Gold Editorials & Commentary

Europe has banned the use of €500 bills. The reason? They claim these bills are used in money laundering and for drugs. And if you believe that is the concern, you probably believe the earth is flat.

On Tuesday, the European Commission cut the forecast for GDP growth in the Eurozone this year, despite surprisingly strong growth in the first quarter. The economy of the 19 countries sharing the euro is expected to rise just 1.6 percent in 2016, down from 1.7...

The coming ‘sharia gold standard’ or shariah compliant gold could lead to a very significant source of new demand for physical gold coins and bars in the Islamic world. It is believed that this will contribute to much higher prices and gold “soaring” as some of the...

Liquefaction: … 3: conversion of soil into a fluidlike mass during an earthquake or other seismic event, 4: inability of flooded capital markets to absorb additional capital without destabilizing paper assets, e.g. stocks, bonds, currencies, etc., 5. a monetary...

These charts tell the story how the mining shares and metals’ market have the forward momentum of thoroughbred Secretariat as he clinched the Triple Crown of US Horse Racing.

Okay, okay, we have heard it before: This market should crash, everything is fake, etc etc. We are as we have spoken many times over the past two years in a new paradigm. Reality is being recreated; this entire economic recovery is a hoax.

What has been going on since mid-February is a burst of the ‘inflation trade’ as evidenced by silver’s leadership in the precious metals sector. This opened the barn door for all kinds of inflated animals to flee into the light of day, and for commodity and...

I never suggest trading on emotion, yet the “fears” I expressed last week may be developing as the reality on the ground. With the continued strength this past week seen in the miners, one has to question whether the more immediately bullish “green count” is what...

Gold reached a high of 1303.90 in the oTechnical Analysis Of The Markets vernight session at the time that this Post was being written. At the moment we are working on the assumption that we are still in our wave ^v^ of *iii* thrust. The current high for this wave...

Gold and related assets continue to stun most analysts and investors as they surge relentlessly higher against American fiat currency.

A friend sent me some comments from Chris Powell over at GATA (headquarters for the gold manipulation crowd) writing about the possibility of a change in the thinking of the Central Banks in regards to the gold price.

The bears have been in charge for the last four years or so, taking both gold and silver into the depths of despair. The associated mining companies also felt the cold with many having to postpone projects, slash dividends and implement a series of cost cutting...

Ever since the US Federal Reserve (Fed) began to consider raising the federal funds rate, which it eventually did in December 2015, a cottage industry has grown up around taper talk. Will the Fed raise rates, or won’t it? Each time a consensus congeals around the...

So far this year, 46 companies across the world have defaulted on their debt (worth $50 billion), the highest number since the recent financial crisis, according to a study by credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s.

This is an excerpt of the weekend update sent to subscribers on Sunday. The focus on this portion is the US Dollar Index which will largely determine the direction of silver and gold in the years ahead.

Gold should drop about $150 from here into May 18th or about 12-13%. Gold mining shares should drop about 35-38% from here into May 18th. Mercury turned stationary/retrograde on April 28th, suggesting a major top +/- 2 trading days from that date. The Gann cycles...

In last week’s musing, I documented the history of gold, silver and the US dollar from the establishment of a national monetary system in 1792 until abandonment of the gold standard in 1971.

Central Bankers delusional? Over the weekend, Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, penned a piece defending the ECB’s policies from the criticism that NIRP hurts savers. The first paragraph reveals, quite clearly, just how lost the ECB is...

Our former Presidents have warned us by obviously lying about the dollar, gold, silver, health care, sexual indiscretions, unemployment, inflation, and wars. More revelations are coming …

This is Mike Gleason with Money Metals Exchange. We are fortunate today to be joined by Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at U.S. Global Investors. In 2006, Mr. Holmes was named Mining Fund Manager Of The Year by the Mining Journal. He is the co-author...

This past Friday, April 29th, 2016, GOLD entered its “first phase” of its new long-term bull market. This has created a whole new world of opportunity, for my subscribers. The global Central Banks opened the floodgates encouraging us to go on a gold buying spree....

The best performing precious metal for the week was platinum, up 6.38 percent. Platinum largely moved in sync with gold and silver price changes, but has recently outpaced its counterparts and has now begun to play a significant catch-up trade.

The price of gold shot up over $60 last week. The price of silver moved up proportionally, gaining over $0.85. The mood is now palpable. The feeling in the air is that of long-suffering suddenly turned to optimism. Big gains, if not the collapse of the price-...

Historically the “invisible hand”, which was always at work in the global investment market, intuitively knew how to “read and play the markets”. However, it is increasingly difficult for the invisible hand to “read” the markets since the signals are increasingly...

Merv’s Gold and Silver 100 Index of 100 gold and silver stocks was up over 10% this past week. That’s an average increase of over 10% for all the stocks in the Index. However, the widely followed PHLX Gold/Silver Index was up 14.8% on the week.

It often is best ‘to make haste slowly’…and this seems exactly what the markets are doing. Market news this past week has been most excited about the rallies in gold and silver. However, if one looks at the daily charts in the US Markets this week, it will be seen...

The first point I would like to make is that many of you are probably wondering how I could reverse my long-term bearish view on the precious metals complex to a bullish view in such a short period of time.

Gold is showing some very good strength at this time, as the weaker dollar, combined with negative interest rates, and in some instances, NEGATIVE REAL RATES, has made the opportunity cost in holding the metal practically non-existent. Throw in the continued...

I have pointed out earlier, gold is forming a possible short-term top. It is on the verge of completing a bearish 'Head and Shoulder' pattern. The pattern is confirmed if gold closes below $1220/oz. The downside pattern target for this setup is $1138/oz.

China's historic post-2009 debt binge flew largely under the radar -- fooling most observers into thinking the global economy was recovering rather than just re-leveraging.