Gold Editorials & Commentary

For the first time in at least a couple of years, gold mining stock returns are outpacing those of the yellow metal itself.

Sometime this fall, the Federal Reserve will remove the punch bowl it has had out for more than 5 years. That is one long party! What will the party goers do when that bowl gets removed? The punch bowl to which I refer is Quantitative Easing (QE). QE was the Fed...

Let me start the proceedings with this — a repast on the nature of the human predicament 2014. Below is a follow-up to Richard Russell’s stated concerns (scroll below) on the persistence of war and inflation in human affairs. I do not bring this line of thinking...

The contributors are many as actors in the American Tragedy, to cause the systemic breakdown failed state. Faulty monetary policy, economic policy, and political policy have caused the resulting failure. The primary perpetrators are the central bankers, led by...

At the end of the Sixth BRICS1 Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil on July 16, 2014, the leaders of the BRICS countries announced the “Fortaleza Action Plan.” This plan is in the context of the Fortaleza Declaration, i where the leaders reinforced their position that BRICS...

In their infinity wisdom the Fed thinks they have rescued the economy by inflating asset prices and creating a so called "wealth affect". In reality they have created the conditions for the next Great Depression.

I now belatedly realize, with crystal clarity, that being an “inert carbon blob” is a reachable goal for me. Thus, ‘tis my new plan for my remaining retirement years, since it has no age restrictions, takes no effort, and has zero cost, but, happily, does involve a...

"Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

Last week, the main drivers behind the gold prices were the situation of the Malaysian Airlines jet downing in Ukraine and Israel’s invasion of Gaza. For now it seems that the other hot-spots especially those in Syria, Libya and Iraq have been temporarily forgotten...

While we are busy arguing whether the Fed’s exit will consist of rising rates, reverse repos or the trimming of its massive portfolio, the Fed may well be fooling all of us. Investors must have been swallowing lots of blue pills not to see the illusion hiding in...

No sooner had gold taken a back seat to the soaring stock market, when it did an about face! Tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine pushed gold up. The Fed then fueled the rise by again affirming a low interest rate policy. But a firmer dollar and better economic...

If you were investing in 1994, you probably recall it was a difficult year. Notice the similarities to 2014 in the text from The Economist below: CAST your minds back to 1994. The Federal Reserve had kept rates at (what seemed then) the low level of 3% for three...

It’s earnings season once again, and though only a quarter of the Russell 1000 has reported so far, the news is just north of positive. All signs indicate that the market has dusted itself off and is back to its cheerful self after a ho-hum first quarter, which was...

Gold is one of the best performing asset classes in 2014, outpacing the stock market by a wide margin. This is good news for gold investors, after a painful few years of correction and consolidation. Yet, if you watched only the mainstream financial media you would...

Markets often do talk to us, if only we would listen. Our ears serve as only part of listening. An open mind is also required. Regrettably, minds receptive to new thoughts and questions have been somewhat outmoded in the investment world for many years. Why else do...

The market movement unfolds in waves which reflects human nature that does not change. The Elliott Wave Principle is made of motive and corrective waves. Waves 1, 3 and 5 are impulse waves as they move with the trend, Waves 2 and 4 are corrective waves as they...

Wall Street incessantly bombards the media ad nauseam with their hoopla regarding stock investment returns. But let’s take a careful look at what several investment alternatives are available. We will discard out of hand a saving’s account in your local bank…as...

In this Weekend Report I would like to show you an in-depth look at two important precious metals stock indexes, the GDM and GDXJ. The reason I want to show you these two PM stock indexes is because they correspond with the 3 X leveraged etf’s, GDM for NUGT and the...

The SPX does not seem to be quite ready to start an important correction, but this may not be the case after it makes a new, and potentially final, high. The current near-term decline could have ended on Friday, or may do so on Monday. The picture would be...

Since 2007, the world’s Central Banks have collectively put more than $10 trillion into the financial system since 2008. To put that number into perspective, it’s equal to roughly 15% of global GDP.

I have some good news and some bad news this week; first the bad news. The “policy makers” dictating “monetary policy” at the Federal Reserve have decided that in order to save the banking system from its scandalous behavior over the past four decades, it’s now...

There is no substitute for gold. But gold miners, if you choose them correctly, can not only leverage your exposure as they grow their businesses, but they can generate cash-flow and dividends that are correlated to the gold price.

As always lots of data and lots of contradictory findings to digest. This is the result of mass psychology, complex market structures and a never ending stream of new developments. Welcome to the three-dimensional real-time puzzle....

Long term – on major sell signal since Mar 2012. Short term – on sell signals. Gold sector cycle – up as of 6/20. COT data suggests a top is forming in metal prices.

The magic of compound interest is well known. What is lesser known is the magic of the gold/silver ratio, not as a measure as it is mostly viewed, but as an application for increasing one’s holdings substantially, over time. What is so great here is that no magic...

Mark Thornton: Well, I guess we’re at the point in history that I always thought was going to occur. Ever since I was a young man, very young man, I realized through study that going off the gold standard was a big mistake. That was really my first interest in...

The topic of financial derivatives is a huge can of worms. The subject has arisen in the financial press much more in the last few years since the global financial crisis turned critical and became a clear case of grand struggle to prevent a veritable collapse. In a...

No pain, no gain. That is one comment regarding this seemingly terminal bottoming process in the precious metals complex. Multiple times as soon as conditions have strengthened enough for us to anticipate a breakout, the miners have put in a bearish reversal. At the...

US Bond Run, Gold 40-Week MA, Silver 40-Week MA, GDXJ 40-Week MA & GDX MA Charts Analysis via videos.

Gold's strong season is just getting underway, with this metal’s summer-doldrums seasonal low in place. The past couple months’ stiff headwinds are starting to shift to fierce tailwinds, thanks to Asian demand ramping up heading into autumn. Gold’s pronounced...