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Gold-Eagle gold and precious metal news, market analysis and editorials from world renowned gold analysts and market experts.  Stay informed with the latest news and analyses on gold prices and perspectives on the economy to guide your investing decisions.

 

January 9, 2023

The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, up 2.50%. Osisko Gold has amended the CSA stream agreement, effectively reducing the upfront payment for the silver stream to $75 million (previously $90 million). The company has also entered into a backstop...
Gold’s nasty divorce from the U.S. dollar was finalized in August 1971 when President Richard Nixon suspended any further convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold by non-U.S. citizens. That action removed any remaining links between the dollar and gold.
The leading gold holders are some of the world’s most powerful nations, such as the US, Germany, Italy and France; they are keeping 60% of their foreign reserves as gold. This is a testament to the significance of gold in the central banking system.
The US dollar has long been the dominant global currency, but is it now facing a big threat? Marc Faber joins us today to discuss the factors that could impact the value of the US dollar and explore the potential challenges it may face as the world's reserve currency....

January 8, 2023

...So does Gold not necessarily go. Through these first four trading days for the 21st Century's 23rd year, Gold's net change is +2.2%. Here's how that (below in bold) compares century-to-date for each year's first four trading days and the resulting net change for the...
This will be brief, appropriate to the topic at hand. It consists of a quote from Milton Friedman found in Joseph Salerno’s outstanding book, Money: Sound and Unsound:

January 7, 2023

Gold and silver markets got off to a strong start in the first couple days of trading this year before running into some selling pressure on Thursday – only to bounce back again on Friday morning.

January 6, 2023

Gold started this year with a quick rally, but it was mostly erased. It’s still above its mid-2022 high, but will it stay there for much longer?
Here are today's videos and charts. 
The gold miners’ stocks entered this young new year strong, surging to a major upside breakout!  Their latest upleg already looks powerful technically, with an ideal setup to ultimately grow to huge proportions.  After bottoming at exceedingly-oversold stock-panic-...
In our last article, we noted that Gold is outperforming everything. It is trending higher and positioned above rising 200-day moving averages when charted against the stock market, bond market, commodities, and foreign currencies. Yesterday it closed at a fresh two-...
By the beginning of the fourth century, the Roman Empire had become a completely different economic reality from what it had been at the beginning of the first century. The denarius argenteus, the empire’s monetary unit during the first two centuries, had virtually...
China has been accumulating a large amount of gold over the past decade, and according to many experts, far more gold than they publicly acknowledge.

January 5, 2023

Gold has staged an impressive recovery from its Q4 2022 lows of $1,615 per ounce: the precious metal is trading at $1,860, or 15.2% higher, as this article is going to press in early January.
If you want to understand modern CBDC, it may be worth considering the context of history, the philosophy of man, the math of debt and the geology of gold.
Every time gold stocks hiccup to the upside, there is a groundswell that emanates from the depths of disappointment and disillusionment.  Promoters use words like exhaustion and capitulation to describe the conditions surrounding what they refer to as “a major turning...
After the stock market euphoria of the past few years under the Federal Reserve's 0% interest rate policy, investors are again looking at gold and silver as stocks are down and the economy heads into recession.

January 4, 2023

The supply-side enthusiasts expect a renaissance in 2023. Are they right or wrong? While the Big Tech bloodbath continued on Jan. 3 and the USD Index soared, gold, silver and mining stocks continued their ascents. Moreover, despite a hawkish Fed, higher real yields and...
In 2022 gold held its own while the rest of the investment universe was taken to the woodshed. So what will 2023 bring? Is gold setting the stage for a return to all-time highs at $2075 per ounce?
The USD Index is a key driver of gold prices (apart from real interest rates). How much strength has it shown recently? In yesterday’s analysis, I compared the current situation in the precious metals to the one in stocks that we saw last year. It appears that the...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell remains unimpressed with the reduction of the rate of inflation; down to 7.1% in November, from 9.1% June. The Summary of Economic Projections shows a desire of the Fed to increase their forecast for the Fed Funds Rate to 5% in 2023, up from the...
The life of an entrepreneur is not what most people would call “normal”. I don’t refer to the guy who buys a fast-food franchise. Nor to the gal who builds a chain of hair salons. Nor to the folks who have law or accounting firms.
Among the top New Year’s resolutions investors can make is to pay less in taxes. Without doubt, taxes can be one of the biggest drains on realized investment returns.

January 3, 2023

For 2023, my suggested “average investor portfolio” is 40% gold (or 40% silver for silver bugs), 40% fiat, and 20% everything else. Aggressive investors will want more of the “everything else” category.
Gold welcomed the first day of 2023 with a rally, but is it just a side show, with the USDX being the one to watch for strength?
The best performing precious metal for the year was platinum, up 11.33% with most of the gains coming over the past quarter. The World Platinum Council expects a platinum deficit in 2023 with demand growing 19% and supply only rising 2%.
Be skeptical if stocks start the new year on a positive note, since that would be the perfect way for Mr Market to set the hook to trap bulls and bears alike.

January 2, 2023

With 2022 behind us, many are undoubtedly grateful that the year is over. From lingering COVID restrictions to the war in Ukraine to economic decline, it’s been a rough go.
In the new year, gold and silver is where you want to be at in 2023.

January 1, 2023

Gold’s performance in real terms is important for two reasons. First and foremost, it tends to be a leading indicator of the Gold price. That is instructive when Gold is rebounding but has yet to gain real traction or momentum. 

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