Gold Editorials & Commentary

Western demand for physical gold has never been very large, and now it is declining. Seasonally, gold often rallies in mid-November, because of the Indian festival season. Unfortunately, heavy-handed government import restrictions there have crushed demand.

In our commentary from Nov. 14, you could read about the connection between oil stocks and the general stock market. Back then, we wrote the following: (…) we clearly see that the XOI and the S&P 500 have moved roughly in the same direction in the recent years...

WHOLESALE gold trimmed Monday's 2.6% loss in Asian and London trade Tuesday morning, with a brief rally to $1226 per ounce as world stock markets fell after Wall Street retreated from record highs.

Today, anyone who talks about hyperinflation is treated like the shepherd boy who cried wolf. When the wolf actually does show up, though, belated warnings will do little to keep the flock safe.

With virtually all “transparency” removed from our hopelessly corrupt bullion markets; it becomes increasingly difficult to glean any indications of what is transpiring from a Big Picture perspective. We know that a supply-deficit continues to exist, due to the...

The stock market continues its tear! The NASDAQ Composite is up 34%, the DOW 33% and the S&P500 is up 27% YTD, so why shouldn’t you get in on the action while our government continues their theft from the populace?

Stepping aside by Bernanke remains a bit of a mystery, about which nobody cares. Why is he quitting his office? He was considered as the most competent man for the job – sophisticated money printing analyst, who is brilliant and capable of comprehending and...

Ron Paul, the (retired) Republican Congressman concluded a speech before Congress in 2006 thus: “The chaos that one day will ensue from our 35-year experiment with worldwide fiat money will require a return to money of real value. We will know that day is...

Let’s consider speculation and arbitrage, and look at what it really means when the cobasis is deeply negative, in that light. This is the case in silver.

FRIDAY'S late 1.1% rally in gold was reversed in Asian and London trade Monday morning, with the metal trading back below $1240 per ounce as world stock markets also slipped with commodities.

The following analysis of historical data, supported by current increasingly bullish fundamental factors reasonably suggests gold might logically top $2,315/oz by March 2015.

Just a quick Thanksgiving morning update on China's gold imports, which continued at extraordinary levels in October. To put the 131 tonnes in perspective:

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With the US Thanksgiving holiday in full force markets were pretty slow for the past week but they have setup some nice looking charts. We are really shaping up for a nice move into the coming Christmas holiday. As for gold and silver, they certainly haven’t put in...

The Fed is busy doing everything in its considerable power to get credit (that is, debt) growing again so that we can get back to what it considers to be “normal.”

Gold and silver are in reverse bubbles, if you will, where price has been both severely distorted and suppressed by central banks, the visible tools of the otherwise hidden moneychangers, those on the top of the population pyramid who want to control and enslave the...

Long term – on major sell signal since Mar 2012. Short term – on sell signals. Gold sector cycle – down as of 11/08.

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is a timeless tale that chronicles the journey of a young girl into a psychedelic fantasy land. This tale is one that turns logic upside down, and takes us into a bizarre world that defies reality. To get to this world Alice...

Chart analysis On Gold, GDX and Silver via videos.

Many times in the past, the situation in the U.S. dollar and the euro gave us important clues about future precious metals’ moves. Therefore, today we’ll examine the US Dollar Index (from many perspectives) and the Euro Index to see if there’s anything on the...

WHOLESALE London prices for gold pushed higher in quiet trade Friday morning, on course for the largest November drop since 1978 in US Dollar terms.

The recent rise in interest rates, in response to the threat of Fed tapering, foreshadows the unavoidable demise for the dollar. Not only did the rise in rates have an immediate effect on the housing recovery, it also indirectly exposed the system to another...

What is one to make of a balance sheet that has exploded from roughly $870 billion in 2007 to almost $4 trillion today. That is the balance sheet of the US Federal Reserve Board as the financial crisis of 2008 saw one of the largest bailouts in financial history...

WHOLESALE gold rose in price in London trade Thursday, recovering last week's finish of $1243 per ounce to stand some 0.6% above an overnight low.

BIG PICTURE – The world’s economy is growing at a tepid pace and the majority of central banks are pursuing expansionary monetary policies. Furthermore, the central banks of the developed world are engaged in unprecedented asset purchases and it appears as though...

Given the recent further weakness in the price of gold bullion, should investors be running for the exit doors? Some well-known “gold bugs” have recently turned bearish on the precious metal. But I’m on the opposite side of the spectrum; I see the pullback in gold...

Ben Bernanke recently provided some clarity to the confusion surrounding the Fed’s QE stimulus program. He indicated that the near-zero Fed Funds rate will likely remain at that level long after ending asset purchases under quantitative easing (QE). This satisfied...

In our previous essay on silver, we examined long- and short-term charts of silver to find out what the outlook for the white metal was. Back then, we wrote the following: (…) an initial downside target – something that silver is likely to reach (and pause / bounce...

Gold under attack, but for how long? Something may have changed Monday in the gold market. For one I think gold probably formed a minor daily cycle bottom. But what I'm really talking about is the complete recovery from another middle of the night attack. For most...

“There are insiders here who are in a position because of their inside knowledge to benefit from this intentional manipulation that is ongoing. These people, I suspect, are accumulating physical gold at artificially depressed levels.