Jackson Hole this Friday.
Jackson Hole this Friday. Dear investor. Gold at $ 4,621 today. Silver at $ 68.19 . Three developments this week explain why August is gold's best month since 2008 and why Friday's Jackson Hole speech, whatever it contains, does not change the direction. On August 21 st Ray Dalio published his updated portfolio framework and recommended between 10 % and 15 % in gold. His central argument: the United States carries $ 11 trillion in annual debt service obligations with no credible path to resolution. That number is not a forecast. It is an accounting fact. Gold, which carries no counterparty risk and owes nothing to any sovereign balance sheet, is his answer. Days later, the U.S. Treasury confirmed the mechanism Dalio was describing. The Treasury doubled its long-dated bond buyback program, a decision that pushed long-term yields lower, weakened the dollar and sent a clear message to global markets: American debt is being managed with monetary tools, not fis...