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Weekly

Marko Viinikka

This year’s Weeklies converge on one idea: purchasing power is protected not by promises, but by structure, responsibility, and deliberate choices.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Gold has outperformed the S&P 500 over the long term — not because companies failed, but because the monetary system did.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The true direction of companies and societies is set by culture — by what is cultivated, rewarded, and repeated in everyday work.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Cash, bank accounts, gold and Bitcoin offer radically different levels of privacy — and reveal how much modern systems actually record about us.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The true price of physical gold is shaped by infrastructure, liquidity, and reliability — not spot alone.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Historical cases differ radically from today’s Europe — in practice, gold confiscation is an extremely unlikely scenario.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Gold’s rise is increasingly driven not by speculation, but by structural demand for trust within the financial system.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

At the LBMA conference, banks signaled a return to gold as inflation, debt, and geopolitical uncertainty reshape demand.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Modern Portfolio Theory was built for stable money — in a fiat world, gold is not the alternative but the benchmark.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

A debt system that rewards delay over discipline strengthens gold’s role as a structural safe haven.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Silver has preserved value better than nominal money, but its long-term returns and role as money remain clearly weaker than gold.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Gold’s value is not driven by models, but by trust, central bank behavior, and the structural flaws of the fiat system.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The rush into private equity repeats old fund mistakes, while gold offers better liquidity and returns.

Bulletin

Halim Engin Özaydın

Weekly commentary on gold, silver, platinum, and palladium covering headlines, macro drivers, ETF flows, technicals, and outlook.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Euro area CFO metaphor, budget deficits, Finland’s gold sale, and outlook on purchasing power.

Bulletin

Halim Engin Özaydın

Weekly commentary on gold, silver, platinum, and palladium covering headlines, macroeconomic influences, ETF flows, technicals, and outlook.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Comparison of Toyota Land Cruiser prices, wages, taxation, and purchasing power in fiat vs. gold, over time.

Bulletin

Halim Engin Özaydın

Weekly market commentary on gold, silver, platinum, and palladium covering headlines, macro drivers, ETF flows, technicals, and outlook.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The Weekly examines the historic low in the velocity of money, central bank policies, and their inflationary effects.

Bulletin

Halim Engin Özaydın

Weekly commentary on gold, silver, platinum and palladium, covering macroeconomic influences, technicals, ETF flows and outlook.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Reflections on Venezuela’s currency collapse, Finland’s high tax wedge, and the importance of strengthening purchasing power.

Bulletin

Halim Engin Özaydın

Weekly market commentary on gold, silver, platinum and palladium with macro, technical and ETF insights.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The weekly letter reflects on the Swiss franc, the founding of Voima Gold, and why gold remains a strong store of value compared to fiat currencies.

Bulletin

Halim Engin Özaydın

Weekly overview of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium markets, macroeconomic drivers, technicals, and flows.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The weekly letter discusses liquidity, global gold trading volumes, and why gold remains a unique store of value and liquid asset.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The weekly letter examines Finland’s housing allowance, its effects on the rental market and investors’ returns, and possible economic reforms.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

Voima Weekly discusses Finland's taxation, purchasing power, and gold's position relative to the euro and other investment options.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The letter reflects on a 20 mark gold coin from 1879, gold’s enduring purchasing power, and the decline of fiat money.

Weekly

Marko Viinikka

The weekly newsletter explores the long-term relationship between gold and fiat currencies, as well as the development of purchasing power.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

In the October newsletter, we take a look at economic indicators, real estate funds' troubles and the current setup in gold.

Press release

Voima

Three product updates have been introduced to Voima Account during Q2 and Q3.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

The September newsletter touches on inflation and focuses on the spread between Shanghai and Western gold markets and the difference in gold investment mentality in the East and West.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

In the August newsletter, we will take a look at the commodity price development, inflation and the market and economic situations of the US and the euro zone.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

In this month's Voima Markets newsletter, we will delve into such topics as the key highlights from the recent BRICS meeting, and a brief outlook for the second half of the year.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

The May newsletter contains the top recent news in the markets, main currency market figures and the trader's comment.

Press release

Voima

Introducing a new Board Member: Norman Day.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

The April newsletter explores what is happening in the macro environment in the aftermath of the recent banking crisis.

Article

Voima

This article explains the reasons and consequences of bank runs in general.

Press release

Voima

Bureau Veritas will conduct quarterly gold audits on Voima's Customers gold holdings.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

The March newsletter sheds light on gold's recent correction and volatility, and puts them into perspective.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

The February newsletter takes a look at the big picture for gold, market sentiments and stock call options.

Article

Lasse Lindholm

This article explains the nature of war on a general level and how it impacts asset classes.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

The January newsletter contains the top recent news in the markets, main currency market figures and the trader's comment.

Article

Lasse Lindholm

In this article, we take a look at the Great Inflation and stagflation in 1965–1982 and how different asset classes fared through the crisis.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

December's market commentary takes a look at how inflation crises can turn into currency crises, why central banks are buying gold and what it means, as well as what is gold's outlook in 2023.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

A topical newsletter that discusses the US dollar, the 10Y2Y spread and Ghana's plans to buy oil with gold.

Article

Lasse Lindholm

The article explains what happened with gold and other assets during the Great Depression.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

A topical newsletter that discusses why the Japanese Yen has been the weakest major currency as well as central bankers, stock markets and gold.

Article

Lasse Lindholm

The article explains what happened with gold and other assets during the German hyperinflation in 1921–1923.

Market commentary

Sam Laakso

A topical newsletter that discusses, among other things, how the strengthened dollar has affected other currencies and asset classes and how gold's price will likely develop during the next 18 months.

Article

Voima

This article discusses the different reasons why people want to own gold and why there is demand for it.

Article

Lasse Lindholm

Voima's new Community Manager, Lasse, tells about his background and his role.

Article

Voima

The discussion about inflation is skewed. In this article, we will focus on the true and fundamental reasons why prices are increased.

Press release

Voima

The new Board of Directors comprises Saku Pitkänen, Kai Järvikare and Marko Viinikka.

Article

Sam Laakso

This article breaks down the facts and fiction regarding the state of the Russian gold market and the actions taken by the central bank of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

Press release

Voima

Voima, in cooperation with Namu Jewellery, contributes gemstones for the training of the precious metals industry.

Article

Voima

In this article, we discuss what money is, what is wrong with it nowadays and what we can do about it.

Article

Marko Viinikka

Voima's founder relates how the financial crisis, central banks' easing and the history of money led to the founding of Voima.

Article

Voima

The money on your bank account is not yours. This article explains the nature of bank deposits.

Press release

Voima

Voima has chosen Signicat's services for internal KYC and e-signature processes.

Press release

Voima

Voima is proud to announce a new partnership with ALS Inspection UK Ltd.

Press release

Voima

Voima has been listed as the biggest fintech startup in Finland by revenue for the second year in a row.

Press release

Voima

Voima announces a new Board of Directors, whose members are Sami Alatalo, Tapani Järvinen, Risto Päivänsalo and Marko Viinikka.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Jan interviews Ben and Collin, the administrators of the "WTF Happened in 1971?" site.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Jan sheds light on some of the reasons why gold is a relevant asset class in the 21st century.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Jan dives into how Covid-19 affected the gold market in terms of arbitrage and physical supply and demand.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

A closer look at the development of the euro shows that it is not a good store of value.

Highlight

Sam Laakso

In March 2020, the international gold supply chain was in distress. In this article, Sam explains how the supply chain of gold works and how issues in a single link can affect the whole chain.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Jan breaks down the anatomy of SDRs and explains, why he thinks it is not capable of being the world reserve currency.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Jan breaks down the characteristics of the large scale trends that manifest when gold moves between the West and the East.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Investigative journalism uncovers a chink in the armour of the US gold reserve audits.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

Above-ground silver stocks are higher than what is widely assumed.

Highlight

Jan Nieuwenhuijs

What do central banks really think about gold? Let's find out.