I write about this after the events of January 30, 2026, when my silver investments peaked at $121 an ounce only to fall in a breathtaking swoop to a low of $71 an ounce later in the same day. Here is my thinking on the extraordinary event and a lifetime of investing.

Alaska Airlines operational problems and serial seat bumping have led me to turn a jaundice eye on frequent flyer programs. “The squeeze is not worth the juice.”

Delta Airlines decision to bump me out of a first-class seat on a 10-hour flight at the boarding gate really burns me up. There is something seriously wrong in the airline industry.