Michael Kosares
Author, Editor, Founder, and Executive Director @ USAGold.com
Michael J. Kosares has over 40 years’ experience in the gold business. He is the founder and executive director of USAGOLD (both the website and gold brokerage service), the author of three books on the gold market, and the editor of "News, Commentary & Analysis," the firm's client letter. He has written numerous magazine and internet essays and is well-known for his ongoing commentary on the gold market and its economic, political and financial underpinnings.
Michael Kosares Articles
“To propose a return of inflation is to be inflammatory,” writes Lightman Investment Management’s Rob Burnett in an opinion piece for the Financial Times. “Investors are committed to a deflationary thesis — and such is their fervor that...
What it cannot do is cure the virus. What it could do, however, according to a good many analysts, is act as an effective hedge against its economic consequences. Since the beginning of the year through April, the metal was up 11.73%...
Here's why the two have risen together since the 1970s and why the correlation is likely to continue. "President Trump, in complete contradiction to candidate Trump, has praised Yellen for being a 'low-interest-rate-person.' One reason...
In a recent essay published at Project Syndicate, Harvard economics professor Kenneth Rogoff sets an ominous tone. Humanity, he says “is facing something akin to alien invasion” – an apt analogy, we thought. “With each passing day,” he...
While stocks dominated headlines, gold quietly performed. “For twelve consecutive years, gold was up every single year whether there were inflation fears, deflation fears; strong dollar, weak dollar; political stability, political...
During the course of the past several months, we have heard much about the inverted yield curve in three-month and ten-year Treasuries as a harbinger of recessions. Missed in the press reports is the fact that it has also been a harbinger...
It was a very good year for precious metals. Gold posted a nearly 19% gain and silver rose over 17%. As you can see in the chart below, the move higher began in early summer defying the annual summer doldrums, hit an impasse during...
WHAT WE SAY NOW: Though we would not characterize 2019 as a breakout year, gold has certainly thrown off the restraints. As a result, it has been a very good year thus far. Per Friday’s close (12/6/2019), gold is up almost 13.8% on the...
It is led by institutions and funds, not private investors. Global quantitative easing created a huge and mobile pool of capital in constant need of a place to call home. As the need for a safe haven became apparent among the stewards of...
At all-time highs in six of the world’s top currencies… The charts posted immediately below tell one of the quiet, but perhaps most important stories unfolding in the world of high international finance. Gold has appreciated sharply in the...
