Gold Editorials & Commentary

There are only a few more days left until the 59th quadrennial presidential election take place, which means that President Trump and his Democratic counter candidate Joe Biden are in their final week of the electoral race. Globally, precious metals investors are...

Tom Petty said it well. The Waiting is the Hardest Part. Precious metals remain in a correction, and we’ve been waiting and waiting for a better entry point. 

Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks with Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments about the new Bretton Woods movement and the possible transition to a digital currency.

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that his aggressive...

As another tidal wave of Corona smashes America, the nation’s stock market investors beg the government and central bank for more stimulus and QE welfare handouts. “Will markets believe that central banks can simply decouple valuations from fundamentals for another...

The global coronavirus pandemic has accelerated several troubling trends already in force. Among them are exponential debt growth, rising dependency on government, and scaled-up central bank interventions into markets and the economy.

Many people believe that black swan events are unforeseeable. Well, I would agree that the “event” itself may be unforeseeable, but the market declines that accompany them are not unforeseeable.

Metals broke out earlier in the year because there has likely never been so many fundamental reasons to buy gold and silver. We’ve seen economic turmoil, political strife, social unrest, a $3 trillion federal deficit, and a dollar weakened by fiscal and monetary...

Last week's trading witnessed Gold spiking higher into Wednesday's session, with the metal pushing all the way up to a peak of 1936.00. From there, however, a sharp decline was seen into Thursday, here dropping down to a low of 1894.20 - before bouncing slightly off...

The breakdown in the US stock markets early on Monday, October 26, was more about investor expectations and a transitioning away from risk ahead of the US Elections than any other factor.  No new stimulus deal being reached in addition to a surge in US COVID-19...

Most minor cycles scheduled to make their lows in this time frame have probably done so, but SPX has not yet shown a clear sign of wanting to resume its uptrend.  If we cannot find buyers early next week, the correction is likely to be extended.

The Dow Jones remains range bound in the BEV chart below, though at week’s close it was in scoring position; <5% from making a new all-time high.  But since August (three months ago) we’ve been here before, and so far the bulls (the FOMC) haven’t had what it...

Our sense is re-election of the StateSide presidential incumbent is now priced into the markets. Since posting our piece from a week ago, "Neither a Higher Gold Gear nor Pre-Election Fear Has Yet to Appear", still has neither the price of Gold gained appreciable...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. Gold sector remains on long term buy at the end of September. GLD is on short term buy signal.

The U.S. passed a milestone! The federal debt in private hands surpassed 100 percent of GDP measured quarterly, in the second quarter of 2020. On an annual basis, it would exceed the size of the economy next year, due to a massive fiscal stimulus and a plunge in...

Here are today's videos and charts. The videos are viewable on mobile phones as well as computers. 

The gold miners’ stocks are still correcting, continuing to rebalance both technicals and sentiment.  This sector’s huge surge into early August spawned extreme overboughtness and universal euphoria, which are gradually being bled away.  This same necessary and...

The precious metals sector began to pullback in early August after a frenzied run-up in July. The technical/momentum indicators were flashing “overbought.” In the meantime, most economic indicators have been telling us the so-called “V” bounce in economic activity...

Q: What are the fundamental factors behind the current gold and silver bull market? A: Fiat money, also known as paper money, is one of the main factors influencing gold today. This type of money is government-issued currency that in general is not backed by a...

It is the massive debt. It cannot be serviced. It will collapse the whole system. The gold, silver and cryptocurrencies charts are showing signs of going parabolic. The US dollar is close to confirming a massive breakdown.

With a collapse in the dollar and hyperinflation now inevitable, it is clear that the dollar price of gold will eventually skyrocket, and when I say "eventually" I am not talking about in 5 or 10 years time. It is already starting to accelerate away to the upside...

Republicans and Democrats continue to play the “will they, won’t they?” game over another stimulus package in a Covid19 ravaged US economy. An agreement on a package will ultimately be seen as positive for the markets but, with the US Election just weeks away this...

Apparently investors don't tire of hearing the same old thing; and their advisors willingly provide the same questionable advice: "The best way to play this new bull market in gold is to buy gold stocks" or something to that effect. Are gold stocks a better choice...

Responding to global risks and events, in most cases, precious metals are in a constant compulsion of the ever-fluctuating USD. After all, the U.S. Dollar is the currency that gold is priced in, and it is a market that will always continue to go back and forth with...

All the ingredients are in place to support higher long-term gold prices, according to one fund manager. In a telephone interview with Kitco News, Axel Merk, president and CEO of Merk Investments, said that there are several important fundamental factors that drove...

For a bull trend to perpetuate it occasionally needs to climb a wall of worry. Bearish investors are always on the lookout for a theme that will provide them with an opportunity to short a stock or sector. If prices rise, investors who shorted-shares will need to...

Suddenly it seems that nearly all of The Banks and Bullion Banks are raising price forecasts and rallying around the precious metals. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Peter Krauth explains why he believes, no matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, gold is going up. I know, gold feels like it's going nowhere in a hurry. I mean, it's still at the same price it was three months ago in late July. And you're asking yourself...

The most disgusting form of socialism is of course…socialism for the rich. The “playground for the rich” US stock market chart. There’s an enormous broadening formation in play, and that suggests a market that is out of control.

IMF’s economic outlook for 2020 is less grim, but the more distant future is more worrisome. Therefore, the precious metals index is expected to rise. October’s edition of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook Report is out! The main message that the report conveys is...