Gold Editorials & Commentary

This past year was jam packed with news of all sorts. Some was surprising, some of it was expected, while other news seemed to either be another dot to connect or an outlier dot to be connected later. We even got news from time to time which even in today's world...

In our opinion no speculative short positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are currently justified from the risk/reward perspective. The USD Index moved slightly above the key, long-term resistance level but gold rallied by almost $20 on Friday. We have seen...

The table below shows the transition of each reserve currencies (every 100 years or so) and the events that were carried out during each transition. Every transition was a period of great suffering marked by economic hardships, revolutions and wars.

This transcript of the interview with Jim Willie in early December 2014 highlights the importance of gold on the world stage, as well as other important events that are taking place.

It appears that an extremely rare event occurred when the Dollar Index bottomed and began a bull move, while gold gained approximately $1,000. Something at least equally as rare must have occurred at the same time to cause this result.

Oil has continued to crash throughout December, but I suspect there is now only marginally lower to go with the final low imminent. Let’s investigate using the monthly and daily charts.

Long term – on major sell signal since Mar 2012 when $HUI was at 550. Short term – on sell signals. Gold sector cycle – up as of 11/14. COT data suggests lower metal prices overall going forward.

China Rules, Gold Slow Stokes, Silver Slow Stokes, US$ RSI, GDX & GDXJ analysis via videos:

Another December and gold stocks have reached another extreme oversold condition. This was the case precisely 365 days ago and the precious metals complex, led by the miners rebounded strongly for nearly three months. A year later and the gold stocks are even more...

We Americans no longer carry gold and silver money in our pockets and purses as our grandparents did during their lives. But we still carry the history, legacy and spirit of those gold and silver coins in our language – with more meaning than you might imagine.

The 2000s gold bull has brought a lot of attention to West Africa. This attention has not always translated to success given the unstable geopolitical environment in this part of the world. But the diligent miners able to endure and overcome the challenges have...

Holdings in the SPDR gold exchange traded fund fell to 712.9 metric tonnes before Christmas, the smallest amount held by the fund since Sept

As the end of the year approaches, gold is swooning a bit. That’s the daily chart for gold. A broad and gently sloping uptrend channel has been established, with very volatile price action between the channel lines. I expect gold to trade in this manner throughout...

I have a busy night ahead but I just wanted to post a few long term charts to show you the relative nature of a chart pattern. I know most of you know that the bigger the consolidation or reversal pattern the bigger move to expect. If one is looking at a minute...

Financial writer Bill Holter says the record stock market does not reflect reality. Holter explains, “This will go on until it doesn’t. Very quietly, this past week, they postponed the “Volcker Rules” for the banking system. The reason they did that is they can’t...

As natural resources bounced all over the charts in 2014, readers turned to the experts interviewed by The Gold Report for insights on what was driving these ups and downs, and how they could protect themselves—or, better yet, benefit—from the volatility. We combed...

There are many reasons for curious investors such as yourself to follow and care about the economic health of China and India, or “Chindia,” as the region is sometimes referred to. Fortunately for you, we closely monitor these two powerhouse markets and regularly...

We offer in this article a comprehensive overview of different forecasts and predictions for the price gold in 2015. We hasten to say that our own stance regarding predictions remains unchanged. We have written several times before that “forecasting isn’t about...

Many blogs are tracking SGE withdrawals currently, using it as the yardstick for Chinese wholesale gold demand. While partially true, I would like to emphasize this yardstick has become elastic.

As the end of the year approaches, gold is swooning a bit. That’s the daily chart for gold. A broad and gently sloping uptrend channel has been established, with very volatile price action between the channel lines.

Gold's up 12 per cent against the yen this year, 9.5 per cent against the euro and for Russian holders up 80 per cent. It’s been the perfect hedge in a very imperfect world of currency wars and money printing. Investors stocking up on bullion at current depressed...

This morning, the US Commerce Department released the Q3 2014 annual rate of growth number. The number shocked the analysts who had expected an upward revision to the previously released number of 3.9% but the average estimate was 4.3% growth. The actual number came...

The Russians faced their demons and instead of liquidating the state they hyperinflated the public sector debt away. Sooner or later that had to come home to roost on its exchange rate. What will the US and European countries do?

The Holiday Season is here and a volatile 2014 is coming to a close. Be prepared to pick up quality situations during tax loss selling season and benefit off of a powerful January Effect rally.

The performance of gold obviously depends on the U.S. economic condition and the Fed’s future actions. In the short run, the end of QE3 will most likely not change anything and gold will most likely decline on a dollar rally. It is likely to last as long the U.S....

In a normal economic times falling energy costs would be considered unadulterated good news. The facts are simple. No one buys a barrel of oil to display above the mantle. No one derives happiness from a lump of coal. Energy is simply a means to do or get the things...

The predictable ‘No’ vote in the Swiss gold referendum did indeed prompt a quick knee-jerk downwards reaction in the gold price, this was exceedingly short-lived, the result having been already assumed by the markets, and an immediate bounce back took the gold...

Before getting to my main topic, Harry Dent's monetary delusion, we have been barraged with information over the last two weeks. Normally at this time of year we do not see much in the way of news whether it be financial or geopolitical, not so this year! In just...

“There is a current set of delusions that is powerful and dangerous: that monetary debasement can be infinitely pursued without consequences; that the financial system is now solid and sound; that the low volatility and high prices of stocks, high-end real estate...

If we were in a confirmed bear market, it would be easy to characterize last week’s rally as a “bear market rally”, since this is what it looks like. Of course, if we are making a B wave this characterization is correct. At the moment it is only a possibility and...