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Gold Editorials & Commentary

July 6, 2018

In this final episode of the Keiser Report from Paris, France, Max and Stacy discuss if a genuine trade war has erupted between China and the U.S. and look at nations, including Russia, stockpiling gold and also cover our recent market update (June 21): Russia Buys...

July 5, 2018

The impressive reversal in gold last Monday, which appeared to occur during the Asian and European trading sessions as opposed to the Crimex pit session, it looks like the precious metals are adhering to the well-broadcasted seasonality trade that has been fraught...

Beginning in 2010, central banks around the world turned from being net sellers of gold to net buyers of gold. Last year official sector activity rose 36 percent to 366 tonnes – a substantial increase from 2016.

On June 26 we provided an antidote to some media hysterics about a “Death Cross” in gold. On that same day we had an NFTRH update (still password protected, but below is the screenshot of the intro) illustrating for subscribers a developing positive risk vs. reward...

An Irish farmer from County Donegal has discovered gold artefacts believed to be an ancient currency or money thousands of years old and from pre-history. Norman Witherow uncovered the gold objects on Saturday when he was digging a drain in a field

Despite its lack of bullish fundamentals and the poor price action, Gold is now technically oversold and has reached strong support with sentiment approaching potentially extreme levels. The conditions are in place for a rally. That being said, bearish sentiment by...

July 3, 2018

It has been a painful start to the summer for gold traders and investors, particularly for yours truly. Though we anticipated the correction that began back in April, we never fully expected it to extend for as long and as deep as it has run.

Beginning in early Spring, gold and silver faced two serious headwinds: Seasonality – that is, the annual decline in bullion demand from China and India once wedding season ends – and the internal structure of the futures markets, where the big players in gold had...

Charts don’t make fundamentals, but fundamentals do make charts. That’s because market fundamentals create liquidity flows. Those liquidity flows create technical action on the charts.

What a fall! The price of gold dropped about $100 since mid-April, or about $50 since mid-June. What is happening in the precious metals market?

“The Law of Long-Term Time Preference – Those who plan, invest and execute long-term win. Win-win decisions, looking to thelong term with short-term work and sacrifice, are historically the tickets to success in all areas of life – short-term sacrifice for long-term...

The world is standing at the edge of the financial abyss while most investors are entirely in the dark.  However, specific indicators suggest the market is one giant RED BLINKING LIGHT.  One of these indicators is the amount of margin debt held by investors.  What...

Even the best day of the year for stocks in the United States struggled to pull this market into better shape. While summer is a down period overall for stocks, July 2nd holds the position of being historically the most bullish day of all for the S&P 500. Why?...

That’s the message the U.S. government shared with the world last week, giving importers until November 4 to cut their consumption of Iran’s crude to zero—or expect sanctions. The threat comes a month after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Obama-era...

July 2, 2018

Ever since breaking below the 30-week moving average in late 2016 gold and gold stocks have been in a sideways trading range unable to resume their uptrend.  Gold and gold stocks have had three things working against them during this time frame:  weak commodity...

The best performing metal this week was palladium, down just 0.27 percent on a positive recommendation by Morgan Stanley based on deficit market supply. Gold traders and analysts became bearish this week according to the Bloomberg weekly survey as gold fell to its...

“On résiste à l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas à l'invasion des idées.” These are the actual words written by Victor Hugo in Histoire d'un Crime (History of a Crime).Translated literally, it means an invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas...

It's been a while since I've covered the precious metals in an article. They've been range-bound for much of the past year, with few notable sector developments to report. But I feel compelled to write about them today for two reasons:

Gold is the ultimate safe haven for two simple reasons. First, its total above-ground supply only grows 1.4% per year, no matter what anyone does (and even this rate of increase is starting to fall as production levels have peaked). Second, gold is the final...

For years, financial analysts have discussed what’s called the Global Monetary Reset, or GMR. Expectations of a GMR stem from the fact that monetary policies around the world are unstable and unsustainable.

July 1, 2018

Gold continued to break to lower price levels in last weeks trading, with the metal hitting its high in Monday's session with the tag of the 1269.40 figure. From there, a decline was seen into Thursday's session, here hitting a low of 1247.00 - before bouncing...

They say that experts can discover much insight into someone’s personality and his or her emotional state from observing and analysing the clues provided by their so-called ‘body-language’ Similar clues about the underlying beliefs and sentiment in financial markets...

Precious metal AGold has precious little support left to save its year. Having settled the week yesterday (Friday) at 1254, price traded down through most of The Box (1280-1240), reaching as low as 1247.

Last week the Dow Jones Index closed with its BEV value at around -7.5% and I wondered whether it would first breach its BEV -5% or -10% line. Five trading days later it appears the -10% line is next, and what follows after that?

June 30, 2018

For the last four sessions, the price of gold has fallen and closed at new lows for the year. We’ve talked all week about how gold can’t seem to get a foothold despite having several prospective “hooks” for attracting safe haven demand among investors. In today’s...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is DOWN. Gold sector is on major buy signal since early 2016. We alerted our members to a potential bottom in last week’s update, and this week, a pivot low is confirmed. What does this have to do with gold stocks?

June 29, 2018

It is my privilege now to welcome in Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at U.S. Global Investors. Mr. Holmes has received various honors over the years, including being named America's Best Fund Manager for 2016 by the Mining Journal. He is also the co-...

In the latest edition of the Market Overview, we have analyzed the risk related to the rising U.S. public debt and private leverage. This month, we will adopt a more global perspective. Until recently, thanks to the synchronized worldwide growth, it was easy to lose...

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June 28, 2018

The GDX/COPX ratio has broken above the 50 & 200 day moving averages and is still going, despite gold’s ignominious state at the moment.

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India and the U.S. trump Italy as top gold jewelry exporters.

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