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Gold Editorials & Commentary

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.

 

May 27, 2015

Gold has two major hurdles to overcome…and they are as follows: Interest rate rises in the US. Money printing by other nations, Japan, UK, Europe, etc. Both support the US$ and put downward pressure on gold.

May 26, 2015

Gold was sharply lower in the overnight session, reaching a low of 1193.60, at the time that this Post was being written. This drop eliminates all of our current options from further consideration, and opens up new ones.

Harriet Hunnable, executive director of precious metals markets at CME group, speaking recently in London said that the Shanghai Gold Exchange is the most successful challenger so far in terms of liquidity in the gold market versus trading houses in the West.

The title is of course a little misleading because China has many options, none of which except one in my opinion will actually work. Options to what exactly you ask? Options to a collapsing global economy and an imploding financial system, which will surely...

Today is gold options expiry day on the COMEX. As expiry day approaches, gold has a tendency to trade sideways to lower. Option traders tend to focus on round numbers, like $1200. As they battle amongst themselves for higher or lower prices, their actions can...

The death of mathematician John Nash on Sunday was met with a degree of sympathy and publicity seldom enjoyed by mathematicians whose contribution to society is usually a quiet, unappreciated one, behind the scenes. The 86 year old was killed with his wife in a...

Just as the steady torrent of awful economic data, which began in the First Quarter and continued well into April and May, had forced many market analysts to grudgingly concede that 2015 would not see the robust economic growth that most had expected, the...

Gold hit heavy resistance as forecast last week and the reaction should be a worry for the bulls. As we enter the last few days of the month, we believe extreme caution is warranted. Our forecast has been indicating that May should be a bad month for the bulls....

May 25, 2015

“All eyes should be focused on next week’s market action, starting with Monday’s opening!” Although it did not decline last week but registered a new high instead, SPX did not make much upside progress either. In fact, its price pattern for the past week looks very...

The gold market is in the midst of a strong battle, which is exactly what we told MarketWatch on Friday. Below we describe the bullish and bearish forces we currently see.

Boris Gerjovič from Maribor, Slovenia, accomplished a thorough examination of the real impact of interest rates on the price of gold. The results may surprise.

Capitalizing in the oil sector when the price of crude oil is low is a very challenging endeavor. The recent drop in crude oil from $108 per barrel down to nearly $42pb has pulled the share price of most oil related companies sharply lower, thus providing...

Gold and silver markets had another steady week -- as we moved into the long weekend and remain poised for a great move into new highs…but they have yet to do so.

Very soon we will be entering the month of June. Normally June is the time of year in the northern hemisphere when people think of picnics, parks, water sports and the outdoors. It is a time where plans are made for vacation, rest and relaxation. This year may be a...

China has announced the establishment of a new international gold fund with over 60 countries as members. The large fund, which expects to raise 100 billion yuan or $16 billion, will develop gold mining projects across the economic region known as the New Silk Road...

May 24, 2015

Below is a combo chart that has gold on top and silver on the bottom. This chart goes back to the bull market top for both gold and silver and the bear market that ensued. Silver topped out in April of 2013 with gold topping out in September of the same year.

To quote the fictitious, yet widely beloved, Thomas Magnum: "I know what you're thinking." Entitle this piece with the inference that Gold isn't going to go down anymore, and quick as wit, 'twill summarily be flung off the cliff for a few hundred further points of...

Earlier this week I penned an article based on a talk by Ken Hoffmann, Bloomberg’s Global Head of Metals & Mining Research at the Global Mining Finance Precious and Base Metals Conference in London. This was published on Mineweb and has already attracted...

May 23, 2015

In his weekly market review, Frank Holmes of the USFunds.com summarizes this week’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the gold market for gold investors. Gold closed the week at $1,206.20 down $17.86 per ounce (-1.46%). Gold stocks, as measured by...

Gold sector is on major sell signal. Cycle is down. Much lower prices in coming weeks. Silver is on a long term sell signal and investors should be in cash or short. Caution is advised as COT data has reached levels of previous tops.

If there is any certainty in the world, [and there is very little], it is that the demand for gold and silver is at its highest and has been running at a fevered pitch for several years. From John Keats “Ode On A Grecian Urn,” “…that is all ye know on earth, and...

May 22, 2015

Last week we wrote that the precious metals complex had not broken out yet and had more work to do before it could attempt a true breakout. The metals had some more upside and so did the shares. However, the poor performance of the shares this past week could warn...

Based on the literature, we have often claimed that gold is the best asset class during slowdowns. However, it is worth digging rather more deeply into this complex issue, also examining gold’s performance during recessions.

This week, as hard commodities came under early pressure, participants may have asked themselves: 1. Is the rally over in oil, copper and precious metals? 2. Was it just a dead cat bounce? - or, 3. Has the tide truly turned and a new uptrend just begun?

Gold and silver rallied strongly last Friday and into Monday's overnight trading (UK time) before spending the rest of the week drifting lower from initial highs to consolidate above notional support at $1200 and $17 respectively. As of first thing this morning, UK...

At around $1,200 per ounce as of May 19, gold has remained relatively steady over the last year and a half. Buying in physical gold markets has helped prevent further slides.

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Gold has been fairly volatile so far this year, seeing plenty of big daily surges and selloffs. But with all these largely netting out to the sideways grind of recent months, gold’s price action has been frustrating for bullish and bearish traders alike. Gaming...

To hear BitGold founders Joshua Crumb or Roy Sebag talk about their new company, one would think they came up with the idea of individuals transacting in gold or using a debit card to access their gold holdings on their own. While I agree it’s a good idea, it’s...

I couldn’t help but be struck by an article about gold in the Economist in early May entitled “Buried” – The Economist, May 2, 2015. Okay, I know it is three weeks later and I am only now getting around to it.

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