With all the recent hype about a gold-backed BRICS currency emerging from this summer's South African meet-and-greet vanishing like oar swirls, one can understand the argument that many gold bugs chase (and create) click-bait like teenage bloggers.

And the precious metals space is no stranger to being labeled perma "doom-and-gloomers" to keep the retail trade forever moving.

Fine. Understood. Yep. I get it. We are all "just selling our book."

The Current Facts are Sensational Enough

But here's the rub: One doesn't need to be a doomer or a gloomer to interpret bond signals, basic math, historical lessons, current geopolitics, or openly obvious energy and precious metal flows with common sense.