Gold Editorials & Commentary

Among the many facts of modern life that are accepted without question by most ordinary people is that it is somehow perfectly natural, expected, and unremarkable that every sovereign state should have its own currency.

The Fed minutes were published for all to see (in my case, ignore until this morning). Step right up, grab some cotton candy and listen as the Federal reserve, which is raising the funds rate in order to try to contain and repel the inflation it created in 2020...

It’s been a few weeks since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In my previous article about the bank failure, I argued against a bailout of both investors and depositors. Regulators allowed investors to lose their lunch in the bank failure, but ultimately...

There is a good reason why the Chinese understand the saying “May you live in exciting times!” as a curse. Economic and (geo)political developments in recent weeks and months have indeed been exciting. In many areas, it looks as if we are heading for a showdown, for...

On Thursday morning the latest producer price index results were released, and they showed a 0.5% drop over the past month, and a lower than expected 2.7% increase over the past year.

Peter St Onge, a Ph.D. economist and professor, joins the show to discuss the possibility of a gold-backed digital currency emerging from a Texas legislator and whether it would be implemented or if the Fed would prefer a central bank digital currency (CBDC), not...

Back in early-2018, I highlighted a quartet of stocks that had seen a surge in their prices that was far more significant than could be justified by their underlying business trends.

Aside from gold’s long-term value as an enduring and sound financial asset, many people take interest in the shorter-term aspects of owning the monetary metal and its monetary/commodity sidekick, silver. Today we update the weekly chart technical status of both...

In his latest conversation with WTFinance’s Anthony Fatseas, Matterhorn Asset Management principal Matthew Piepenburg answers the question: Is the worst behind us? 

One of the concepts that many retail and even hedge fund managers fail to grasp, is the tenancy for easy phases in the market to be followed by difficult phases and difficult phases to be followed by easy phases.

Hugh Hendry, Founder of Eclectica Macro, joins the show to discuss the current state of gold prices and where they may be heading in the near future. Furthermore, we examine the recent decline in bank lending, the largest in recent history, the possibility of a...

Gary Tanashian of NFTRH.com understands gold stock and gold mining fundamentals like no other. In this interview he discusses the major potential fundamental change at hand, Silver acting as a precious metal, the broad negative sentiment on gold stocks and the...

“Expect the unexpected.” – Financial and economic crash expert Jeremy Grantham, April 7, 2023.​​​​​​​ Jeremy argues that America is in a super bubble… and the nation’s workers are being ruined by stockholders who push corporate boards to funnel profits into buybacks...

The traditional form of bank failure is a bank run. Bank runs have happened over and over again over the centuries, and they have taken down many banks and banking systems. In March of 2023, we saw bank runs take down three banks in quick succession: Silicon Valley...

If you have been reading my public articles on TLT over the last half a year, then you would know of my expectation to see the bond market rally into 2023, and rates falling into 2023.

The best performing precious metal for the holiday-shortened week was silver, up 3.64% and marking four consecutive weekly gains. Gold surged to the highest since March 2022 after weaker job opening data fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve may be nearing...

In this compelling conversation with Wealthion founder, Adam Taggart, Matterhorn Asset Management principal, Matthew Piepenburg, addresses the current and vast range of headline market topics, signals and risks. Inflation, deflation, risk assets, bond stress,...

After breaking decisively through the $2000/ounce mark last week, the gold price is back at the $2000 level following Friday's labor report, which came in near expectations and left the market anticipating that the Federal Reserve may continue to raise interest...

As we warned throughout 2022, the Fed’s overly rapid and overly steep rate hikes would only “work” until things began breaking, and, well…things have clearly begun to break, including the petrodollar.

The gold mining macro fundamentals that matter are constructive and likely to improve in 2023

In today's video I'm going to make the argument that the bubble phase in gold may come quicker than what a lot of people are expecting.

Axel Merk, Founder & CIO of Merk Investments Manager, joins the show to discuss the current state of the silver and gold market and the potential implications for the US dollar. Furthermore, we address the issues with banks and the possibility of a recession....

From the comments made in past articles, the last key low for Gold came back in late- February, which was in the range for our expected bottom with the 72-day time cycle. In terms of patterns, the decline into that trough was expected to form the pattern of a '...

The Dow Jones continued advancing this week. Up by 0.57% BEV points (211 dollars) from last week’s close. Nothing major, but something better than a poke in the nose. The question is; can the Dow Jones close above its BEV -5% line? That would place the Dow Jones in...

This past Tuesday (04 April), Gold flew commensurate with affirmation of Finland having formally joined NATO. Indeed now that FIN is in, fast and furiously did Gold fly as is its wont upon implicitly negative geo-political alerts. Explicitly here, 'tis perceptively...

As the gold market marches toward new records, it is proving the naysayers wrong and vindicating longtime bulls.

This episode explores precious metals. Gold (Au) is the main precious metal, followed by Silver (Ag), Platinum (Pt), and Palladium (Pd). These are distinct from valuable industrial metals such as copper (which served as money historically), nickel, and zinc, which...

Another wild week comes to an end. The US jobs report is being released on the Good Friday holiday, and Trump is facing charges. Our nation is in a dangerous spot with all the debt and war.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP.

The gold miners’ stocks are soaring again, just blasting to new upleg highs this week!  They are following their metal higher and amplifying its gains like usual.  Yet despite their dramatic surges in recent weeks, both gold and gold stocks have lots of room to keep...