Gold Editorials & Commentary

After hitting the highest official inflation rate in 40 years, bonds did exactly what I warned of in my last Patron Post where I said, The collapse of the Everything Bubble will be an economic supernova. Think Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns and all the rest of what...

The markets have been quite volatile recently, not so much in terms of major trends – as yet? – but definitely in terms of high volume activity, many signs of intervention in most markets and lack of proper and clear direction. It is like the weather when clouds...

Last week's action saw gold forming its low in Monday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1807.50 figure. From there, a sharp rally was seen into late-week, with the metal running all the way up to a Friday peak of 1867.40 - before backing slightly off the...

Before I expand upon the events of the past week that caught my increasingly-illusory attention span, I wish to impart upon my readers one of the many chasms that separate the generational narratives these days.

Not to be taken lightly a wit what's going on with the Russia/Ukraine strain. For as the StateSide President sagaciously stated yesterday (Friday): "things could go crazy quickly" in urging U.S. citizens to vacate the premises. To which the markets responded in kind...

This week the Dow Jones closed within scoring position, or within 5% from the Dow’s last all-time high every day, until Friday, where it closed with a BEV of -5.60%.  This isn’t necessarily bad, but it certainly isn’t good.  For a year, from November 2020 to...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. To public readers of our updates, our cycle indicator is one of the most effective timing tool for traders and investors. It is not perfect, because periodically the market can be more volatile and can result in short term...

In this week’s Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire shares word from an inside source that Basel III compliance has driven a top-tier bank to unload the last of their unallocated gold contracts.

I have been forecasting a distribution cycle in the U.S. stock market for a while now.  Which means the insiders are selling to the less sophisticated investors, pension funds, money managers, and people that are almost required to buy stocks no matter what. Since...

While the gold miners’ stocks remain out of favor, they are still coiling.  This small contrarian sector has been winding up like a spring during this past half-year of technical basing.  With great fundamentals getting even better, ignored gold stocks are due for...

In line with bearish bets, miners have thrown a match. Gold, however, doesn’t want to leave the ring without a fight. How long will it stay high?

Geopolitical tensions are casting a pall over the Olympics in China amid rising fears of war with Russia. As nations prepare for conflict, investors should brace for potential fallout in asset markets.

Lagarde opened the door to an interest rate hike, which gave the European Central Bank a hawkish demeanor. Does it also imply more bullish gold?

The market was up, but mining stocks chose to reverse. Meanwhile, gold sent a clear signal to investors. So, when everyone buys, what happens?

Peter Grandich joins us to discuss the Mother of All Bubbles popping. We are watching amazing circumstances in the bond and stock markets. Everything is extremely fragile. Here is what Peter is watching for.

Gold is approaching the resistance and it is doing so early on in the daily cycle. Not only does gold need to get through $1,835 area quickly, but also $1,880 within two weeks:

In an investment world of instant gratification and Fed Intervention, when short term trading and speculation is the norm, real values are forgotten.

There's a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation floating regarding rising interest rates and gold prices. Let's take some time today to try to clear things up.

Lawrence Lepard joins us to discuss the Crackup Boom & Everything Bubble. You can't taper a Ponzi Scheme. Also discussing his investments in silver, gold and other commodities.

“If I were the Fed chair, I would have raised rates early in the fall. When we get this broad-based increase and it starts making its way to wages, you’re behind the curve and you need to start moving.” - Ethan Harris, Head of Global Economics Research, Bank America...

While the EUR/USD held on to its ECB-induced gains, the bearish fundamental realities confronting the currency pair were confirmed on Feb. 7. To explain, while euro bulls think that the ECB will have a hawkish awakening, I warned on Feb. 4 that the prospect is much...

What a surprise! The US labor market added 467,000 jobs last month. As the chart below shows, the number is below December’s figure (+510,000) but much above market expectations – MarketWatch’s analysts forecasted only 150,000 added jobs. Thus, the report reinforces...

Americans are waking up to some uncomfortable truths. One of these is the fact that government bureaucrats and the corporate media regularly lie about what is going on in the world.

Those that have come to read my articles over the last decade know that I am not the typical analyst. I do not abide by the common perceptions that many falsely retain about the market. Rather, I have found something that is much more reliable as a market tell, and...

Gold extended its gains as the dollar weakened after U.S. Federal Reserve officials played down prospects of aggressive rate hikes coming imminently. The dollar ticked lower amid the positive risk sentiment. Gold regained the psychologically important $1,800 an...

The United States reached a new milestone this week, but it’s nothing to be proud of. For the first time, the national debt hit 30 trillion dollars.

Is deflation around the corner for investors? Geopolitics is becoming more and more decisive for daily events. Sweden fears an attack by Russia and it is indeed becoming more and more likely that at least Ukraine and Taiwan will be attacked.

Gold’s latest feats increased investors’ appetite. The outlook for the dollar, however, remains healthy. That can only mean one thing.

There are two charts below for your observation. We will review each of them in sequence and then provide some commentary and conclusions.

It is a well-known fact that the view individuals have of the world around them is very much coloured by a filter that operates between their eye and their brains. The filter is the combination of their preferences and prejudices regarding the state of the world in...