Gold Editorials & Commentary

Gold miners’ stocks were dramatically surging just a couple weeks ago.  Mounting bullish sentiment was increasingly attracting back traders, who bid the leading gold-stock ETF to dozen-year-plus secular highs.  But this sector’s strong upside momentum reversed since...

Record gold prices drove first-quarter demand in 2025 to the highest level since 2016. The LBMA gold price hit multiple record highs in Q1, with the average price coming in at $2,860 an ounce. That was a 38 percent year-on-year increase.

USA Today reported the US economy’s performance in Q1 was the worst in three years. GDP growth in the last quarter of Biden’s administration was 2.4%; in the first quarter of Trump’s administration, it is – 0.3%.

In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey opens with an unexpected comparison between the experience of playing goalie in a chaotic amateur hockey game and navigating today’s financial markets.

The gold price is down again this morning. And as Vince Lanci reports, a big part of the reason why is record Chinese holiday liquidations.

Chinese investors are pouring money into gold. China accounted for more than half of gold flows into ETFs globally last month, and Q1 Chinese demand for gold bars and coins hit the second-highest quarterly level on record.

After a volatile couple of months filled with relentless news and confusing cross-currents from the Trump administration’s tariff plans and other policies, the financial markets have calmed down in recent weeks—providing a much-needed breather for everyone, myself...

Gold has won the competition — a plebiscite as long-running as established civilizations — to be crowned mankind’s universal choice as a store of value and medium of exchange — as real money. Now, in less than two decades, a potential competitor has arisen: Bitcoin...

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, real GDP just went from a positive 2.4% annual growth rate to -0.3%. It will, of course, take two consecutive quarters of the “growth” rate coming in below zero for the present quarter to be officially designated as part...

After a furious rally that even saw the gold futures break $3,500 per ounce, the price has been due for a pullback.

Slide in copper, anyone? FCX? Or terrible jobs / GDP readings? We’ve got all of those today. Copper’s decline commenced even before the release of ADP employment and GDP statistics. This is not surprising, as technical indicators often precede fundamental factors....

The threat of a credit collapse and subsequent deflation currently outweigh the risks associated with higher inflation. This article explores the threat of a credit collapse and its implications for economies and societies worldwide.

As we are in the final stages of a debt cycle that is causing gold to skyrocket, the question arises: how high can gold go?

In this latest Gold Matters discussion, VON GREYERZ principals, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, speak candidly about the current debt backdrop in which the cycles of currency debasement, market volatility, and rising inflationary pressures are playing out...

The last 3 months in the financial markets have not been pretty. But the unfortunate part, is that the price swings, particularly in the gold market, are likely to get even more violent in the weeks and months ahead.

The gold miners have just broken out of a major five-year base. Significantly higher valuations lie in store over the next 6 – 18 months for most of the world’s gold miners. However, this move higher in the gold miners will not happen in a vacuum: gold itself will...

The love trade for gold in China and India is quiet. The hate trade has moved from Ukraine and Gaza to Kashmir and Iran. The fear trade in America is alive and well, but it’s taking a breather as the USDX arrives at the key round number of 100 (par) and money...

The gold price kissed $3,500 last week before backing off. The yellow metal’s price has churned violently up and down $50 to $100 daily. For some gold bugs this price level seemed unimaginable without there being shooting in the streets. It’s the Central banks that...

While gold’s recent surge underscores its role as a hedge during turbulent times, silver, often a late-cycle performer, may now offer greater upside given its dual function as both a safe haven and an industrial metal.

Discussion on Gold with Bob Moriarty of 321Gold.

The markets are relatively calm today, but don’t let that fool you. They are about to MOVE. There are multiple clues as for the way in which the markets are likely to move next, and I’m going to discuss three of them in today’s free analysis.

If I had asked this question in January, almost all of you would have answered this question with 7000SPX, as almost all analysts and investors were certain that the market was heading to that target this year.

The Federal Reserve is responsible for inflation. This audio dispels any concerns or doubts about other guilty parties or spontaneous events. If the Fed truly wanted to stop inflation dead in its tracks, it could do so in an instant. There are problems associated...

A word of advice if you’re looking for bankable information on the direction of the economy:  tune out the mainstream media’s cavalcade of Trump-deranged bozos and focus on the 4820 target in the SPX chart above.

In this video we are going to recap the week in gold and precious metals and look ahead.

The gold price is selling off on Friday morning after an extremely volatile week. But that hasn't stopped the investment banks from continuing their gold price upgrades.

Remember this ol’ tagline from the ’70s?  “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen!” Fast-forward to today and ’tis “When Goldman talks, people pile on!”  For the Morgans et alia, too, the same holds true.

The bear market continued this week.  A week that saw bearish extreme market events, as per Mr Bear’s report card below.   A week where the major market indexes I follow, in the main refused to once again, close above their BEV -10% lines.

Gold sector cycle is down. Trend is up for gold & gold stocks and down for USD. A pullback is in progress.

Gold surged past $3,200 in April, as forecasted, and signs point to a significant top forming. Our cycle analysis projected a peak between April 16 and April 23, with prices seemingly topping out on April 22 after hitting $3,500. We now expect a sharp, multi-month...