Gold Editorials & Commentary

In this video we discuss the monthly technicals for Gold & Silver. We note key support & resistance levels and opine on which way the technicals are leaning.

Join Jeff Deist and his guests as they delve into the future of the US dollar and its position as the world’s reserve currency. With discussions on the potential challenges from the Russian and Chinese perspectives, the risks of the dollar’s dominance, and the...

From August 22 through 24th, an extended coalition of over 40 nations which has become known as BRICS+ will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa. Among the likely topics of discussion is the feasibility of setting up a jointly-owned international financial institution...

I have written about this for almost a decade now. But it’s even more pressing now that perhaps Gold has run as far as it can outside a secular bull market. It is trading very close to very significant resistance. 

One of the remarkable events in the precious metals space over the past year is how the gold price has rallied, even despite the Federal Reserve continuing to hike interest rates.

Joining us today is Nick Santiago, CEO of IntheMoneyStock.com, for an insightful discussion on the current state of the markets, precious metals, and the Federal Reserve.

It is time to set the record straight – again… A recession, no matter how severe, will not have any appreciable effect on the gold price. 

What a difference 24h can make, huh? Gold rallied visibly on Monday, only to give it back on Tuesday. Same with miners. What’s next?

By now, we’ve probably surrendered to the fact that food prices will continue to get more expensive around the world.

While artificial intelligence and robots may replace many workers at some point, inflation can still rise in that environment, and central banks will continue to hike rates to fight it. Commercial banks follow the Fed when it hikes rates, and they restrict fiat...

The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, but still down 0.38%. U.S. GDP came in higher than anticipated and pushed the dollar up on expectations the Fed still has room to raise rates higher.

The world economy should have collapsed in 2008 were it not for a massive Hocus Pocus exercise by Western central banks. At that time, global debt was $125 trillion plus derivatives. Today debt is $325 trillion plus quasi-debt or derivatives of probably $2+...

Those who are looking to get rich quick can try their luck at lotteries, casinos, or highly leveraged derivatives markets. Most who do will, predictably, end up getting poorer.

We are entering the period where the unsophisticated novice type trader, or even hedge funds that are afraid of underperforming, will start to really chase the market.

Multiple factors support a recession starting in the second half of 2023 and lasting well into 2024. Record business tax refunds are keeping employment healthier than it otherwise would be. Gross Domestic Income turned negative in the fourth quarter of 2022,...

My ‘Chipotle indicator’ suggests that CMG, along with other high-fliers and the broad averages, could fall by at least 27% from recent highs before the bull market resumes later this summer.

Jeffrey Tucker, a writer, publisher, and entrepreneur, returns to the show to discuss the current state of the economy, interest rates, and inflation. He explains Powell's plan to combat inflation by raising interest rates.

Vince Lanci joins me to discuss the Gold market and three things. He informs us the details of the contract rollover last week that caused Gold to jump $40 on some trading platforms. He also discusses the three reasons why Gold is holding up well and then what will...

Let’s start with this, courtesy of the “It’s Not About Us Dept.” A week ago we herein thoroughly vetted the state of these Big Three eventualities:  Gold’s stop, Fed’s pop, S&P’s flop. Thus in the spirit of the late, great Meatloaf:  ““Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad...

Last week I covered Barron’s Confidence Index (CI), the yield spread between Barron’s Best Grade (BG) & Intermediate Grade (IG) Bonds, where I noted yields for BG were always lower, as they offered lower risks to bond holders. So, since January 1934, for the...

Rate hike concerns are weighing on precious metals markets this week. The Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark funds rate by a quarter point as expected on Wednesday. Many investors had been looking for central bankers to signal that would be the final hike of the...

Current data supports overall higher gold prices. Our ratio is on a sell signal. Trend is DOWN for USD. Trend is UP for gold stocks. Trend is UP for gold.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. government posted a $225 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from a year earlier. This means, the first nine months of fiscal 2023 showed a deficit of $1.4 trillion, which is up 171% from the amount seen...

The gold miners’ stocks have resumed grinding higher on balance, mean reverting out of their summer-doldrums selloff.  Their usual seasonal autumn rally driven by gold’s own looks to be gathering steam.  Outsized Asian gold demand typically fuels solid-to-good...

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“The monetary base is the total amount of a currency in circulation or held in reserves. Money in circulation is anything that is held and used by the general public while reserves refer to commercial bank deposits and any money held in reserves by these...

There's been a volatile reaction in the gold and silver markets in the 24 hours following the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate hike. The metals jumped slightly higher following the announcement, before selling off sharply on the COMEX open in New York this...

Trading Recommendation: Go Long gold. Use puts as stops. Active Positions: Long gold, with puts as stops!

Interventionists always blame inflation on everything and anything except the only thing that makes aggregate prices rise: Issuing more units of currency than the real demand. Seller inflation is the same excuse and fallacy as cost-push inflation. A way to confuse...

If you’ve read the What is Money? essay from this Anti-Concepts of Money series we can now discuss the Anti-Concept of Velocity. That pseudo-equation MV=PQ described in the What is Money? essay leads us to the anti-concept velocity.