Kinder Morgan (KMI) Institutional Ownership

In 1976, Chevron tapped an energy source with no fuel costs, no carbon, and no supply chain - then killed the project. Unocal and Texaco did the same. All three buried the results because it threatened their core business. Now one company has spent sixty years developing what Big Oil refused to touch. Google locked in a 15-year contract, Bill Gates wrote a $100 million check, and on August 18th the government hands it a competitive edge no other energy source receives.

In 1974, a U.S.-Saudi deal tied oil sales exclusively to dollars, forcing nations worldwide to hold dollars and recycle profits into Treasuries. That agreement came up for renewal in June 2024 and quietly lapsed. Since then, Saudi Arabia signed a $7 billion currency swap with China, began settling some oil trades in yuan, and joined Beijing's mBridge payment network. Meanwhile, the 10-year yield is pushing toward 4.4percent on a $39 trillion debt load. Garrett Goggin, CFA and CMT, says gold miners still priced for sub-$2,000 gold could hold the real leverage as this shift plays out.

In 1974, a U.S.-Saudi deal tied oil sales exclusively to dollars, forcing nations worldwide to hold dollars and recycle profits into Treasuries. That agreement came up for renewal in June 2024 and quietly lapsed. Since then, Saudi Arabia signed a $7 billion currency swap with China, began settling some oil trades in yuan, and joined Beijing's mBridge payment network. Meanwhile, the 10-year yield is pushing toward 4.4percent on a $39 trillion debt load. Garrett Goggin, CFA and CMT, says gold miners still priced for sub-$2,000 gold could hold the real leverage as this shift plays out.