Gold Editorials & Commentary

The tale of the tape saw the Dow actually rise 3.50% almost three hundred points above the perilous 8,000 level. The S&P jumped a very healthy 5.17% and the Nasdaq soared 7.81%.

GLD - on buy signal.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

For over 18 months most junior mining stocks have put in an absolutely terrible performance.

The gold price has finally disconnected from its nemesis, the USDollar. This news should be read as the coming of spring after months of wintry torment, or as the sighting of land after 30 days adrift at sea in a derelict vessel.

Stock market looks like it has bottomed forming a similar pattern as it did in 2003. What is the better investment during an opportunity like this if this is the bottom: Stocks, Gold Bullion or Mining Stocks?

The week was marred by corruption and greed once again. The very important level of 8,000 on the Dow held, but barely. Let's see what February brings, but if that level is broken a waterfall of selling will likely come into the market.

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Here is our monthly update on global indexes for our international investors.

What an interesting time we live in!

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We always look to a new year with a great deal of HOPE, but this year there is also a fair amount of trepidation.

A weak start and strong finish to the week for gold and silver should have set you up for a great weekend.

The purpose of this high level analysis goes beyond an attempt to explain why an economic depression is virtually inevitable. It seeks also to identify a possible pathway out of the economic quagmire.

Broad Market Trading Analysis

In this most tumultuous year for the financial markets, gold bullion rose 5.8%. In so doing, it outperformed all asset classes and investment strategies other than unadulterated short selling.

GLD - buy signal this week.

"Accepting losses is the single most important investment device to insure safety of capital. It is also the action that most people know the least about, and are least likely to execute.

While gold was extremely popular the past few years, I think it's safe to say crude oil is unbeatable for popularity, as it's a resource which almost everyone uses on a daily basis and it affects all of us in the wallet when oil prices rise as fuel, shipping co

The 3 main predictions made over the past several weeks have come to pass - bonds have topped out and come close to completing a Head-and-Shoulders reversal, the dollar index has rallied further to our target in the 84 - 85 area and gold and silver have reacted

The earth itself provides many valuable analogies for massive dislocation in the relief of grand energy differentials. In the air, vast differentials between cloud structures in their electrical charge result in sudden lightning bursts as the release.

As I crank up Dylan's great album "Before the Flood" disc two, the bank bailouts have once again been pushed to the forefront this past week like the second round of the flood which in many cases is more devastating than the first.

GLD - on sell signal.

I find from time and time that gold stocks tend to lead the price of gold during extreme times and as I mentioned in last weeks report the HUI index has warned us up to 7 days in advance, before gold made sizable drop.

Just what is the link between retail gold coin prices and the apparent manipulation of gold futures & options...?