Gold Editorials & Commentary

Do you like a good mystery? So do I, especially if it can be profitable. The Feni Islands grabbed my attention some years ago because the regional geology is extremely ideal for finding a major gold deposit.

Volatility for US Treasury Bonds has risen markedly in the last several months. A rise in such bond yields creates a favorable background for gold prices.

There was a little suggestion in a "Daily Reckoning," last week, that all may not be as well as one thought, if certain things happen. Papers can get mixed up, computers fail, and all sorts of ugly things can happen.

The following two charts are courtesy stockcharts.com. They measure percentage movement in the silver price.

Despite this week's FOMC induced rally, nothing has changed in the big picture.

By omitting a few key words from their most recent statement, the Fed led Wall Street to the premature conclusion that the next move in interest rates will be down.

Everyone wants to 'make money,' as far as I can see. It's a universal pastime and goal. The question I have, is how does one make money? Can you make money by starting a business?

This time it's different: Even though we eventually discover to our sad consternation that this time it's never different, when it comes to a 1930's type depression, the FED governors and our economists have us believing that this time

"It's early days yet, but my gut is telling me that February 21st 2007 may turn out to be the date that the sea change started to manifest. Right now I am in the minority, if not alone in my views.

Thirdeyeopentrades has been watching the current eleven month consolidation in gold stocks with fascination.

I have finally figured it out. Eureka! I now think I know why perhaps less than 1% of people are protecting themselves with gold and silver.

Two recent articles stated a theory that silver-to-gold price ratio will increase when the economy is strong, and decrease during financial meltdown (or inversely the gold-to-silver price ratio will decrease when the economy is strong, and increase during finan

With the meltdown in the sub-prime mortgage sector now laid bare, many on Wall Street desperately cling to the notion that the pain will be localized.

Recently, I have received many requests from both paid subscribers and public readers for more coverage on silver. Reason being, according to the consensus, is that gold at $700 is a gimme, and should reach $1000 by summer.

This past week we saw an expected bounce in the stock market.

I will explain why it does not matter whether the central banks lead us to inflation or deflation, because it is too late to maintain any balance in the business cycle, and defaults are now an unavoidable event in the not so distant future, whi

With today's relatively benign jobs report coming in close to the consensus forecast and with the stock market comfortably above Monday's low, most on Wall Street are breathing a sigh of relief.

Summary

In a series of public messages, the US Federal Reserve has issued some statements recently which telegraph an increasingly likely official interest rate cut.

Now for something completely different! This is about China's bubble in stocks, similar to the U.S. 1929 bust, and even the 2001 one. Did the bursting of the China bubble have an effect on the rest of the world's stocks?

It has been an interesting market in the precious metals since 2006 began. We have witnessed gold outperform the large gold stocks, yet the large silver stocks have outperformed silver.

Whilst looking at the gold chart below, (source: http://quotes.ino.com/chart/?s=FOREX_XAUUSDO&v=d12) I was struck by the repetitive similarity of the angles

For more than the past four years, both gold and financial assets have performed well.  From October 18, 2002 through February 28, 2007 gold rose 112% and the S&P 500 Index rose 59%.

Denial is always the first stage that marks the beginning of a Bear Market: There is no better example than the one that can be seen when observing today's real estate market.

After a week of heavy selling, many public readers have asked if this is now a good buying opportunity. There will be opportunities this week for short term scalpers, as the metals are deeply oversold and should see a relief bounce.

On 21st February an article was posted titled COMMERCIALS ON THE ROPES. This article was based on the erroneous presumption that “this time round it will be different” - that the COT pattern would be broken by a surge in physical demand.

With the recent sharp decline in the stock market, the timing of the official release of my new book "Crash Proof" this Monday could not have been better.

The events of the past week have served to reinforce my view that what we are witnessing is a sea change in the markets.

It doesn't take a great treatise or any "rocket science" to expose the ugly and sordid reality of the true condition of the broad US stock market - all it takes is a few charts and a modest helping of common sense.