The Fed Quietly Restarted QE — Gold at $4,300, Silver Leads the Reset

📉📈 This week felt different – and the markets noticed.

In this Week in Summary, we break down the powerful undercurrents finally surfacing across the financial system. The Federal Reserve has quietly resumed buying short-term government debt, a move many argue is quantitative easing in everything but name. With U.S. national debt at $38 trillion, the Fed is trapped – and the consequences are showing up everywhere.

Gold has surged to $4,300, silver is up an astonishing 113% this year, and the broader markets are flashing warning signs of a coming reset. We connect the dots between Fed policy, currency debasement, historic precious metals bull markets, and long-term economic cycles pointing toward 2026.

This isn’t just about charts – it’s about purchasing power, real assets, and preparation.

⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 Intro – A Week That Changed the Tone
01:17 The Fed at the Epicenter
01:41 $38 Trillion Debt Trap
02:02 The Fed’s Quiet Debt Buying
02:57 QE Explained: Debt Monetization
03:51 Currency Debasement & Purchasing Power
03:59 Gold’s Signal at $4,300
04:16 Silver’s 113% Surge
05:19 Silver’s Perfect Storm
06:10 Demand Shock: India & Green Energy
06:23 Supply Shock: China Tightens Exports
06:43 A Market Already in Deficit
07:13 The 1970s Bull Market Blueprint
08:02 Is $100 Silver Inevitable?
08:45 Real-World Impact on Miners
10:17 The Benner Cycle & 2026 Warning
11:00 Parallels to Weimar Germany
11:31 Final Question: Are You Prepared?

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Hello stackers, welcome to Comex Visigoths. 
Here is the week in summary. It is Saturday, December 13th, 2025, and what a week it has been. 
You know, for months now, we’ve been feeling these little tremors just beneath the surface. 
Inflation that just won’t go away. Some really weird cracks showing up in the bond market, and 
just this general feeling of unease. Well, the big story this week is that the market seems to 
have finally stopped ignoring all those whispers. It’s actually started paying attention to the 
powerful undercurrents. Something really big is shifting and the price action is telling a story 
that we absolutely have to look at. So that really is the question on everyone’s mind, isn’t it? 
Something big feels like it’s just around the corner. And this isn’t about just one stock or 
one sector. There’s this widespread sense that the entire financial landscape is on the verge 
of some kind of major reset. We’re seeing some wild volatility in the stock market with the 
big indexes just struggling to hang on. You can feel the nervousness. Investors are pulling 
their money out of the riskier stuff and they’re starting to look for solid ground. You know, they 
say the market is a forward-looking machine. It senses what’s coming long before it ever hits the 
headlines. So, the question is, what is it sensing right now? To figure out what’s on the horizon, we 
have to start at the epicenter of these tremors, the Federal Reserve. their actions over this past 
week, they’re the main catalyst for pretty much everything else we’re seeing. They made a move 
that, you know, they announced it very quietly, but it is having massive, massive repercussions. 
And this is why this is the backdrop for everything. This is the number that hangs over 
every single decision the Fed makes. The US national debt is now sitting at a staggering 
$ 38 trillion. This puts the government and the Fed in a terrible trap. See, they have 
to keep interest rates low. If they don’t, the interest payments alone would completely 
swamp the country. But as we’re about to see, holding those rates down comes at a really, really 
high cost. So, this right here is the statement that lit the fuse. The Fed announced it’s going to 
start buying up short-term government debt again. Now, the official story from Chairman Howell is, 
you know, nothing to see here, folks. This isn’t a major policy shift. He’s claiming it’s just a 
technical adjustment to make sure the banks have enough cash and that the plumbing of the financial 
system keeps working smoothly. They’re being so careful with their words, trying to make it 
sound boring and technical, like they’re in total control. But the market isn’t buying that 
explanation for one second. People like Peter Schiff were on it immediately, calling it exactly 
what it is. See, the Fed is desperately trying to avoid using the words quantitative easing because 
that phrase has become radioactive. It screams crisis and we’re printing money. But look, they 
can use whatever verbal gymnastics they want. When a central bank conjures money out of thin 
air to buy its own government’s debt, that is the literal definition of quantitative easing. 
And that’s the conflict right there. What the Fed is saying versus what they are actually doing. 
So, let’s just be really plain about what this is. QE is debt monetization. That’s the technical 
term. It means the central bank is acting as the government’s printer, creating new currency 
to pay for all the government spending. They are literally turning debt into cash. And that has 
huge profound consequences for the entire economy. and more importantly for the value of the money in 
your pocket. And this is the chain reaction right here. It’s like a set of dominoes. The Fed creates 
new digital dollars that expands the total amount of money in the system. And just like anything 
else, when you increase the supply of something, its value goes down. That means every single 
dollar you have saved, every dollar in your bank account now buys you a little bit less than 
it did before. This isn’t just some abstract idea. It is a direct theft of your purchasing power. 
And it creates this dangerous feedback loop. As the currency gets weaker, the government’s costs 
keep going up which forces them to print even more money just to stay afloat. So with this reality 
of currency debasement now out in the open, where are people turning? How are real tangible 
assets reacting? Well, let’s take a look at gold. It’s the original safe haven, and the signal it’s 
sending right now is coming in loud and clear. Okay, these numbers tell a fascinating story. Gold 
closed the week out strong at $4,300 an ounce. That’s a really impressive 64% gain for the year. 
But then look at silver. It has more than doubled, up a staggering 113%. And then there’s Bitcoin, 
which for years people have been calling digital gold. It’s actually down 5% this year. The market 
is making a very clear choice here. It’s drawing a line between something that’s physical and has 
thousands of years of history and something that’s digital and speculative. It’s sending a powerful 
message about where it sees real lasting value. And this gets to the very heart of why. As people 
like Alasdair Macleod are always pointing out, gold isn’t really an investment in the way a 
stock is. Gold is money. Real money. And it has no counterparty risk. What that means is its 
value doesn’t depend on a bank staying solvent or a government keeping a promise or a company 
hitting its earnings targets. It just is. Its value is inherent. So, in this environment, you 
could argue the gold price isn’t really going up. It’s more like it’s a stable measuring stick, 
an anchor that’s simply revealing the steady, relentless decline in the purchasing power of the 
dollar and every other paper currency. Okay. So, as amazing as gold’s run has been, we have to 
talk about silver. Because what is happening in the silver market right now is something 
truly special. It’s not just getting pulled out by gold. No, silver is at the center of its own 
perfect storm. a truly explosive combination of factors that are all coming together at once. For 
years, silver has always had this kind of split personality. On one side, it is an absolutely 
critical industrial metal. I mean, it’s the most electrically conductive and reflective metal on 
the entire planet, which makes it essential for things like solar panels, 5G networks, electric 
cars, you name it. But on the other side, it’s been money for 5,000 years, a precious metal, 
a monetary safe haven. And what’s happening right now for what really feels like the first time 
in modern history is that both of these powerful demand engines are firing on all cylinders at 
the exact same time. So let’s just break down the ingredients of this perfect storm. First, you have 
a massive demand shock. This is being driven in large part by India and its incredible industrial 
growth. Their big push into green energy means they are building just a mountain of solar panels 
which consume enormous amounts of silver. Second, you get a supply shock. China, which is 
a huge producer and refiner of silver, just put in a new export licensing system. That’s 
a clear signal that they are going to hoard their own domestic supply for their own needs. They see 
what’s coming. Third, you’ve got monetary demand just surging as investors all over the world are 
trying to get out of their failing currencies and into something real. And finally, the big one. All 
of this is happening when the silver market was already in a supply deficit for several years. It 
is being squeezed from every possible direction. And this chart just drives the point home. That 
113% gain for silver this year isn’t just good. It’s leading the entire market. It’s blowing 
past gold, which is exactly the pattern you expect to see in a real powerful precious 
metals bull market. Silver has grabbed the baton from gold and now it’s leading the race. 
Now, you might be thinking, “This is insane. Has a move like this ever happened before?” And 
the answer is yes. Absolutely. We have a clear historical blueprint for this. If you go back 
and look at the big bull market of the 1970s, you see that gold broke out to a new all-time 
high first back in 1972. In the two years that followed from 72 to 74, silver went on an absolute 
tear, dramatically outperforming gold in a series of sharp violent moves higher. The price chart we 
are seeing today is tracking that historical move with unbelievable accuracy. You know the saying, 
history doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes. Well, right now it is rhyming very, very loudly. So 
where does that historical road map lead? Well, based on that precedent from the 70s and 
the supply and demand fundamentals today, which are arguably even stronger, many people 
like Peter Schiff are now pointing to this number, $100 an ounce. And honestly, given the explosive 
move we’ve already seen, it feels like that’s no longer a question of if, but a question of when. 
The metal has already doubled this year. And this is a really important thing to understand about 
commodities. A squeeze in a physical commodity is a different beast entirely from a stock getting 
squeezed. As Alasdair Macleod points out, they are far more vicious. When you have industrial users 
who absolutely need the physical metal to build their products, and investors who are desperate 
for a safe haven, all scrambling for physical good that just isn’t there, well, the price moves 
can be breathtaking. Seeing a price go up three or four times in just a couple of quarters is not out 
of the realm of possibility. But hey, this isn’t all just about charts and numbers on a screen. 
These record prices are having a massive impact out in the real world. So, let’s take a look at 
how this is all playing out from the perspective of the people who are actually digging this stuff 
out of the ground. This quote from Jason Jessup, who’s the CEO of Magnum Mining, it really says 
it all. You see, for a lot of companies that mainly mine for things like nickel or copper, 
the silver they found alongside it was always just considered a small byproduct credit. It was 
like a little bonus that helped them lower their costs a bit. But now with silver at over $60 
an ounce, it’s not a little bonus anymore. It is becoming a real meaningful contributor to 
their profits. It’s a primary reason they’re making money now. And that changes the entire 
economic calculation for their whole business. And this slide lays out exactly how they’re 
playing it. Companies like Magna are hitting the accelerator. They are pouring money into 
developing their minds faster. They’re expanding their drilling programs to find new deposits, 
and they’re pushing to get more metal out of the ground to meet this incredible demand. Their 
entire strategy is shifting to capitalize on these historic prices. This isn’t just speculation. This 
is real world on the ground confirmation from the industry itself that this market is the real deal. 
Okay, let’s pull the camera back out for a moment and look at the really big picture. Because this 
isn’t just a story about one metal or one market. It’s a story about massive long-term economic 
cycles that seem to be reaching their critical turning points and what that could mean for all 
of us down the road. Here’s something fascinating. There’s this long-term forecasting tool called 
the Benner cycle. It was actually developed way back in the 1870s by a farmer named Samuel Benner 
who after getting wiped out in a panic spent the rest of his life studying price cycles. He found 
these recurring patterns of panic and prosperity. It sounds a little strange, but look at how well 
his model has lined up with major market tops in our lifetimes. the 1999 tech bubble, the 2008 
financial crisis, the 2019 panic, and according to his cycle, the next predicted major high, 
a time of potential crisis and a market top, is 2026. We are stepping into that window right 
now. And this is where the historical parallels start to get really, really sobering. Some are 
now drawing a direct line from our situation today with massive government debt that can never be 
paid back and a central bank forced to print money to cover it to the situation in Germany in late 
1921. That was just before the infamous Weimar Republic hyperinflation. And the critical point 
here is that the politicians back then weren’t necessarily evil. They were trapped. Faced with 
a total economic collapse, their only politically survivable option was to keep those printing 
presses running. And that decision ultimately led to the complete destruction of their 
currency. And so that brings us to the final and most important question. The warning lights are 
flashing all over the dashboard. From the Fed’s money printer to the historic moves in gold and 
silver to these long-term cycle indicators, all the evidence is pointing to a fundamental reset 
of our financial system. So the only question that really matters now is, are you prepared for 
what’s coming? Thank you for watching. Like and subscribe for more fascinating videos from Comex. 
Visigoths, have a great day and keep stacking.