Gold Editorials & Commentary

Sometimes words speak louder than actions.  That has certainly been the case lately with the Fed hinting that it may taper off asset purchases by the end of this year.   

I first warned my clients about this in mid-May writing,

As we see gold and silver prices plunge lower (again) today; it becomes an especially good idea to step back, and look at the Big Picture of these markets. Why? Because nothing happened today.

Indubitably the future  price of gold will rise in all currencies, but the increased Yen value will leave other currency gold prices in the dust.

Here's why!

I’m getting a lot of emails to do more macro analysis of the gold market, and the time is ripe to do so.

It seems that every year a new word or term or acronym becomes a prominent part of the financial world's lexicon.

It is nearing two years since I first published an article describing a theory titled “Contracting Fibonacci Spiral”. For further information, simply Google “Contracting Fibonacci Spiral” and a plethora of articles should be listed to provide a more thorough...

The silver to gold ratio (SGR) reached a new high of the move last Monday (June 10th) of 66.23 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold.  This is a huge retracement from its low of 32.00 to an ounce of gold on 25 April 2011.  Today, an ounce of gold can purchase t

A Hard Look in the Mirror

In wading through the mainstream drivel written on the gold and silver markets; it becomes increasingly difficult to reply to such material without the word “desperation” creeping in again and again.

“Absolutely nothing” has been fixed in the past 5 years in the United States and many believed that “change” was possible.  Didn’t someone say America is going to have a new, friendlier more approachable I.R.S.?  Didn’t someone say that the warrantless wiretaps

There is no doubt about it. Precious Metal mining companies are going through a time of testing. The financing markets are challenging.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.       -  Mohatma Gandhi

In Part I  ( https://www.gold-eagle.com/article/theory-interest-and-prices-paper-currency-part-1-linearity )  , we look

The Fed has recently expressed a desire to begin winding down its Quantitative Easing program in the next few months. This would be the first step towards the eventual raising of interest rates. Mr.

We’re almost half way through 2013, so how is the stock market doing?  It could be better, and it could be worse.  Here’s the chart for the NYSE’s 52Wk High-Low Ratio.  I see that last Wednesday the ratio fell to -11.29%.  Since the Aug - Oct 2011 market scare

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust!           -  Samuel Butler (1612 – 1680)

We’re almost half way through 2013, so how is the stock market doing?  It could be better, and it could be worse.  Here’s the chart for the NYSE’s 52Wk High-Low Ratio.  I see that last Wednesday the ratio fell to -11.29%.  Since the Aug - Oct 2011 market scare

1980 to 2013: From bear to bull

Charts are not predictive in nature, rather they are instructive on how to best prepare and get an edge when deciding to enter into a position, [or exit one].

Opinion: noun 1.  A belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.

I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of support throughout the past week.  I appreciate it very much.  It makes getting up Saturday mornings and working worth it.

What a ride the precious metals have been on recently. Gold and silver prices have fallen off a cliff, while gold stocks were thrown on the rocks and left for dead. GLD has seen record outflows.

It turns out that Mr. T has been showing us a way to survive The End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI) all along.

It’s easy to forget, especially in the excitement of the recent new market highs, that not only a cyclical bear market, but also a secular bear market began when the market topped out in 2000.

Successful investing requires buying low before later selling high.  And stock prices are the lowest when they are the most deeply out of favor.  That perfectly describes gold miners’ stocks these days, this sector is loathed and despised after a horre

Gold conspiracy theorists have a new bogeyman. Inventories of gold bars held in the COMEX warehouses are falling. This fact is offered to support the stale allegations of “fractional gold” and “manipulation”.