Gold Editorials & Commentary

High-level analytical assessments are oft said to be made from the "35,000-foot level". Such is the case here -- literally -- from said altitude above The Atlantic at a pace of some 603 knots by the cockpit display in the seatback in front of us. With the markets...

SPX has now built a significant congestion pattern at its recent high which is more likely to be short-term distribution than re-accumulation. It should not take too long before we find out which it is.

Gold sector remains on long-term BUY at the end of November. COT data is supportive for overall higher gold prices. Long-term – on major BUY signal. Short-term – on buy signals. Gold sector cycle is UP.

Most people are familiar with the Aesop fable “CRY WOLF” about the little boy who falsely called out Cry Wolf too often to his villagers when there was no wolf around. Then when one day the wolf came and the boy again cried, no one believed him and the consequences...

As precious metals investors, it can sometimes be difficult to tell whether major world events are positive or negative for the prices of gold and silver.

Regardless of one’s views as to the most realistic means of balancing human risk with economic risk, all would agree that COVID has both revealed and accelerated critical (and pre-existing) fissures in the financial landscape

The world stands on the threshold of monetary hyperinflation with the US dollar leading the way. The final months of fiat money are coming into view. What will replace them — bitcoin or gold?

Most of the time during a bull market the short, intermediate and long term charts are pretty much in sync even during a consolidation phase. Consolidation patterns are needed to bring the overbought condition back to what is normal for a bull market. Consolidation...

On August 7th, the price of gold hit a new all-time high of US$2.075 . At that time we warned of the temporary end of the gold rush. As a result, over the past four months, there has been tough and stretched correction, with several pullbacks towards the support...

After months of waiting, Congress has finally passed a new stimulus measure to help Americans who have seen their lives turned upside because of the COVID-19. The new liquidity flooding into markets should be positive for gold prices.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell sounded dovish during his press conference on December 16, where he gave a market update after the Fed’s monetary policy meeting. The Fed will remain accommodative for a long time, which should support gold prices.

The world’s largest gold exchange traded fund (ETF) seems to be having a lot of trouble when it comes to accounting. The SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) recently appointed its 6th chief financial officer since 2014. And the problem of finding and keeping executives who are...

The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 7.77 percent as hedge funds raise their bullish positioning to 21-week high. Gold gained after the Federal Reserve strengthened its commitment to supporting the economic recovery and as U.S. lawmakers...

There are but two ways that man can deal with man: reason and force. Reason includes invention, design, entrepreneurship, finance, borrowing and lending, construction, production, manufacturing, mining, farming, trade, marketing, distribution, sales, and contract....

Do you feel the Christmas spirit when it comes to the yellow metal and miners? Because we don’t. Multiple signs over the past few days point to bearish weeks ahead for gold and the gold miners. The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) - the most liquid vehicle for...

For the almost decade that I have been writing publicly, I have implored you to recognize the importance of market sentiment in determining the direction and turning points in the market.

The run has started early in Germany: “Gold and silver in the form of coins and bars are experiencing an enormous surge in demand at German precious metals dealers” (link). This is to be expected but the Germans, more-so than any other EU country (Switzerland is not...

There is no apparent intermediate top on the horizon, but the short-term will be determined by the timing and success of the next relief bill which is now being considered by congress.

The president’s election has turned more convoluted than even the more complex plots of a top mystery writer. It looks to take more than a week or two, into 2021, to resolve in either one way or another. Time enough then to speculate about what the future might be...

Last week's trading saw Gold forming its low in Monday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1820.00 figure. From there, a sharp rally was seen into late-week, with the metal running all the way up to a Thursday peak of 1902.00 - before backing off the same...

It being toward year-end, indeed that for the decade, our good friends over at Investing.com again asked us to soothsay that which we see for next year. Thus we also think it apropos by which to herein open as follows:

This week the Dow Jones saw its fourth post March 23rd bottom BEV Zero on Thursday, with the first of these four happening on November 16th. There is a pattern here; the Dow Jones goes on to a new all-time high, and then (or so far) it takes a break for a week or...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is now UP. Long-term – on major BUY signal. Short-term – on buy signals. Gold sector cycle is now UP. The multi-month correction is at completion.

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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to increase further government spending. For this and also other reasons, there is a risk that inflation under Biden’s presidency could be higher than under Trump’s. That would be great news for gold.

The gold miners’ stocks are rallying on balance again, following their recent multi-month correction. For several weeks now they’ve been carving both higher lows and highs, which sure appears to be forming a nascent uptrend. That increases the odds a new bull-...

In the first part of our research, we highlighted our broad market super-cycle trend analysis. This analysis suggests the global markets are shifting away from a stock market appreciation phase into a depreciation phase. This shift will likely prompt a new...

It is not for no reason that cryptos are roaring, and precious metals are playing catch-up. In the last month there have been developments that point to a new phase of accelerating monetary inflation for the dollar, and fiat money is only just beginning to be...

In NFTRH we did a lot of work managing the oncoming correction, the valid reasons behind it (these reasons are beyond the scope of this post, but don’t listen to the perma-bulls, they were more than valid and readable in advance), the now nearly 5 month old...

Did the Federal Reserve just usher in the next phase of the U.S. dollar’s decline? On Wednesday, the central bank recommitted to leaving its benchmark interest rate near zero for the foreseeable future.