Gold Editorials & Commentary

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Our title seems obvious. We all know that the US$ tends to be negatively correlated with commodity prices. This is true in the short-term but not always so over the long-term. The US$ index is currently nearing 83.

The loathed and left-for-dead gold miners look to have begun their usual spring rally. This sector has actually exhibited strong seasonality for its entire secular bull.  For well over a decade, most years have enjoyed a major gold-stock rally between mid-March

This week financial analysts, economists, politicians, and bank depositors from around the world were outraged that European leaders, more specifically the Germans, currently calling many of the shots in Brussels and Frankfurt, could be so politically reckless,

Obviously the Volatility Index (VIX) is low. The world stock markets are all rallying till recently. This all in spite of a currency war in Asia, the EU in constant turmoil, war in the Mid-East getting ready to escalate, the economies of everyone is shambles.

On February 22 2013, we released an article focusing on the little known fact that depositors’ savings were at risk in Europe. At that time we wrote:

In another audacious attempt to steal money from individuals, government leaders’  including the European Central Bank (ECB), the Cypriot government, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concocted some scam to steal from the nation's savers in order t

On Tuesday of last week (March 5), the Dow Jones closed above its last all-time high of 14,164.53 on 9 October 2007, when it closed at 14,253.77.  As seen in the table below, each day since (until today), the Dow Jones made a new all-time high, and ended the we

Since my last update: https://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_12/goldheart030713.html on the Daily Gold chart, I have been posting a few notes on the Gold-Eagle.

This market is amazing!

Gold miners have to be the most hated sector in the markets these days.  At best they’ve been forgotten as the hyper-complacent general stock markets continue to inexplicably levitate.  At worst they’re utterly despised.  But the breathtaking bearishness chokin

We have seen a great deal in the media about the best place to hold your gold, so would like to address the issue in real terms.

5 Reasons Gold Will Set an All-Time Record In 2013

Have cycles have been overpowered by central bank intervention?  This is a question that many investors have been asking in view of the stock market's relentless strength since November.

Trading with the trend should be your main focus for long term success no matter what type of trader you are (Options Trader, Stock Trader, or ETF Trader) although it’s not as easy as it sounds.

“The central banks’ gold is likely gone, and the bullion banks that sold it have no realistic chance of getting it back” Eric Sprott tells us.

The stock market has been on a tear since 2009 and currently displays a 6.5% stock market rally over the last three months, so why are billionaires quietly dumping their American stocks fast?  I have been predicting a drop in the market of 30-50% but you can’t

Every once in a while, someone utters a statement that suddenly galvanizes the issue at hand.

Silver and silver mining stocks are front and center for investors and active traders. Because of silvers high volatility (large price swings) it naturally attracts a lot of attention.

Gold’s technical breakdown suffered in its recent capitulation selloff naturally unleashed a flood of bearish sentiment.  Traders are totally convinced gold’s woes are just starting, that the worst is yet to come.  This pessimistic worldview is largely universa

GLD – on sell signal.

Last week I outlined a very bearish larger picture for the precious metals.  I haven’t seen anything to change that view occur this past week with the exception of palladium.

To put the current financial situation in perspective, here's a long-term history of the debt-to-GDP ratio, which reached a record high at the beginning of the current crisis.