Gold Editorials & Commentary

This week, UBS identified three structural reasons in favor of gold: 1) Long-term investors and the official sector are gradually building gold allocations. Central banks have been net buyers of gold for more than a decade now, amid a broader trend of diversifying...

Will the combination of gold's, the USDX's, and the S&P 500's recent behavior result in a resume of the downtrend in the gold market?

Dr. Paul again takes questions from his viewing audience, including one on how the country might be different had the US never gone off the gold standard. Some good lessons and interesting commentary.

Early in October, it lifted my spirits to be able to bloviate about how a too-widely-anticipated October crash seemed as likely as a Martian invasion. One lunar calendar-based prediction in particular had October 21 as the crash date, although the forecast went...

This past Wednesday whilst many a StateSider were preoccupied toward getting from home base to grandma's place, or worse, under the stress and duress of hosting Thanksgiving in full finesse, one might have missed Gold instantly regress ... then impress!

In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire sits down with hedge fund expert and metals analyst, Dave Kranzler, to uncover the market indicators that point to the metals sector readying for the next move higher.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. Gold sector is on long term SELL signal. Current COT data supports overall higher gold prices. Our ratio is on buy signal.

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

For someone who uses the bond markets as important indicators to the macro analysis, I am the furthest thing from an astute bond trader and am certainly not a bond investor. This probably owes to the fact that my earliest (gold bug) training in the markets was with...

Difficult periods are followed by easy periods and that applies to metals.

As the latest headlines from the FTX implosion remind us yet again of a politicized and rigged market riddled with deception, gold’s climb becomes easier to foresee. But first, a little philosophical musing…

The last update was prescient as it called for a major breakdown in the dollar and breakouts by gold and silver, all of which happened just days later. If this were 2010 or 2011 this update would have generated considerable interest and numerous emails, but today...

Stagflation is coming – and it could make the 1970s look like a walk in the park. As you’ve probably noticed, I expect a recession next year, and I’m not alone, as this has become the baseline scenario for many financial institutions and analysts. Even the DSGE...

While comparing gold and bitcoin gives some idea of the patterns in the market, can the slide of junior miners be predicted by the same method?

Investors and financial media believe inflation peaked and is headed much lower. I agree inflation likely peaked, but I'm still determining how fast it recedes. Storm clouds are gathering on the energy front with concerns over a potential diesel crisis.

Raising interest rates is a necessary but insufficient measure to combat inflation. To reduce inflation to 2 percent, central banks must significantly reduce their balance sheets, which has not yet occurred in local currency, and governments must reduce spending,...

The gold (and silver) charts look awesome. That’s largely because of the US government’s latest failed war (Ukraine), botched brown to green energy transition, and the rise of the gold-oriented citizens of the East.

The star pattern turned out to be an accurate prediction of gold's decline. If the dramatic downturn stage begun, what will happen to the GDXJ? In yesterday’s analysis, I emphasized that gold’s shooting star reversal was a very bearish indication for gold. Indeed,...

We think we know most (if not, all) of what we need to know about gold. Investors do their research and marketers spin their best yarn(s). Support is offered with an amazing array of fundamental and technical factors on display for all to see. But what are we not ...

John Ray III oversaw the bankruptcy liquidation of Enron when the giant energy trading firm collapsed in an inferno of fraud and malfeasance in 2001.

The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, but still down 1.04%. Torex Gold announced adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.40, beating consensus of $0.33 on pre-reported gold sales of 119,800 ounces.

Last week was full of events, but the most important one clarified after Friday’s closing bell – gold formed a reversal “shooting star” candlestick. The implications are just as you think they are. After a sharp run-up, the rally has run its course, and the yellow...

As warning signs for the economy mount, investors are cheering for more bad news. That's because they expect economic weakness will force the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates and eventually re-embrace loose monetary policy.

Technical analyst Chris Vermeulen joins the show to discuss the latest trends for the Silver and Gold markets for the upcoming months and what we could expect for the first quarter of 2023. Furthermore, we talk bout the unenviable fed's pivot, COMEX and LBMA...

Twitter and bitcoin share a key similarity in that their success while it lasted was just hubris. Realize that both companies were birthed by a virtual medium capable of monetizing turds if there is discoverable demand for them.

Following their prior robust trading week (07-11 November) wherein Gold gained +5.3% across a 109-point trading range and Silver +4.2% in spanning 1.70 points, the precious metals this past week went from molten to frozen.

Financial crises are really about trust. They tend to occur when people lose trust in assets, institutions, or people they had thought trustworthy. Whether the lost trust was a consequence of the crisis, or its cause is a different question. But they do seem to go...

Sadly those who have been holding their bitcoin on the crypto exchange FTX, have not experienced the same level of reassurance and service from the exchange’s management.

Let’s start off as usual, with the Bear’s Eye View (BEV) of the Dow Jones.  This week the Dow Jones closed with a BEV of -8.30%, or 8.30% below its last all-time high.  Last week it closed with a BEV of -8.29%, the difference being a decline in the Dow Jones of $2....

This month a cooling CPI number sparked a mammoth rally on Wall Street on hopes that the Federal Reserve may be ready for a pivot (aka capitulation) in its battle against inflation. The gains are premature and won’t change the trajectory of the economy.