Gold Editorials & Commentary

Although Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said nothing new in her carefully manicured semi-annual testimony to Congress last week, her performance there, taken within the context of a lengthy profile in the New Yorker (that came to press at around the same time), should...

When in the past sanctions were imposed on nations like Iran by the U.S. it was generally accepted that they seemed to be justified in doing so, after all, as far back as the ousting of the Shah, U.S. vital interests were compromised there. People in general...

There is much confusion over what the legal tender law does. I have read articles, written by people who are otherwise knowledgeable about economics, claiming that legal tender forces merchants to accept dollars under threat of imprisonment. Recently, I wrote a...

Briefly: In our opinion (full) speculative short positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are now justified from the risk/reward perspective. The Euro Index broke decisively below the rising long-term support line (based on the 2012 and mid-2013 bottoms) and this...

Cooooeee! That’s the sound of the HUI Gold Bug bulls trying to find other bulls to push the price a little higher in order to break the downtrend. But the landscape appears desolate. The bulls don’t seem to be stepping up when the going gets tough. Currently, price...

I don’t want to say that mainstream analysts are stupid when it comes to China’s gold habits, but I did look up how to say that word in Chinese… One report claims, for example, that gold demand in China is down because the yuan has fallen and made the metal more...

A number of top bank economists have turned bullish on gold in the past few months. That’s helping to boost confidence amongst thousands of Western gold community investors.

When the central bank pumps money into the economy and suppresses interest rates it creates incentives to speculate and invest in ways that would not otherwise be viable. At a superficial level the central bank's strategy will often seem valid, because the increased...

I just returned from the annual Freedom Fest 2014 “Is Big Brother Here?” in Las Vegas, recommended by customers from New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. You may have seen John Stossell this past weekend and again Mon. on FOX news presenting his panel discussion as...

Everything that has happened since 2007, every Central Bank move, ever major political decision regarding the big banks, every trend, have all been focused solely on one issue. That issue is collateral.

And now we’ve learned that gold bullion imports by India climbed a stunning 65 percent last month after the country’s central bank allowed more investors to buy foreign bullion. Imports rose to $3.12 billion in June from $1.89 billion this time last year.

In this Weekend Report I would like to take an in depth look at gold as there could be some important developments taking place that didn’t show up until this weeks volatile swings. Keep in mind a week ago this particular pattern didn’t exist as there was no...

Gold needs a shine to get it’s sparkle back. In the good ole days, news the likes of the Malaysia Airlines crash would have sent gold soaring. But that’s the difference between a bull trend and a bear trend. Good news in a bear trend can see a small burst of...

Sadly the swords of war are again rattling worldwide. And if history is testament, present military hostilities will indubitably have their impact on the price of the universal money called gold.

Macroprudential Policies of Financial Repression have been steadily accelerating since the implosion of the Dotcom Bubble.

Since August 1971 when the US unilaterally abandoned the Bretton Woods’ $35 an ounce gold peg, the financial markets have changed in fundamental ways; for instance in market volatility as seen in the frequency of Dow Jones daily moves of 2% or more. Though Dow...

Long term – on major sell signal since Mar 2012. Short term – on sell signals. Gold sector cycle – up as of 6/20. COT data suggests a top is forming in metal prices.

Well, what a hammering the markets took on Thursday! There’s always a reason for this move or that and the Malaysia Airlines crash near the border of Ukraine and Russia and its potential consequences was the main driver in this case. However, we are right smack bang...

There is no one singular event that will ultimately loosen the manipulative shackles that the elite’s central bankers have maintained on the PMs [Precious Metals], as evidence continues to mount that Western countries, and the US, especially, are going under...

Markets and stocks were very weak and choppy and didn’t give us any easy trades this past week. We’re in the summer doldrums right now and while it’s no fun, we are setting up a nice long base that should set us up for nice moves into the fall which is the strongest...

We know that the gold and silver stocks lead the metals at key turning points. The stocks started their bear market well ahead of Gold. This year the stocks have exhibited excellent relative strength. Gold and Silver are up less than 10% this year while GDX is up 27...

Briefly: In our opinion (full) speculative short positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are now justified from the risk/reward perspective. In our yesterday’s second alert we wrote that yesterday’s rally was quite likely to be a one-time event and that it didn’...

Chart Gold MACD, Silver MACD, XAU MACD, GDXJ Surge to Neckline & Bad Asset Trend Lines Charts Analysis via videos.

The surreal US stock markets have continued melting up in recent months, spurred ever higher by the Federal Reserve’s money printing and jawboning. The resulting record highs in the headline indexes have been widely trumpeted by Wall Street as evidence of a strong...

We have not checked in on this motley crew at the public site in a long time (NFTRH keeps a running tab each week). Here are the monthly views of the basket cases we call major currencies. Uncle Buck and his reserve status were leveraged to the hilt by “The Hero”...

Most everybody has seen the Wizard of Oz, but most don’t understand that it is a story about the removal of Gold from behind the dollar and the Federal Reserve at that time. The wizard was supposed to be the Federal Reserve chairman of that time, pulling levers on...

It was a jarring wakeup call this past Monday July 14, 2014 when everyone discovered that gold had plummeted some $30 overnight. It was the largest one-day drop for gold in 2014 and it almost was as large a down as the up day on June 19, 2014 following the June FOMC...

The last few years we have witnessed what may be described as a “zombie” bull market in US stocks. What do we mean by that? We have all seen those old zombie movies where deathly figures come lurching forward out of the darkness, determined to make the remaining...

Tonight I would like to take a look at the US dollar as its been showing a little strength lately. Over the last month or two I’ve been showing some commodities indexes that have been very weak which I think has to do with the strengthening US dollar. The move up in...

Without looking at the facts and issues involved one would think that the U.S. can reach into any land outside its borders [except Russia] and impose its tax will and political will on others. The cases against the Swiss banks, UBS, Credit Suisse and other banks...