Gold Editorials & Commentary

Ever since 2012’s failure of the ‘QE 3 rally’ in the precious metals, it has not been fruitful to micro manage the gold sector, because that failure jump started a savage bear market that would need time to work out the excesses both in the sector’s investor base...

Welcome to the weekend! But, no parties for me! As a father of 2 young girls, the weekend is the same as every other day,  up early, go all day, and fall asleep quickly and be woken up 3 times a night! Life's good though!

As I was walking through the shopping district of Kingston-on-Thames yesterday, I was wondering whether the locals had gotten the memo that the country remained on "High Alert" in light of the Manchester bombings. Here I was in the middle of an historic "village,"...

Gold sector is on major buy signal since early 2016. Major signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for long-term investors. Both speculation and open interests are supportive for higher prices overall.

Apart from some minor profit-taking over the last two days of this week (into early European trade this morning – Friday), the undertone in precious metals has been remarkably positive.

Gold Bugs now expect prices to take off and I expect prices to rise as well...someday. Today ALL is rigged and manipulated, the news, the markets, public opinion, politics, stock markets, you can’t believe anything. Common sense is in short supply when the masses...

Trump’s announcement late yesterday that the US would be pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord saw gold prices retreat. Markets are now awaiting the release of the non-farm payroll data. General consensus is that 210,000 new positions were added in...

The busy summer travel season is here yet again, and according to forecasts, this year could set a number of new records for airlines and highways. Thanks to a steadily improving economy, rising gross domestic product (GDP), strong consumer confidence and affordable...

The astounding results of a groundbreaking, scientific study just released, the first of its kind we know of, confirms a lot we’ve suspected about mainstream journalists. Journalists are different than the rest of us.

Leaked memos, recorded conversations, impeachment talk and a plunging stock market. Trump and his White House problems? No. Brazil. The Brazilian stock market took a nose dive wiping out this year’s gains on newspaper reports that Brazilian President Michel Temer,...

Recently, lots of news items have been discussing the run in the US equity markets and “how long can it go on like this?”.  Our analysis of the markets shows us that many of these industry analysts are failing to consider one very important factor in much of their...

Yesterday, the gold price hit $1,273.74/oz, a level not seen for five weeks. Analysts point to some safe-haven demand for the yellow metal on account of the geopolitical tensions, upcoming UK elections and tomorrow’s non-farm payroll data.

The U.S. and other nations with “free market” economies got credit for defeating the communists in Russia. That is ironic, because it is now more clear than ever that western leadership actually shares the Soviet inclination for central planning, and they have been...

Interest rates have gone down in recent decades. Most economists think that they will go up again. But what if the opposite happens? What if negative real interest rates become the new normal? That seems unthinkable. Yet, negative interest rates are inevitable...

Is there gold price manipulation going on? Absolutely. There’s no question about it. That’s not just an opinion.​ There is statistical evidence piling up to make the case, in addition to anecdotal evidence and forensic evidence. The evidence is very clear, in fact...

Natural Money is interest-free money with a holding tax. The maximum interest rate on money and loans is zero and there is a tax on currency. The tax may range from 0.5% to 1% per month. You don't have to pay the holding tax on money lent. This includes bank...

I cannot stress strongly enough the importance of understanding where the markets are currently technically located, with regards to different time frames and which help to guide all my trading and investing decisions.

Gold tends to become a rather dull market as the summer approaches.  Will this year be different? The summer doldrums are caused by seasonal softness in Eastern jewellery demand, but the next major Fed rate hike announcement and commentary is just two weeks away. ...

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded China’s credit rating recently to A1 from Aa3. The rational being that it expects the financial strength of the economy to erode, as GDP growth slows and debt levels continue to pile up. What is Beijing’s response to the slowing...

When we had you on last you commented that you believed the market was pricing in President Trump getting virtually all of his policy agenda pushed through Congress, the tax cuts, repealing Obamacare, and so forth. To say Trump has encountered some resistance in...

Ramadan Kareem rang out across Dubai and the rest of the Muslim World this weekend as the holiest month in the Islamic calendar began. For 29-30 days over a billion Muslims around the world practice sawm (fasting), charity (zakat) and salat (prayer). This period is...

Market Overview: EWT: The Elliott analysts are hanging on to their B-wave pattern – for the time being -- but if the uptrend continues past 2425, they may have to throw in the towel. Cycles: With a new high achieved last week, it is obvious that all three of the...

In Wednesday’s “historic market manipulation setting the stage for catastrophe,” my principal inference was that, per the time old adage, crime never pays.  Perhaps in the short-term; but the longer a scam is perpetrated, the more vulnerable it becomes to its...

The physical gold demand from key consuming nations such as India and China has been strong lately, although Indian demand may wane, according to Commerzbank. Analysts cited a data from the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong showing that China imported 74...

It is universally known that there are many, many sundry factors that can affect the price of gold and silver.  To name just a few: Political Environment, Value of the US Dollar and the Euro, Commitment of Traders, Possible Manipulation by the Fed, US Fed Policies...

Speculative gold longs rose and gold shorts covered by a large amount this week. In silver, the action was different as we saw major short-covering but no increase in speculative silver longs. Next week's big events are US jobs data related and investors can expect...

The Dow Jones Index closed the week just a whisker (35.27) from taking out its last all-time high from March 1st of this year.  Looking at the Dow Jones and its step sum below, I expect we’ll see history being made next week, or the week after.

May 17 saw one of the largest drops of the stock market this year.  I believe we will see an even larger drop early next week. There are three distinct reasons apart from the daily MACD failing to make a new high along with the SPX. Firstly, we have Mars in Gemini...

A quiet week for stocks with the exception of Wednesday and Thursday after the Fed said a rate hike should come sooner than later, which increased the likelihood of a June rate hike. Markets, stocks and metals enjoyed this outlook and took off higher, so there...

The latest FOMC minutes suggest that the Fed may start decreasing its balance sheet later this year. There are many unknowns about this process, so we invite you to read our today’s article about the unwinding of the Fed’s balance sheet and find out how it could...