Gold Editorials & Commentary

Last week's action saw Gold forming its high in Tuesday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1879.50 figure. From there, the metal turned weaker into late-week, here dropping down to a Friday low of 1844.20 - before bouncing just slightly off the same into...

As time is at a bit of a premium for penning this week's missive, (even as Gold is priced at a massive discount by valuation), let's jump right in. The macro question at large we oft receive is: "How come Gold isn't much higher with all the money printing?"

Before I begin, let it be known that I am fully-aware of all the snickering and whispering that goes on whenever I proceed to recount one of my “stories” from years gone by.

The Dow Jones closed down from last week, but not by much.  Which is a bit amazing, as in the last nine NYSE trading sessions, the Dow Jones closed up for the day in only two, and down for seven of them.  And after two weeks of that, the Dow Jones closed the week...

Despite Newton's tremendous intelligence and experience, he fell victim to the bubble along with the vast herd of credulous greedy punters.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. Gold sector is on long term SELL signal.

Precious metals markets pulled back a bit this week as the U.S. dollar strengthened versus foreign currencies. In other markets, the rising dollar index put downward pressure on crude oil and gasoline futuresthis week. Consumers who have been experiencing pain at...

Some economists downplay the risk stemming from elevated inflation, saying that comparisons to the 1970s style stagflation appear unfounded. They say that labor unions are weaker and economies are less dependent on energy than in the past, which makes inflationary...

The mid-tier and junior gold miners in their sector’s sweet spot for upside potential have been powering higher recently.  They’ve blasted to several major breakouts after getting bombed out during gold-futures speculators’ taper tantrum on Fed-tightening fears last...

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In 2001, the American Farm Bureau said the cost of the average Thanksgiving dinner was $35.08. Naturally, those costs, as well as gold and silver prices, have fluctuated over the past two decades.

Peter Grandich says Bitcoin is too risky. He is buying Gold, Silver & Copper. Also, be careful in this market. The downside risk is HUGE and the dangers are everywhere.

In a classic Monty Python sketch, nobody expects the Spanish inquisition. In the current marketplace, everyone expects high inflation. As the chart below shows, the inflation expectations embedded in US Treasury yields have recently risen to the highest level since...

The buoyancy of markets in recent years has lulled central bank heads into a false conviction that they had saved the world after the 2006-9 Great Financial Crisis. But central bankers continue to navigate like drunken sailors between the evil forces of Scylla and...

Consumer spending is up! This is being touted as a great sign that the economy is improving by many on the financial game shows. It is my opinion that spending is up for many reasons but that none of them have anything to do with an improving economy.

Most gold bugs think that a gold standard will solve our inflation problems. While it is true that gold acts as a restraint on governments and central banks desire to create and control money, it does not mean that inflation cannot happen just because gold is the...

Crypto enthusiasts would be wise to stop comparing crypto to gold. They should do the right thing… and just buy some gold. Please click here now: I like a mix of gold, silver, miners, stock markets, real estate, and crypto for my own portfolio, with the biggest...

If the dollar goes through a corrective downswing, it’s more bullish for gold? Not if a decline in the euro caused gold to rise in the first place.

In what has become a steady stream of fines, settlements, and convictions, there was more news this week on the gold price manipulation front as multiple bullion banks reached a settlement regarding their manipulation efforts around the London daily price fixing.

Contrary to yesterday’s long analysis, today’s issue is going to be rather short, as nothing really happened on the precious metals market yesterday. The thing that did happen was the USD Index moving higher.

The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 4.79% on a broad-based rally across the precious metals space. The latest U.S. producer and consumer price data this week will offer fresh insight on the likely course of Federal Reserve policy.

Gold rallied thanks to the changed narrative on inflation, and Biden’s infrastructure plan can only add to the inflationary pressure. Huge price moves ahead?

People still argue with me about the weight one should give to market sentiment when investing or trading. Yet, when the earnings were announced for AMC this past week, it certainly should make you scratch your head.

If you ask most people, “what is money?” they will answer that money is the generally accepted medium of exchange. If you ask Google Images, it will show you many pictures of green pieces of paper. Virtually everyone agrees that money means the dollar.

What do the Federal Reserve and neoconservatives have in common? They both refuse to admit that their policies — the neocons’ promotion of perpetual war and the Fed's manipulation of the money supply — are complete failures, having produced the opposite of the...

Infatuated with gold? Many people are, but love affairs with commodities (or stocks) are dangerous. They’ll steal your heart, then dump you.

Gold, Silver and Mining stocks rose sharply last week, and are breaking out above upper boundaries of declining trend-channels which have held prices in their clutches for months. In this article we will focus on Mining stocks, their breakout, and upside potential...

An intermediate correction has ended and given way to another intermediate uptrend which could continue into early 2022.

After reading recent articles by others and listening to what continues to pass as ‘fundamentals for gold’, I think it might be helpful to restate, and elaborate on, two specific things which gold is not…

Last week's action saw gold forming its low for the week in