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The first KE Report Weekend Show of 2026 sets the stage for a year that could look very different across commodities and energy markets. The show explores how precious metals captured investor attention after a volatile end to 2025, why sentiment toward hard assets appears to be shifting, and what that could mean as the new year unfolds. The conversation then pivots to oil and natural gas, examining how a weak commodity tape contrasted with resilient equity performance and why select opportunities may be emerging beneath the surface. Overall, the show focuses on big-picture trends, market psychology, and how investors might think about positioning for 2026 amid ongoing volatility and changing fundamentals. Segment 1 & 2 - Darrell Fletcher, Managing Director of Commodities at Bannockburn Capital Markets, joins the KE Report Weekend Show to break down the explosive 2025 performance in metals - led by gold then silver - discussing fundamentals versus momentum, valuation shifts toward hard assets, index rebalancing volatility, and what these historic moves could mean for commodities heading into 2026. Click here to learn more about Bannockburn Capital Markets  - https://www.bannockburnglobal.com/   Segment 3 & 4 - Josef Schachter, founder and editor of the Schachter Energy Report and author of the Eye on Energy report, wraps up the show recapping a difficult 2025 for oil while highlighting how selective stock picking still produced strong gains. He outlines a bullish 2026 outlook, covering oil and natural gas price expectations, undervalued Canadian energy equities, dividend and growth opportunities, and the impact of LNG expansion and M&A across the sector. Click here to learn more about The Schachter Energy Report - https://schachterenergyreport.ca/   If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to our podcast feed (KER Podcast), YouTube channel, and follow us on X for more market commentary and company interviews. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review!   For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks: The KE Report: https://kereport.substack.com/ Shad’s resource market commentary: https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/   Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Investing in equities and commodities involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests may own shares in companies mentioned.  

Christopher Aaron, Founder of iGold Advisor, Elite Private Placements, and Senior Editor at the Gold Eagle website, joins me to review his short-term and longer-term technical outlook on Silver, silver stocks via (SIL) relative to silver, Gold, and the long-term DOW:Gold ratio chart.   This is a longer-format video where we really dive into the technical analysis setups in the precious metals sector, and he lays out the historical case and patterns to why we haven’t even seen the really big moves yet in either the potential price targets for the metals or the catchup trade still in front of investors for the junior gold and silver stocks.   Christopher lays out the technical case for why silver is likely going up into a 3X-5X move from the $50 breakout, even if we see one more corrective consolidation move in the near-term.  He points to the propensity of commodities to make moves like this when breaking out of long base-building periods, citing prior moves like this in gold, copper, platinum, and oil.   We also check in on the SIL:Silver ratio chart and note the stark undervaluation and muted leverage thus far in the silver equities, and how they are going make a large catchup move in the years to come.   Next we shift over to his Christopher’s technical outlook on gold from a short to medium-term perspective, and in the context of all the historic data from the move in gold from pegged to the US dollar and post the unpegging and freely trading gold price over the last 5+ decades.   Wrapping up we discuss what he feels is the most important chart, the longer-term data from the DOW:Gold ratio, and that we are setting up for the “Fourth Turning” in how gold will be revalued relative to general US equities.   This is the key chart to follow as it relates to seeing a rotation from generalist investors in tradition equities to precious metals equities.   For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks:   The KE Report: https://kereport.substack.com/ Shad’s resource market commentary: https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/     Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Investing in equities and commodities involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests and hosts may own shares in companies mentioned.     Click here to visit the iGold Advisor website to follow Christopher’s analysis and private placement services . Click here to follow Christopher’s writing over at the Gold Eagle website

In this KE Report Daily Editorial kicking off 2026, we’re joined by Marc Chandler, Managing Partner at Bannockburn Global Forex and editor of the Mark to Market website. Marc walks through the major macro forces shaping the year ahead, from currency markets and interest rates to global politics, commodities, and the evolving AI trade. Key discussion points include: US Dollar Outlook for 2026: Why the dollar may see a near-term bounce early in the year, but remains in a longer-term bear market driven by overvaluation, Fed policy, and shifting global growth dynamics. Interest Rates & the Yield Curve: The disconnect between the Fed’s influence on the short end of the curve and global forces shaping long-term Treasury yields, including developments in Japan and Europe. Politics as a Market Driver: From US midterm risks to European populism and potential snap elections in Japan, Marc explains why political power and economic outcomes are increasingly intertwined. Commodities & Critical Minerals Cycle: Gold, silver, and strategic metals remain central to the macro story as supply-chain security, export restrictions, and AI-driven demand fuel what could be a multi-year commodity cycle. AI, Valuations & Market Leadership: A balanced look at the AI trade - overcapacity risks, potential shakeouts, and where emerging areas like robotics and quantum computing may drive the next phase of leadership.   Click here to visit Marc’s site - Marc To Market - https://www.marctomarket.com/   -------------- For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks: https://kereport.substack.com/ https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/   Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security or investment product. Investing in equities, commodities, really everything involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests and hosts may own shares in companies mentioned.

This is an early listen to what’s coming on this Weekend’s Show.  I chat with Darrell Fletcher, Managing Director of Commodities at Bannockburn Capital Markets, for a level-headed, trading-desk perspective on what defined 2025 and what could matter most in 2026 for commodities. Darrel brings over 30 years of commodities trading experience to unpack the outsized moves in precious metals and beyond - cutting through hype, misinformation, and short-term narratives to focus on fundamentals, positioning, and longer-term cycles. We focus on Silver, Gold, Copper, Oil and Natural Gas.    Click here to learn more about Bannockburn Capital Markets  - https://www.bannockburnglobal.com/   ------------------- For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks: The KE Report: https://kereport.substack.com/ Shad’s resource market commentary: https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/   Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security or investment product. Investing in equities, commodities, really everything involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests and hosts may own shares in companies mentioned.

Erik Wetterling, Founder and Editor of The Hedgeless Horseman website, joins me for an end of the year wrap up, and a look ahead to 2026.  We contrast how different stages of companies are reacting, or not reacting, to the higher underlying metals prices, across the producers, developers, and explorers; as well as where Erik sees the most fundamental catalysts stacking up that are not being properly recognized in current company valuations.   We review the continued strange dichotomy between surging precious metals prices and the lagging reactions in many junior gold and silver stocks from 2024 into 2025, but look ahead to when we may see more capital rotate down into the PM junior stocks heading in 2026.   Since the producers can immediately monetize the higher gold and silver and platinum prices, they have run much more over the last year than the pre-revenue companies. With regards to the junior explorers and developers, he sees the metals prices as merely a tailwind to their coming newsflow and that those fundamental catalysts are much more relevant for any changes to the company’s valuation (either up or down).   Erik points to the developers in the 2nd leg of the Lassonde Curve, like Montage Gold that have derisked large projects and been rewarded, or developers that successfully have moved into production, like Artemis Gold as examples of the kind of moves that other stocks may go on as this precious metals bull market matures.       * In full disclosure, the companies mentioned by Erik in this interview, are positions held in his personal portfolio, and also may be site sponsors of The Hedgeless Horseman website at the time of this recording.   For more market commentary & interview summaries, subscribe to our Substacks:   The KE Report: https://kereport.substack.com/ Shad’s resource market commentary: https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/     Investment disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Investing in equities and commodities involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Guests and hosts may own shares in companies mentioned.