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GoldSilver

U.S. libertarian-right, Austrian economics

Owned byPrivately owned by founder Mike Maloney

FundingRevenue from precious metals sales (gold and silver bullion), a paid insider subscription program, and affiliated educational products; no advertising or state funding

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Background

Mike Maloney launched GoldSilver.com in 2005 out of his home, initially as a one-man operation selling gold and silver bullion directly to investors online. He had previously served as a precious metals advisor to personal-finance author Robert Kiyosaki, and that relationship gave him early exposure and credibility in the sound-money community. In 2008, Maloney published Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver, which became the best-selling book in its category and drove significant traffic to the site. Beginning around 2013, GoldSilver expanded its media footprint with the Hidden Secrets of Money video series, which has accumulated over 120 million views and lays out an Austrian-economics critique of fractional-reserve banking, fiat currency, and the Federal Reserve. The company has remained privately held by Maloney throughout its existence, with no disclosed outside investors. Its editorial output — market analysis, economic commentary, and industry news — is inseparable from its commercial interest in selling precious metals, giving all content a structurally bullish stance on gold and silver. GoldSilver's worldview aligns broadly with libertarian and hard-money conservatism: it is skeptical of government deficit spending and central bank intervention regardless of which party holds power, though it has engaged analytically with Trump-era policies such as tariffs and the administration's pressure on the Federal Reserve as factors that could drive precious metals prices higher.

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Profile compiled 2026-08-07; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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