Gold Editorials & Commentary

Gold has performed admirably since the 1999 low. Compare a portfolio consisting of gold plus cash with any general stock index since 1999 and you will see why gold should have been a part of your portfolio.

COT is an anacronym for Commitment Of Traders in the Futures markets.

Judge Reginald C. Lindsay of the US District Court in Boston signed his Memorandum and Order on Defendants' Motions to Dismiss in Howe vs BIS on March 26, 2002, and already on April 1, James Turk wrote in his Freemarket Gold & Money Report, that Reginald H. Howe...

** This article first appeared in the September issue of The Bull & Bear Financial Report, website www.TheBullandBear.com. It appears here with their kind permission **

On the weekly chart, Gold appears to be forming an ascending Right Angled Triangle, which is very bullish.

July 2003 Consumer Price Index reads 18.39 in terms of 1.00 in July 1914, the last month when Gold Standard reigned supreme.

If you've read my articles here at Gold Eagle for any length of time you've heard me refer to a method of technical analysis that I refer to as "Parabolic Analysis." It involves analyzing price charts through the use of parabolic bowls and domes surrounding the

Introduction

This morning, we sat down in the Paradis for a cup of coffee. We had in front of us two books and two whores.

Should the silver price break above $5.50/ounce, the measured move target derived from the following Point and Figure chart is $7 - $8 / ounce.

(Source: StockCharts.com)

Robert Prechter's forecast that the gold price would drop below $250 (and possibly even below $200) has caused a degree of angst amongst gold bulls.

Nowadays, by far the majority of articles published in the investment media have to do with "Capital Gains" or "Capital Appreciation". Look for articles on "Cash Return on Investments" and you will probably find yourself on a fruitless quest.

Common sense tells us that - because an Economy as a whole is really nothing more nor less than a very large Corporation - the same principles of "Key Performance Indicators" (KPIs) and "Business Drivers" (Drivers) can be applied to it.

Gold metal looks good here as it has broken the down trend line of the Symmetrical Triangle. Gold might now find support on top of the broken down trend line.

Gold metal looks good here as it has broken the down trend line of the Symmetrical Triangle. Gold might now find support on top of the broken down trend line.

We expect the Fed to hike short-term interest rates aggressively during 2004; not as part of a well thought-out plan or because Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is not politically astute (he is most definitely a political animal), but rather because the bond market

Open Interest as reflected on the COMEX weekly chart on August 8th is now 550 million ounces (see below), with Commercials having a net open short position of 352 million ounces as at August 5th.

August 5, 1993: 'In a matter of seconds' the gold price dropped by $ 10 when COMEX trading opened in New York - a 'technical blitz of selling' had taken place.

RECAP ON CYCLES

What are "cycles" anyway? Who do they affect?

THE TRIGGER(s)

Do cycles even exist ?

A few theoretical asides

A first definition and first warning

THE YUAN, THE EURO, TAXES, AND GOLD

Question: what do the euro, the yuan, taxes, and gold have in common?

Answer: they all determine the future economic viability of the United States.

This article provides a final "in-depth" assessment of Silver and Silver related equities as investment opportunities over the coming years.

During the first half of 2003, gold and gold shares consolidated their considerable gains of 2002. After running up to $390/oz. in anticipation of Gulf War II in early February, gold entered a sharp correction, which completed its course by the end of March.