Gold Editorials & Commentary

Following the August 31, 2013 Market Minute titled "gold's rise may be coming to an end", the precious metal now appears to have found solid upside resistance at $1,400-$1,450.

King Coal seems to have its days numbered as two of the most important consumers, the U.S. and China, are ready to ban the construction of new coal-fired power plants.

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Since 2011 the gold and silver markets have been under pressure. Then in June of this year they appeared to have found their bottom with August delivering some nice price advances off the June lows. Everyone was optimistic that come September and October the...

As I mentioned in my last post there is a disturbing possibility that gold's intermediate cycle has topped, and done so in a left translated manner. For clarification, left translated cycles often lead to lower lows. In this case if gold did top on week 9 and the...

A nice week all in all with markets and stocks acting very well in this bull market. We don’t need to fly all the time and recent good gains are being consolidated nicely here as we setup for more upside in the weeks ahead.

On Thursday gold broke down below important support, declaring, in our opinion, that the bear market rally from the June low is over. Today the decline continued, but at a much slower pace, so we should probably look for a short snapback rally very soon.

Gold and precious metal equities are giving sell signals in all periods.

With the world’s eyes focused on Syria, which we deal with extensively in our most recent client brief (and yes it does affect us all personally), there has to be some happy news. What better a way to gin up the idea of the wealth effect than a big run up in the...

THIS SUNDAY, September 15, marks the five-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers was large international bank based out of New York. They were well-respected. In fact, they were considered a rock in the marketplace.

A chart analysis on Gold, Silver, Gold Stocks and GDX rules via videos.

Today, gold in the global market reversed early gains and fell to its lowest in more than a month as U.S. futures extended losses on fears the United States would curb its stimulus soon and as a U.S. strike on Syria looked less likely.

The Fed has been telegraphing “tapering ” to the markets since late May, or for over four months. Unless you live under a rock, you are well versed on the concept of a Fed taper, which means few should be caught off guard if the announcement comes next week as...

The Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on whether to slow its third quantitative-easing campaign’s debt monetizations has to be this year’s most-highly-anticipated market event. Traders have been trying to game the odds of QE3 tapering literally all year long,...

The Oil Price…if the Middle East Explodes
We preface by saying that this is still a “what if” scenario…
In the unlikely event that a limited strike on the Syrian government’s ability to launch nerve gas on its population through air strikes, rocket attacks or...

The PRICE of GOLD marked the 5th anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse by sliding $25 per ounce Friday morning, finally bouncing from a new 5-week low at $1305.

Why is there a fundamental mismatch between stock market performance as reported in financial headlines – and the actual retirement behavior of the many millions of Americans who own those stocks in their portfolios?

As I was afraid would happen, gold suffered an overnight hit that drove it back below the $1350 support zone. The drop occurred in the span of one minute so it's pretty obvious this was a planned attack with the intent of taking out that support zone in the thin...

Oil prices have been in the spotlight as the Syrian chemical weapons crisis became front and center in the media. As the political process has unfolded, price volatility in oil futures in both directions has been extreme. Oil prices have traded in a wide range the...

Tonight I would like to show you some charts of what this nearly 10 week counter trend rally looks like compared to this downtrend that has been in place since the highs made one year ago.

Controls on gold inflows don't fix the causes of capital outflows...WHAT'S GOING on in India is nothing new. We've seen it over and over again throughout struggling economies.

LONDON PRICES for wholesale gold slipped to 1-month lows at $1334 per ounce Thursday lunchtime, extending an early $20 slump in what one dealer called "anaemic trade".

Yesterday, the Indian rupee rose to a two-week high as expectations for a narrower trade deficit and receding concerns about Syria helped the currency continue its recent recovery from record lows hit last month. Today, the Indian currency extended gains and added...

This is a two part article that paints the current Middle East conflict issues as they affect both oil and gold. The first part covers the religious background at play there and the location and importance of oil in that scene. You will see how the issues at play...

We have been saying for the last four years that as Europe, the US and other Western and global nation-states continue their debt-fueled collapse the governments of these countries will continue to consider their citizens' wealth to be their own and seize more of...

WHOLESALE bullion prices bounced on Wednesday from new 3-week lows as the US cancelled a Congressional vote on Syria, and traders pointed to next week's expected "tapering" of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve.

“The Long and Winding Road” to collapse has never, in the history of our world, ever been so aggressively traveled but in the past 4 years since “Q-Infinity and Beyond” was started. Those whom have studied history recognize that the only protection is real money,...

The financial markets continued to rise early Tuesday afternoon based on a carryover from Monday’s news regarding Syria and China. The Washington Post noted hurdles remain on the Syrian front:

As gold soared towards $1434 recently, greed seemed to be making a comeback. From the lows near $1180, the golden metal had rallied about $254, with only one minor pullback.

After being bullish on equities for most of 2013, back on July 16th I warned that the U.S. stock market was due for a significant correction. Allow me to briefly expound on why another 10% selloff in the averages is highly likely from now until the end of October...