James Turk ✓

@FGMR · London · joined 07 Jun 2009

5+ decades in int’l banking, finance & investments. Began publishing in 1987. Founded https://t.co/Qqr6wD5clr in 2001. @goldmoney Latest book:“Money and Liberty”

42 281Followers

390Following

1 785Posts total

21.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views916this account964median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.17%this account3.25%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.35%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	916	964	0.95×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.17%	3.25%	0.67×
Engagement rate	1.35%	2.01%	0.67×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.7K19 Aug

3.8K

19920 Aug

1721 Aug

11.6K22 Aug

307

25623 Aug

2K26 Aug

1.5K1 Sep

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.72%19 Aug

1.88%

2.67%

2.01%20 Aug

0.00%21 Aug

1.82%22 Aug

0.33%

0.00%23 Aug

0.99%26 Aug

0.98%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes73.2%287 in total

Reposts13.3%52 in total

Replies3.3%13 in total

Quotes1.0%4 in total

Bookmarks9.2%36 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

There will be consequences to this unrelenting surge in Japanese #InterestRates. Japan’s major #banks just reported record FY2026 profits but can they avoid what happened to #SiliconValleyBank when interest rates rose? https://t.co/gPDcg9JcQ5 1.5K views · 9 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The collapse in #Hormuz transits so far has been limited b/c it has been offset by temporary relief from #global drawdowns of strategic #oil reserves. Eventually this decline in inventory levels is going to matter; having the ‘real thing’ always does matter when a #commodity http 2K views · 13 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@FGMR Vàng bạc tuần trước tăng đẹp vậy mà vẫn chưa chịu bứt phá, chắc đang nín thở chờ quý 1 rồi 😄 256 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 23 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@FGMR İ don’t think correction finished. There is a backtest after September 15th in my opinion. 307 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Last week #gold +5.6% #silver +6.9% but still in a correction from the big gains earlier this year. If #PreciousMetals follow a normal seasonal pattern, expect an upward trend & higher prices into Q1. Then break out of the consolidation oval into new highs later this year or 11.6K views · 182 likes · 28 reposts · 2 replies 22 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@FGMR “Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money.” Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) from Virginia btw 17 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@FGMR But "I paid in!" 199 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@FGMR Those were real money debts Nowadays nobody really pays them Obviously the government is rolling them over + rolling over the interest + the deficit Paid by inflation 75 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Thomas Jefferson argued that no generation can legitimately bind the next by leaving accumulated #debts to be paid by those who had no voice in incurring them. https://t.co/RjpNIWsUFS 3.8K views · 53 likes · 11 reposts · 5 replies 19 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Sounds great but where is the #money going to come from? The gov’t is broke, with no pockets to reach into. It means more money printing, #dollar debasement, #inflation, weaker #USD, higher #gold & #silver – in other words, what the markets are doing after today’s announcemen 1.7K views · 23 likes · 3 reposts · 3 replies 19 Aug 2026 · Open on X →