Gold Editorials & Commentary

If the jobs are collapsing and it's not just a one-time thing and the inflation is strong, we got stagflation. This is why gold is strong.

We're finally seeing a somewhat calmer day in the gold and silver markets. Although there's plenty happening beneath the surface, including the size of the bank short positions, that we will be seeing the effects of later this year.

Here is the planetary representation I came up with called the Macrocosm. The larger the planet, the more positively relevant to gold mining macro fundamentals.

Although gold has been relatively quiet in recent months following a strong start to the year, many investors have lost interest or assumed the rally has run its course. 

Tuesday is often quite a soft day for gold. There are numerous theories about why it happens, but the more important news is if there is softness today, it could mark the final low before a powerful surge to $3800 begins.

Citibank just did a 180 on gold and now forecasts new record highs before the end of the year. Just six weeks after lowering its forecast and warning that gold could drop below $3,000 before the end of the year, Citibank now projects gold will hit $3,500 an ounce...

As gold has recovered following last week's selloff, one of the banks just issued a gold price target upgrade. Although let's just say Citi didn't exactly make the boldest call in history, as they forecast gold hitting $3,500 by November.

Miners moved quite sharply higher – just as the general stock market did, but… There are only two charts that really matter right now – and they both feature the USD Index.

The best performing precious metal for the past week was gold, up 0.56%. Gold regained ground this week, breaking a two-week run of losses when the weaker than expected U.S. jobs growth was reported and prior numbers being revised down too. This sparked a rally in...

In a compelling episode of the Money Metals Podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Frank E. Holmes, CEO and CIO of U.S. Global Investors and Executive Chairman of Hive Blockchain Technologies, for a wide-ranging discussion on gold, platinum, interest rates, the...

Higher prices appear to have put a drag on central bank gold buying. However, the pace of expanding gold reserves remains far above the historical average.

In today's video, I'm going to get very specific and very technical. I'm going to delve more into gold's current consolidation and discuss how and why gold and other markets can go sideways and consolidate for months and months.

Friday became another pretty wild day in the financial markets after the labor report was released, and when it came in lower than expected, Trump then fired the commissioner of the agency that compiles the data.

And do you know what isn’t normal? When a market that is driven by some other market pretty much ignores its strong indications. Just like what mining stocks did relative to gold.

Ask ten gold investors why they own gold, and you’ll likely get ten different answers. Some see gold as insurance against disaster—financial crisis, currency collapse, geopolitical instability. 

It’s been a big week for “the data.” At Wednesday’s FOMC press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed was holding its policy interest rate steady at the current 4.5 percent. Powell noted that there was no need to cut the rate because the job...

It was a tough week for the precious metal sector. Aside from gold with a sharp rebound, the sector remains in correction mode. Although gold was up for the week, the rest of the sector, silver, silver stocks, gold stocks, juniors, they were all down at least 3% or...

The gold and silver prices are higher this morning following the latest labor report, that came in weaker than expected. But to recap this week's trading, and what to be aware of as you get ready for your weekend, Vince Lanci covers it all in this morning's show.

Gold and silver remain in consolidation, but their technical setups are still strong—despite the confusing crosscurrents caused by unpredictable tariff developments.

As you studied aficionados of deMeadville well know, we refer to those BEGOS Markets comprising Gold, Silver and Copper as “The Metals Triumvirate”.  And lately, turbulent indeed has been its components’ price paths:

Last week, July 25th, closed with the Dow Jones only 0.25% away from making a new all-time high, only $112 from its last all-time high of December 4th.  This week, with its five consecutive daily declines, put an end to that possibility, for a short time anyway. ...

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve maintained its wait-and-see position, taking no interest rate action during the recent July FOMC meeting.

Do you know what you get if you blow up gold? Gold! Just in a lot smaller pieces. One of the important characteristics of gold is that it’s virtually impossible to destroy. You can melt a gold bar, but once it cools, it’s the same bar of gold. And if you repeat the...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. Higher gold price at shrinking speculation is a divergence. Trend is up for gold stocks and USD and down for gold.

The strongest physical investment gold demand since 2013 helped push overall demand up a healthy 3 percent through the first half of 2025, but American investors, by and large, sat on the sidelines.

The odds of a September rate cut are rising sharply following Friday’s surprisingly weak payroll report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported just 73,000 jobs added in July, with the unemployment rate ticking up to 4.2%. However, the biggest shock came from major...

The usually-overlooked gold stocks are having a good summer, consolidating near major secular highs.  This strength has left the leading GDX gold-stock ETF’s technicals quite-bullish heading into this sector’s strong season.  Gold stocks remain in a strong steep...

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In this week's Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey returned from a cross-country hockey tournament to dig into two massive stories shaping the precious metals landscape: platinum’s under-the-radar explosion in value and the growing trend of nations...

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve maintained its wait-and-see position, taking no interest rate action during the July FOMC meeting. However, there were some evident cracks in the committee as two members dissented from the majority decision. It was the first...