Gold Editorials & Commentary

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”.

The process of “Fracking” in the production of oil is increasing global oil reserves by around 11%. More importantly, it has been a success in the U.S. but is yet to be used in Europe and Russia to the same extent. Nevertheless, this is expected to happen.

Gold cannot be printed or manufactured in contrast to the currency. That’s why over the long term it has kept its value as the ultimate currency. There can be no “gold war.” However, we often hear about a currency war.

The two most popular investments a few years ago have been dormant and out of the spot light. But from looking at the price of both gold and oil charts their time to shine may be closer than one may thing.

Why Is China Hoarding So Much Gold?

I told my subscribers back at the 2009 low that the longer the rally out of that low lasted, the more convincing it would become.   At the time I made this statement, I did not truly understand how profound it would become.   I have maintained, ever since the r

Well, that’s two straight Tuesdays that U.S. stocks have fallen.

In Parts I and II (  https://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_12/nielson061013.html   )  of this series, readers were presented with a bleak reality. We live in hopelessly insolvent economies.

Last week we introduced the theoretical ‘taper to carry’ scenario whereby the Federal Reserve would indeed ‘have the balls’ to begin the end of traditional QE and transition the inflation via a new set of mechanics.

Now that the S&P 500 has crossed into new high territory (above the 2007 peak), is the U.S. index starting a new secular trend, as it did in the 1980s and 1990s? The answer greatly depends on whether or not you add inflation.

The saying, “Close, but no cigar!”  could probably be used now, to describe gold & silver investors trying to call a turn in the market.

The recent collapse in gold price hasn’t discouraged consumers across Asia, and in particular from China and India from buying yellow metal. Taken together, China and India account for more than half of the total consumer bullion demand worldwide.

Wall St. Pundits have summarily exculpated Ben Bernanke from the negative effects derived from artificial interest rates and massive increase in the Fed’s balance sheet.

Thanks to the life support of $12 trillion and 515 rate cuts by the world’s central banks since March 2009, the global economy’s heart is beginning to beat again.

In attempting to remedy any particular problem; human beings are generally resourceful creatures.

We are very close to or at a major bottom in gold and silver now, regardless of the potential for another short term downleg. This is made plain by the charts we are going to look at in this update.

In the final part of the article on the rising convertibility of the Chinese Yuan, towards the end of this year we look further into the path both the Chinese Yuan will follow and the changes that will follow in the global monetary system.

Markets provide an opportunity to grow one’s capital, and create a return on capital, in addition to a return of capital, its preservation being the benchmark to ensure it remains fully intact. Is there a magical formula for success in the markets? No.

“In life we all have an unspeakable secret, and unreachable dream, an irreversible regret, and an unforgettable love.”

-    Diego Marchi

“When the Federal Reserve decides to move interest rates higher the bond market will collapse.  It will be the biggest bubble the world has even seen and all will suffer!” “In the end it will not matter if you were early purchasing gold and silver…but t

“Experts” speak much on inflation and deflation, but most peoples understanding of them come from academics (aka “educators”), people whose self interest lies in keeping the public unenlightened of what they actually mean.  As long as the public understands tha

I took a bit of criticism after last weekend’s letter, especially on Monday with gold and silver rising.  I was called arrogant and smug and worse and told to throw out the charts.

It never gets tiring to say how the market is the most reliable source of information in the form of developing market activity.

The Percent Buy Index (PBI) shows the percentage of medium-term BUY signals for all the stocks in the S&P 500 Index, and the chart tells us if the index is medium-term overbought or oversold.