Gold Editorials & Commentary

Gold closed above significant resistance, and a breakout to new highs could be days away. Gold miners are starting to perk up and may skyrocket…IF gold jumps to new highs. I'll be watching gold miners (GDX) for clues - below are my current thoughts on Spot Gold and...

For those who may not remember the action we experienced in the metals market back in the summer of 2011, the market was going parabolic at the time, with some days seeing $50 increases. And the only arguments at the time were regarding how far beyond $2,000 gold...

Last week, Fox News aired a segment discussing the possibility that the US dollar will cease to be the global reserve currency and what that would mean for Americans. The tone of the piece suggested that a “catastrophic” decline of the US dollar was not only...

December 7, 1941 will forever be remembered as, in the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “a date that will live in infamy.” Another infamous date is April 5, 1933—the day that FDR ordered the seizure of the private gold holdings of the American people. By...

In this 30-minute conversation with Elijah Johnson of Liberty Finance, Matterhorn Asset Management principal, Matthew Piepenburg, addresses the escalating ripple effects of the U.S. banking crisis and the growing distrust of gasping bond markets, cornered policy...

Amidst concerns of banking issues, and growing fears of recession, investors continue to buy physical gold and silver to protect their money against what they're seeing in the financial news.

Since the practice of inflation by governments and central banks is intentional and ongoing, the expectations for the effects of that inflation are reasonably tilted to the high side. Although, allowing for differences of opinion and varying interpretations, the...

Just days after Fed chair Jay told excited stock market investors that his rate cuts were almost finished…

As recently as March 7th, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified to the Senate Banking Committee that interest rates could rise higher and faster than anticipated in an effort to fight inflation.

Everything is playing in gold’s favor: A banking crisis, falling rates, high inflation, pressure on the dollar, hot Asian demand and technical momentum as it flirts with breaching the $2,000 an ounce level for the first time in over a year.

Should we leave the creation of new money in the hands of bankers or place its creation solely with our government? “The financial system used by all national economies worldwide is actually founded upon debt. To be direct and precise, modern money is created in...

Over the weekend OPEC made the decision to cut the oil supply by 1.16 million barrels per day, which has the oil price shooting higher on Monday, and has once again left the White House unhappy with the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia.

Sadly, gold is now on its way to heights which are unthinkable for most people. To all the people who have asked me over the years why gold doesn’t go up, I have replied: “Don’t wish for gold to go up substantially for when it does, your quality of life will...

Well, they finally indicted the proverbial ham sandwich last week, adding to our long list of worries that the world really is falling apart. It’s as good a time as any to trot out William Butler Yeats’ The Second Coming as a reminder of where things are headed.

First, it was the crypto-focused Silvergate Bank. Then it was Silicon Valley Bank. And immediately after, Signature Bank. Silvergate and Signature could be dismissed because, well, crypto. But Silicon Valley Bank is something entirely else. It was older, and much...

Mike McGlone, a senior Macro Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, joins the show, and we discuss the recent news that Credit Suisse Default swaps have hit a record high as the failure of SVB affects banks.

If you're wondering how a system-wide banking failure could suddenly spring up on the Federal Reserve without warning, wonder no more. The Fed conveniently forgot to stress test banks for rising interest rates. Had they done so, they would have discovered banks...

Mark is not fooling around today. He looks back at the history of gold and its price, which some believe is too erratic and too unstable (like Bitcoin) to serve as a basis of a monetary system. Mark shows that it is not gold that destabilizes events in the real...

'Tis April 1st, but no foolin' from here: just fact. And it being week-end, month-end, and quarter-end, we begin with Gold leading the year's trend! For through 2023's 62 trading days-to-date, we've the BEGOS Markets' yellow metal with the best growth rate: numéro...

The Dow Jones didn’t break down this week. Instead, it closed above its BEV -10% line on Friday’s close. So, what BEV line becomes critical now?

As gold prices continue to hold firm near the $2,000 level, bulls are eying big developments ahead for the monetary metal along with the global monetary system.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. Current data supports overall higher gold prices. Our ratio is on buy signal. Trend is DOWN for USD. Trend is UP for gold stocks.

The gold miners’ stocks have mostly ground higher over the past half-year, forging a new upleg.  Their fortunes have been dominated by traders gaming the Fed’s extreme tightening cycle, which has really bullied around gold.  Despite these crazy sentimental and...

Here are today's videos and charts.

While it has been leading US and global markets, along with commodities to the upside since late 2022, gold’s real value is not found in its price at any given juncture (we will cover technical price projections in future articles). Gold’s value is found in the very...

In this extensive and now English-translated, interview with Jan Kneist of Investor Talk, Matterhorn Asset Management principal, Matthew Piepenburg, addresses the critical themes of the ongoing banking crisis. In this substantive, 21-minute conversation, Piepenburg...

Given its role as the world’s primary reserve currency, the importance of the US dollar in the global economy cannot be understated. It’s estimated as many as 90% of all international trades involve the greenback.

Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Credit Suisse, First Republic, and now Deutsche Bank; the list grows longer and soon it will be too bothersome to list them all.

Gold is on the cusp of a major breakout from its super-bullish cup and handle pattern. The measured upside target is $3000/oz, and the log target is roughly $4000/oz.

Many depositors were shocked by the SVB collapse, which, in our opinion, demonstrates that the majority of them are ignorant of serious systemic risks in the U.S. banking system.