Gold Editorials & Commentary

Last week gold rose to its highest level since mid-May as possible military action against Syria prompted safe-haven buying. It’s worth noting that the yellow metal gained over $250 an ounce from its June low of $1,180.71, but in spite of this growth it is still...

“Gold prices are likely to moderate to 1,300/oz by the end of 2013 and then gradually decline to 1,100/oz by the end of 2014 as economic growth in major economies regain momentum as investors increase their demand for riskier assets, National Australia Bank says in...

Actions have consequences. In the market for any physical good (i.e. a commodity), though the laws of supply and demand can be warped, and their corrective dynamics delayed – through brute-force manipulation – they can never be permanently resisted.

Gold prices climbed back above the $1,400 an ounce on Tuesday after Interfax reported that Russia detected a missile launch. A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman quoted by the Interfax news agency said the launch was picked up by an early warning radar station at...

WHOLESALE London prices for physical gold jumped $15 from a drop to $1384 per ounce Tuesday morning, gaining after the Interfax news agency in Russia – political ally of Syria's President Assad – reported two "objects" being fired in the Mediterranean, towards the...

We occasionally see articles where the monetary base is wrongly discussed as if it were akin to the money supply or as if the change in the monetary base indicated the amount of monetary inflation in the economy. We'll now outline the differences between the...

From today’s point of view, it seems that the situation hasn’t changed much since our last Oil Update, because light crude is trading between $105 and $107 per barrel once again - just like it did a week ago.

Russia the world’s 4th largest gold producer is also converting petro-dollars into gold. According to a Bloomberg story when Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he’s not just talking. He has putting money...

The lovely Miss Puddy once again accompanied me on another trip. This time the destination was Detroit. I wanted to see the famous Detroit Institute of Art before the bankruptcy judge ordered all the pieces to be sold. There has been a lot of ink spilled on...

If you do not use stops in a market, do not complain about giving back profits or taking larger losses. That is the negative approach to handling one’s portfolio, and for some reason, more the norm for stock investors/traders.

HAS THE GOLD MARKET MADE ITS LOW? -- I have been burning the midnight oil since the beginning of July trying to figure out an intelligent and useful answer: I now finally feel confident enough to state that June 30th was most likely the low for GOLD, SILVER and the...

I spent the decade of the 1960s in and around Los Angeles (Ah! them were the days). There was a music radio station that focused on the “oldies” (yes, there were oldies, older than the 60’s). I still remember their slogan, which went something like this: “First...

The PRICE of gold bullion bars slipped Monday morning, recovering early $25 drop in quiet dealing as Asian and European stock markets rose following strong manufacturing data.

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In a week of no news relevant to gold and silver, gold slipped under the 1400 level, for some “unknown” reason, while silver just slipped a little. Friday marked the close of the week and month, for charting purposes. A look at the Quarterly, in progress, seemed...

Now that gold has broken its daily cycle trend line I think we can assume that the daily cycle decline has probably begun. My best guess is that we will see gold drop into next week's employment report and test the support zone and intermediate trend line around $...

A very quiet week all in all with many trader taking off mid-week for an extra long, long weekend. We will see many participants return to work next week and volume should once again begin to pick-up.

Gold finished Friday down $10.60 on average volume to 1396.20, with silver down $0.35 to 23.56 also on average volume. The gold/silver ratio rose to 59.26. It appears that the correction from seriously overbought silver is proceeding apace, although the lack of...

As if the federal government were not already doing enough to kill the U.S. airline industry with restrictive workplace rules, over-regulation, and a monetary policy that supports higher fuel prices, earlier this month anti-trust authorities at the Justice...

The good news is: There has been no significant increase in new lows on the NASDAQ. The negatives: New highs have disappeared.

The war drums are beating. This has driven gold higher and the June lows look like a classic bottom. Think about it. Gold had been dribbling down all year, but when the Fed began its tapering talk in mid-June, it pushed gold down to new lows.

In late June, only 8 weeks ago I alerted all of my readers to a major buy signal in precious metals and energy. I was absolutely amazed at the investor euphoria in equities at the time and the pessimism in precious metals and commodities and predicted correctly...

All precious metal equities are on a Buy Signal short-term – although they continue to remain on a Sell Signal long-term since March 2012.

According to Bloomberg, whose calculations were based on Hong Kong customs data, net gold imports into China more than doubled in the first half of 2013 to 493 metric tons, up from roughly 239 tons over the same period in 2012.

The last several weeks have seen a return of all the ingredients for a gold rally, from an “oversold” technical condition which sparked a short-covering rally to a spike in Treasury yields which caused investors to look for safe haven investments. Gold has...

Syria is about the last gasp for the Petro-Dollar, the emergence of energy pipeline geopolitics, the rise of the NatGas Coop, the new dominance of Russian Gazprom, the eclipse of OPEC, the fall of the house of Saud, and a grand adjustment process in global commerce...

Gold’s precipitous decline in the first half of 2013 sent shockwaves throughout the entire mining industry. Its scary panic-induced 28% plunge over just six months has forced the miners to revisit their development plans. And this will no doubt have an adverse...

Yesterday, gold stopped a five-day rally that had pushed it to its highest since mid-May, and lost some of its safe-haven appeal as the chance of imminent U.S. military strikes against Syria seemed to diminish, and investors booked profits. We let our subscribers...

Recently Contributing Editor Morris Hubbartt has been providing his gold and silver market analysis via videos. Here are his latest videos:

The PRICE of gold fell $15 in London trade Friday morning, reversing the last of the week's 2.5% gain to sit flat at $1395 per ounce.