Demand for physical gold surged in the first quarter. But not in the United States. Asian investors primarily drove demand for gold bars and coins as American investors continued to sit on the sidelines.

Gold! Supreme money gold! It looks awesome and it even feels awesome to hold.  It’s the money of kings, the money of most of Asian citizens, and (more and more) it’s becoming the righteous money of most hardcore gold bugs in the West.

We see a correction in the precious metals sector today (just as the USD Index is somewhat lower), but this doesn’t change anything. Let’s start with gold.

New Gold’s shares surged as much as 19% this week after completion of the $300 million acquisition of the remaining 19.9% free cash flow interest in its New Afton mine, consolidating 100% ownership and eliminating dilution risk. The move came alongside solid first...

With gold setting record after record, people are scrambling to cash in by selling scrap gold and jewelry. Selling gold tucked away in a jewelry box or gathering dust on a shelf can certainly put extra cash in your wallet, but you should manage your expectations. ...

Gold has outperformed most asset classes for the last 25 years. If you think about it, that is a pretty remarkable run.

In a revealing episode of the Paydirt Podcast, host Peter Krauth of Silver Stock Investor sits down with Stefan Gleason, President and CEO of Money Metals Exchange, to explore the company’s rapid growth, its commitment to ethical practices, and where gold and silver...

The key future breakouts coming in precious metals.

Many, from Elliot Wave experts to the dollar-hugging faithful, are asking if we are now reaching a moment of “peak gold”? The evidence, and answer, is: No.

A word of advice if you’re looking for bankable information on the direction of the economy:  tune out the mainstream media’s cavalcade of Trump-deranged bozos and focus on the 4820 target in the SPX chart above.

Discussion with Bob Moriarty, Founder 321Gold, about commodities as a whole.

Our weekly wrap-up and a look ahead for the precious metal sector. 

Apropos of this missive’s title — and with the year’s first quadrimester (plus two May trading days) already in the books — let’s start with another of our infamous Gold Quizzes.  Ready? In settling yesterday, (Friday) at 3247, Gold completed its 18th trading week...

Gold and silver have pulled back several percent over the past week while stock markets have been buoyant over the past week as the Trump administration has softened its stance on tariffs.

At the close of the first week of May, 2025, looking at the Dow Jones Bear’s Eye View (BEV) chart below, it could be interpreted in one of two ways; 1. The Dow Jones is rebounding from a correction within the context of a bull market advance, 2. The Dow Jones is...

Central banks continued to stockpile gold in the first quarter. Official net gold purchases came in at 244 tonnes, 21 percent below Q1 2024 (310 tonnes), but 25 percent above the five-year quarterly average. As the World Gold Council put it, central bank gold buying...

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Something important is about to happen next week... The U.S. nonfarm payroll statistics were just released. They were better than expected, but overall, well within the previous range of values – nothing to write home about.

The gold stock correction was needed, is healthy and will provide opportunity.

Gold miners’ stocks were dramatically surging just a couple weeks ago.  Mounting bullish sentiment was increasingly attracting back traders, who bid the leading gold-stock ETF to dozen-year-plus secular highs.  But this sector’s strong upside momentum reversed since...