259%), Venezuela (240%) and Greece (206%) and those economies have been “dead in the water” for a long time.</p>
<p>Turning to the annual deficit ($2 trillion) as a percentage of GDP ($27 trillion), that comes to about 7.4% of GDP. That’s tied with Brazil for the highest rate of any major nation on earth, more than double the euro-zone (3.4%) and triple that of Canada (2.3%). Some nations in Europe have budget surpluses, like Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, as do Taiwan and Singapore.</p>
<p>America desperately needs to get its spending juggernaut under control, despite the violent resistance from the entrenched “entitlement” community striking back. This may be our last chance to reduce deficits before the dollar is inflated out of its purchasing power, pushing gold to $5,000 and beyond, silver to $100 and most other coins and hard assets up in their wake.</p>
<p><strong>I urge you to contact one of our professional account representatives today to add gold and silver to your financial portfolio and to do so routinely.</strong> At the present time, all indicators are that <strong>gold and silver will continue to trend higher </strong>as we do not see any significant dips in the near future. Likewise, our predictions on rare gold coins have shown that their value has often outperformed gold and silver bullion products due to their collectability and desire across the numismatic market.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.web.universalcoin.com/mmr_files/images/3-28-25-chart.gif" alt="" width="100%" /></p>;;mike|||;;intro|||<h2><strong>Gold Continues Trading Above $3,000, But Silver is Soaring Even More</strong></h2>
<p>Gold has traded above $3,000 since March 17 and it is up 6.6% in March, with one week left in the month. But silver has been quietly surpassing gold, up 9.5% so far in March.</p>;;B1||| SUBMIT ;;
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php:17) in /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php on line 46
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php:17) in /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php on line 48
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php:17) in /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php on line 50
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php:17) in /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php on line 51
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php:17) in /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php on line 53
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php:17) in /home/mikefuljenz/public_html/immrcontent.php on line 54