The UK launched what is being touted as the “most secure coin in the world” yesterday – the day before Brexit day. People have reacted with mixed emotions regarding the introduction of the newly designed pound coin which entered circulation yesterday. The new coins...
Gold Editorials & Commentary
March 29, 2017
March 28, 2017
When debating whether or not gold has value or not, the naysayers will often argue that it is a “pet rock” and just a shiny, heavy, cumbersome piece of yellow metal that has no “intrinsic” value.
March 27, 2017
Stocks had their worst day in months last Tuesday. The S&P500 Index retreated more than 1 percent for the first time since October, and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index gave back more than 2 percent for the first time since September. As of Friday, the Dow Jones...
The best performing precious metal for the week was palladium, up 4.22 percent on improving expectations for the automotive industry where palladium is principally used to clean gasoline emissions.
As we have repeatedly warned since mid-December, the “Trump trade” was based on hype. This is not to say that President Trump will not succeed in generating economic growth…it IS to say that whatever growth is coming will do so in 2018 as opposed to the GDP growth...
The USDollar has never been in greater danger for losing its dominant position as global reserve currency and payment standard. Challenges to its supremacy are many and with each passing month, more threats are put in place. While the volumes of trade payment in...
Up until very recently, stocks had been humming along without so much as a minor speedbump and volatility was becoming a distant memory. However, it now seems prudent to once again remind investors that this extremely overvalued market is headed for an epic crash...
Back in the old days, homes had fuse boxes. Today, of course, any new house is built with a circuit breaker panel and many older homes have been upgraded at one time or another. However, the fuse is a much more interesting analogy for the monetary system.
Gold and silver jumped another 1% overnight in Asia, building on the respective 1.5% and 2.2% gains seen last week. The ‘Trump trade’ is fading, impacting stock markets and risk off has returned to global markets with the Nikkei, S&P 500 futures and European...
March 26, 2017
The 20-wk cycle had the effect on the market which was expected of it. While there should be a temporary reprieve in the correcting process as this cycle reverses, the 67-wk cycle (whose low is due in a few weeks) should extend the correction and bring about a new...
Markets continue to show weakness as we continue to move a bit lower during this likely 6 to 8 week consolidation period. It’s all good and will keep this bull market strong and set for much more upside over the next couple of years or so.
Many Canadian juniors had seen significant deterioration in prices in the last few weeks, even as gold and large mining companies rallied. This decline in juniors particularly affected stocks that had seen large capital appreciation in the recent past.
Since March 15, when the Federal Reserve raised rates for the second time since Trump was elected, gold has rallied and stock outflows have been extremely high, says Tom Beck, senior editor of Portfolio Wealth Global, and he discusses how Ray Dalio is turning to...
'Tis a grand old expression, what? "It feels so good to be home!" "Uhhh, mmb, what's so good about Gold being at 1243, and as you like to say, 'per the above panel', only moving around where it was at this time last year?"
The Dow Jones Index made its last all-time high on March 1st, and since then its valuation has been slowly deflating. It closed this week only nine Dow Points away from breaking below its BEV -2.50% line in the chart below.
March 25, 2017
Long-term – on major buy signal. Short-term – on mixed signals. Gold sector cycle is down. A correction is in progress.
March 24, 2017
Here are today's videos and charts.
Inserted below is a chart that compares the long-term inflation-adjusted (IA) performances of several markets. This chart makes some interesting points, such as: 1) Market volatility increased dramatically in the early-1970s when the current monetary system was...
In January, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above the symbolic 20,000 for the first time ever. This development raised again concerns about the condition of the U.S. stock market – further gains could be a headwind for the gold market, but the end of the bull...
Grab your ultra-reliable 357 magnum revolver and load the cylinder with six, not one, rounds of ammunition. Point the gun at your head if you are a member of the struggling middle-class. Imagine pulling the trigger and hoping…
Gold ETFs are rising in popularity due to their convenience. They’re easy to trade, there’s no need to store anything, and no one is going to break into your house to steal your GLD shares.
March 23, 2017
Near the extinct volcano known as Monte Pissis, high in the Andes on the Chile-Argentina border, the air is thin and animal life scarce. It’s also a prime location for lithium, the silvery-white metal used in the production of lithium-ion batteries.
Back in early February 2017, we posted an article to all our members about how our analysis showed a very strong potential for larger price swings with the potential for a massive explosion in the VIX indicator based on a price cycle pattern we had been studying. ...
It’s a testament to the recent success in the market that Tuesday’s minor bump downward seems to have the market spooked. The gold price, which had been hanging around the $1,220, to $1,230 range, is most recently hovering around $1,245 per troy ounce as of early...
Regardless of how hawkish the Fed frames possible future rate hikes this year, we suspect a cyclical breakdown in the US Dollar Index to unfold. Moreover, by our estimates of the leading market breakdown in US Treasuries last November, the window for a dollar break...
For those that have been following my daily updates on Snapchat (SKWealthAcademy), you know that I stated this past Tuesday that I expected silver and gold to rebound this week after a brief pause that some technical analysts said was a sign that the prices of gold...
Gold prices reached a 3-week high yesterday after the terrorist attack in London pushed gold to $1,251.30 per ounce – the highest it’s been since February 28.
The market is now on very thin ice. Yesterday worked off some of the “oversold” status for stocks, but we are in extremely dangerous territory today. The S&P500 has taken out critical support (red line) as well as the bull market trending running back to early...
IN THE WORLD of investing, many ideas are so widely accepted that they go unquestioned. But conventional thinking is often wrong, writes Kim Iskyan of Truewealth Asian Investment Daily at Porter Stansberry's Stansberry Associates.
March 22, 2017
The “talking heads” in the media are saying that the markets are “not supposed to be this high”. Analyst are just now raising their targets for the SPX for the rest of 2017. My long-term target, as of now, is 2550 and possibly even higher. It is now heading into a ...
