A Miles Franklin Q&A centered on precious metals, especially gold and silver, with repeated emphasis that official and mainstream data understate real demand. The speakers argued that central banks are buying far more gold than reported, that the bond market is becoming unstable, and that gold/silver are being accumulated by the smartest money while retail remains distracted by equities and ETFs.
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This episode is a loose live Q&A rather than a tightly scripted interview, with Andy Schectman and Kevin framing the discussion around precious metals, market structure, and the mechanics of storing, buying, and selling metal. A major opening theme was Andy reading a heartfelt customer email about liquidating a silver and gold stack to buy a house in Montana, which he used to highlight that Miles Franklin is not just about selling metals but also helping customers exit responsibly when needed. That anecdote set a tone of relationship-based business and reinforced his claim that the firm tries to serve people on both ends of the trade. The core market thesis was that gold and silver remain in a secular bull market driven by central bank buying, geopolitical uncertainty, and a larger institutional shift away from fiat and toward neutral reserve assets. …
Near term, the setup favors continued volatility in silver and firm support for gold if physical-demand headlines and vault-flow data keep confirming accumulation. The main tactical risk is another sharp price shakeout that temporarily overwhelms retail sentiment even if the underlying thesis stays intact.
Over the next few months, the base case is that metals keep outperforming as central-bank buying, Asian demand, and bond-market stress reinforce each other. The view would weaken if premiums normalize without renewed physical tightness or if yields rise without forcing policy response.
Structurally, the speakers believe the world is migrating toward a harder-money regime where gold is the neutral reserve asset and fiat claims lose purchasing power over time. That implies a durable tailwind for physical metals and a long-run challenge to paper-based savings, Treasury dominance, and dollar-centric settlement.
Central banks are buying more gold than official trade data shows, prompting Goldman Sachs to revise its demand forecast higher.
The speakers read a Goldman update saying central bank demand was underestimated because London vault outflows were not fully captured.
The recent sharp move down in silver was not caused by real fundamentals and was likely an engineered shakeout.
They said silver's $7 dip had no fundamental reason and blamed shenanigans and misdirection.
Bond markets are vulnerable and may eventually require yield-curve control or synthetic demand.
They argued foreign holders are selling Treasuries, yields are too high, and the Fed or other actors may have to step in.
When will the precious metals market catch up to the raging market we're seeing in equities?
What did Kevin hear about the Goldman Sachs article revising their gold demand estimates?
Kevin explains that central bank gold purchases have come in stronger than previously estimated for 2026. Goldman Sachs revised their forecast from 29 tons/month on a 12-month moving basis up from their earlier methodology, now expecting central banks to average around 60 tons per month through 2026. The revision was driven by a gap in official trade data since August 2025 when UK trade data stopped fully capturing gold outflows from London vaults, resulting in unrecorded sovereign buying.
Does Miles Franklin have fractional gold and what is the smallest size available?
Yes, Miles Franklin has fractional gold. The smallest fractional is the one-tenth ounce gold eagle on the US side, and on the maple side the smallest is 1/20th ounce. They also have bars down to 1 gram, but the speaker advises against gram bars due to substantially higher premiums. He recommends the 1/10th ounce gold eagle as the preferred way to own fractional because it has maintained its premium on buy and sell better than any other item in over 35 years.
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