Gold Editorials & Commentary

All the world’s major central banks are engaged in unlimited currency printing, sometimes known as the “Helicopter money”.  Normally, one would expect the rate of currency printing runs parallel to economic growth.  Now we have economy growth contracting rapidly...

Our research team has put together these charts of our ADL modeling system (Advanced Dynamic Learning), which shows a very clear upside price recovery starting to take place in late September or early October of this year. The ADL system also suggests the recovery...

This week's title is a no-brainer given last week's was "Gold Battles for The Northern Front (1750-1800)". Simply stated, after Gold's multiple battles across the prior three weeks in attempting to take The Northern Front, this most recent week found price in full...

The week closed with the Dow Jones’ BEV -17.5% line of resistance holding, though on Wednesday the Dow Jones did close above this critical level, for a few hours anyway.  Friday’s close found the Dow Jones at its lows for the week.  But for the bulls out there, hope...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up, but has reached levels of previous tops. Gold sector remains on long-term buy at the end of April. Long-term – on major buy signal. Short-term – on mixed signals.

What happens to the global markets when the US Fed begins to weaken stimulus activity and when the global markets must begin to function on their own?  Are the global markets capable of sustaining current price levels without the Fed supporting them?

What exactly does it mean when pundits say that gold is a “store of value” and “hedge against inflation”? In this article we’re diving deep into these questions and discussing how gold has performed over time, not only measured in US dollars but in other currencies...

In our latest Gold Forecast called The Upcoming Gold Move and Its Euro Signal, we looked into the yellow metal from the Old Continent’s point of view. In today’s article, we’ll focus on the most popular gold ETF, the GLD.

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

Precious metals markets enter the month of May with some mixed signals near term.  But the long-term picture continues to look constructive.  All the metals appear to have put in major bottoms during the panic selling of mid to late March.

This week is hot for central banking: the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve have already held their monetary policy meetings. The former expanded its monetary policy easing, while the Fed remained steady. What do all these actions imply for the gold market?

Like addicts who cannot control their cravings, financial analysts cannot stop themselves from seeking some analog situation in the past which will clarify the swirling chaos in their crystal balls. So we've been swamped with charts overlaying recent stock market...

In this interview Egon von Greyerz explains to Paul Eberhart of SilverDoctors that the combination of the Coronavirus and the coming economic depression will change the world forever. We are now going towards a hyperinflationary depression that will eventually lead...

The gold futures contact extended its short-term downtrend on Thursday, as it lost 1.12%. It has fallen below $1,700 mark again. The market continues to trade within a downward correction following last week’s advance. Price has bounced off the mid-April local high...

April marks a second month of truly extraordinary developments in markets – from negatively priced crude oil futures to a record spike in unemployment claims to a lockdown-defying rally in stocks.

This morning, the 1st quarter GDP number showed an unexpected large drop of -4.8% and with guidance of further large drop of -27.7%.  This two quarter drops officially define a deep recession in 2020.

It is reasonably well known that many Roman emperors debased their currency (coinage). This was a very bad practice, since it is really a reflection of the debasement of the value of the kingdom (empire or country); going from a honest and just society to a corrupt...

And this could usher in the “suddenly” moment:  “The president of the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) called for a new super-sovereign currency to offset the global dominance of the U.S. dollar, which he predicted would decline long term, while gold prices rally.” – ...

In the annual forecast that we issued back in January, we wrote that "out-sized gains" would likely be coming for the mining shares in 2020. Well...so far, so good.

The gold futures contract lost 0.09% on Tuesday, as it slightly extended its short-term downward correction following last week’s advance. The market has bounced off the mid-April local high. On April 14 it was the highest since November of 2012 and the daily high...

Things appeared normal, and then everything changed… U.S. COVID-19 official cases on March 7: 338. U.S. COVID-19 official cases on April 28: over 1,000,000, if you believe the Johns Hopkins numbers. Exponential growth in sickness, debt, and expenditures are “killers...

The destiny of the world is now in the hands of 6 central banks, Fed, ECB, BoE (England), PBOC (China), BoJ (Japan), SNB (Swiss). This in itself bodes extremely badly for the global financial system. This is like putting the villains in charge of the judicial system...

Before I get started on my weekly commentary, I want to thank you all for the waterfall of responses to A Boomer’s Plea posted last weekend, in what I must confess was my most impassioned missive of a multi-decade writing career.

The massive set of stimulus measures rolled out last month by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve has left many Americans wanting more… and politicians scheming for new ways to dole out additional trillions in cash.

Tuesdays are often a weak day for gold.  Where there is weakness there is opportunity, but is that opportunity here today? Gold is in a trading range between $1670 and $1785, and I believe the odds of an upside breakout are about 67%.

The gold futures contract lost 0.68% on Tuesday, as it extended its short-term downward correction following last week’s advance. The market has bounced off its mid-April local high. On April 14 it was the highest since November of 2012 and the daily high was at $1,...

As the drive to end lockdowns and reopen presses ahead, risk on assets rally in anticipation of the V-shaped recovery into the Promised Land. What about price and demand for gold, can it suffer a short-term setback in this environment? How low could the yellow metal...

Physical gold continued to catch a bid last week, trading above $1,760 an ounce, on a host of head-spinning economic news, from millions more Americans filing jobless claims to record money-printing to negative oil prices.

Recent market turmoil caused by COVID-19 and subsequent economic slowdowns have investors looking for new sources of yield as the stock market continues to come under deflationary pressures.

I think the case is closed, or it should be closed. But with firmly ingrained perceptions passed down from one generation of inflationist gold bugs to the next, you never know. Remember the old dismissive “gold is silver is copper is tin is oil is hogs” line from...