Gold Editorials & Commentary

WHY IS THERE NO INFLATION?  -- Most economists, analysts, mavens of every sort and investors wonder why the Fed’s QE 1, 2,3 and 4  programs have NOT created any inflation to speak of and haven’t boosted the economy any more than it has, if at all.  A

Featured is the weekly gold chart, with the US dollar at the top.  The rising dotted lines in the gold chart coincide with falling dotted lines in the US dollar index chart.  The long uptrend line supporting the dollar coincides with the latest correction in the...

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Bears Calling For Another Top -- Since the S&P500 bottomed on June 24, the calls on Twitter for an imminent peak have been frequent.

Even though Gold falls below $1300/oz. on the Back of a Slew of Economic Data, I Remain Extremely Bullish. After holding above the important psychological support level of $1300 for most of last week, on Monday August 05, the price of gold fell below this after a...

ECNS (English China Daily News) reports that “all may not be well”, in the Chinese gold market. When gold crashed in April, crowds of Chinese citizens were seen buying gold, but they may not have realized how much further prices have fallen since then.

In our last editorial we presented bullet-proof evidence (https://www.gold-eagle.com/article/chart-signaled-bottom )  that the gold stocks had put in a major bottom.

Performance – In the Dollar? -- In the U.S.

Tonight I want to take an in depth look at the US dollar as it is so important to the overall big picture regarding the deflationary outlook that appears to be headed our way.

As a life-long Contrarian; these days I spend the vast majority of my reading/research time studying the bearish drivel on precious metals which emanates (in greater quantities than ever) from the Corporate Media.

Despite some positive data, the global economy is showing signs of slowing, a remarkable development in itself when you consider all the money printing and deficit spending that's transpired over the past few years.

Given gold's retreat during 2013, it would seem the Midas Metal's best days are behind it, at least for a while.

We have used the ‘continuum’ (monthly chart of the 30 year yield) for years now to define tops in inflation expectations (red arrows at or around the EMA 100) and tops in deflationary fears (green arrows).

When we take into account last week’s events, it seems that the yellow metal is more sensitive to signs of tapering than any other asset.

We had another good week of basing action in the indexes until Thursday when we finally saw the S&P500 break out of its range higher.

There are mixed signals for gold and precious metal equities. Short-term they are all on Buy Signals. However, long-term they are still on Sell Signals.

For all of the disdain directed toward the paper futures markets in gold and silver from the Precious Metals, [PM], community, those markets continue to set the tone for pricing. Why is that?

As a life-long Contrarian; these days I spend the vast majority of my reading/research time studying the bearish drivel on precious metals which emanates (in greater quantities than ever) from the Corporate Media.

Gold’s miserable 2013 has been devastating for gold stocks.  This sector, arguably the best performing over the 2000s, has quickly become the pariah of the markets.  And no group of gold stocks has seen more carnage than the junior explorers.

Wednesday’s trading session featured a 32 point zig zag affair intraday that resulted in almost no change vs. Tuesday’s session when the final 4 p.m. whistle sounded.

After the Fed’s latest 2-day policy meeting it announced on Wednesday that it would continue its $85 billion per month asset purchase program.  The major indices fluctuated from positive to negative throughout the day, as is typical of a Fed meeting day, before...

One of the most laughable of all government statistics is Gross Domestic Product or GDP.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slightly downgraded its economic outlook but gave no hint about its plans for its $85 billion-a-month asset purchase program.

The long term needn't look quite so far off for bullion buyers right now...PUT ASIDE the rise in US interest rates, GDP and Fed tapering talk.

The U.S. dollar is now setting up what one could view as a very low risk potential long trade.

If you want to be an effective and profitable investor you should look at the situation from different perspectives and make sure that the actions that you are about to take is really justified.

Global investors are sitting at the edge of the computer keyboards cued to the upcoming FOMC meeting. There will be little market action ahead of the meeting as traders have taken their positions although markets seem divided between tapering and no tapering.

Today we have mainstream news 24 hours a day but do you feel like you are being tricked or even lied to?  Do you wonder why you are hearing pabulum when the real meat is found online?

The purpose of Fed money printing is to help support economic growth and job creation. The negative side effects can be rising inflation or asset bubbles. Therefore, from a logical perspective, the Fed would be interested in tapering if: (1) the economy is strong...

The gold community loves (rising) gold stocks. On that note, I have a new buy signal in play, for swing traders.