Gold Editorials & Commentary

“If Powell is more dovish – emphasizing the need to stimulate growth etc. – we might get very short-term rally in gold (and a decline in the USD) that would be followed by declines in gold and a big rally in the USD Index anyway. Why? Because this is what the market...

HSBC’s 2Q25 results reveal that the situation in the global CRE market continues to deteriorate at a very concerning pace. Although HSBC is a UK bank, it now generates the majority of its revenues in Asia, particularly from Hong Kong and mainland China. In fact,...

One of the central myths of the modern Federal Reserve is that it is “independent.” The idea is that the Fed is squarely focused on its dual mandate from Congress and is not influenced by politics, presidents, or pressure from the Treasury to keep the government’s...

VON GREYERZ partner, Matthew Piepenburg, joins Michelle Makori of The Real Story in part one of a thorough, two-part assessment of the key macro themes impacting global currency, debt and precious metals markets – from tariff dynamics and stablecoin legislation to...

In this video, I want to answer some questions and some comments that I've been getting. People are concerned, "I'm worried about a crash cuz the market's going to crash. Are we going to see another 2008? I'm worried the stock market's going to crash and we're going...

After a wild first half of the year in the precious metals markets, the gold price has been hovering around the $3,400 level, while silver has floated around $38 for a couple of months now.

Remember when miners were very strong relative to gold and USD in 2011? Guess what. Taking the time factor into account makes both situations even more alike.

Gold is close to staging a massive breakout above the key $3440 price zone… and it’s possible that a shocking PCE inflation report on Friday could be the catalyst for the launch.

The best-performing precious metal for the past week was palladium, up 2.41%. Michael Ball, technical analyst at Bloomberg, notes that the gold-silver ratio is at a technical crossroads, caught between gold’s consolidation and silver’s relative strength. While gold...

Gold has been on quite the bull run, up 26 percent in 2024 and another 27 percent so far this year. This impressive run occurred despite American investors largely remaining on the sidelines.

Share prices for precious metals mining companies finally started responding to higher metal prices. The XAU -- a popular index fund containing publicly traded companies mining for both gold and silver -- began a run higher 18 months ago after going nowhere for the...

Many assume that budget deficits reduce national savings, while a budget surplus contributes to national savings. National savings are defined as the sum of private savings (the after-tax income that households save) and public savings. By generating budget...

Jerome Powell's inspirational Jackson Hole speech on Friday left the gold and silver prices soaring. As despite inflation being above the Fed's mandate for over four years now, Powell confirmed that the plan to get inflation lower is to finally start cutting...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent stocks skyrocketing back up to the moon today by saying the economy was doing poorly, so he might have to cut interest rates. There is nothing the modern stock market loves so much as a crash into cash.

Another great week for precious metals. Another week where we saw gold underperformed the rest of the sector. Gold was higher thanks to the action on Friday, but the rest of the sector; the stocks, they're continuing to outperform the metals.

In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey explored the parallels between Iran’s recent currency redenomination and the United States’ long history of monetary debasement. 

Well, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has given an "all-clear signal" for gold and silver to move higher with his remarks at Jackson Hole on Friday.

In Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s address yesterday (Friday) from ever-stunningly magnificent Jackson Hole, how many times did he say either the word “reduce” or “cut”?

Friday was a big day for the stock market.  Many stock indexes closed at, or very near a new all-time high.  As for the Dow Jones (my proxy for the broad-stock market), at this week’s close, it saw its 56th BEV Zero, new all-time high in its BEV chart below, since...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. GLD is on short term sell signal. GDX is on short term buy signal. XGD.to is on short term buy signal. GDXJ is on short term buy signal.

Chinese analysts recently expressed concern about the sustainability of the U.S. government’s borrowing and spending, suggesting that the country should further limit its exposure to U.S. debt.

Mid-tier and junior gold miners just finished reporting spectacular record quarterly results!  In the sweet spot for sector upside potential, smaller gold miners’ fundamental performances handily bested their larger peers’.  They shattered every major financial...

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In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey explored the parallels between Iran’s recent currency redenomination and the United States’ long history of monetary debasement. 

Earlier this month, Citi raised its gold forecast. Another big bank, UBS, has now followed suit. The Swiss investment bank nudged its Q1 2026 forecast gold price by $100 to $3,600 an ounce. This would mean new record highs over the next six months or so.

In this video, I'm going to talk about my gold price forecast, or more so expectations for next year and into 2027. Now forecasts and predictions, I don't think they're really valuable or help people make

Goldman Sachs has a new report out on the gold market, that some are describing as 'the ultimate gold market primer.' What's inside?

Gold is revolution against an expiring system that is still limping along. The expiring system (in progress for years, actual expiration date unknown) has limped along, through Fed (monetary) and government (fiscal) oversight, fabulously enriching the rich and...

With markets relatively calm this week as everyone awaits Powell's Jackson Hole speech on Friday, I wanted to update you on some critical fundamental developments that are setting up what could be one of the most significant market moves we've seen in years.

While the gold and silver prices have generally hovered around $3,400 and $38 levels over the past few months, even with what's already happened this year, we're already in rare territory.