Gold Editorials & Commentary

It will soon be a year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The U.S. has provided Ukraine nearly $100 billion in weapons, cash, and humanitarian assistance. The sanctions imposed on Russia may be even tougher now than during the Cold War.

Patrick Karim returns to the show to discuss the latest insights on the commitment of traders for gold and silver and why investors need to pay attention to this information. Legacy media, such as Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money on CNBC, is saying that now is an...

Last week we wrote about the propensity for mild corrections in the early stages of Gold bull markets. Corrections in Gold tend to be limited to 8% to 10% at the most while corrections in the gold miners tend to be limited to 15%. The exception is when you get a...

“The risk of over-tightening by the European Central Bank is nothing less than catastrophic” says Prof Kenneth Rogoff. At Davos he also said: “Italy is extremely vulnerable. But this could pop anywhere. Global debt has gone up massively since the pandemic: public...

"Immovable" indeed is our Gold: having closed one week ago at (precisely) 1927.7, price settled yesterday (Friday) at 1927.6 ... the 10¢ loss of benefit only to the dastardly Short whose wealth (at $100/point/contract) thus increased by ten bucks. Lah-dee-dah.

The Dow Jones continues having problems piercing its BEV -5% line, or closing above 34,959.67 dollars. It goes without saying that if it can’t do that, the Dow Jones can’t have a new BEV Zero, a close above 36,799.65.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. Current COT data supports overall higher gold prices. Our ratio is on buy signal. Trend is DOWN for USD. Trend is UP for gold stocks. Trend is UP for gold.

The gold miners’ stocks are continuing to power higher in a strengthening upleg.  As their gains mount, sector bullishness is gradually growing.  Traders’ interest is rising, leading them to increasingly chase gold stocks’ robust upside momentum.  As uplegs mature,...

Here are today's videos and charts.

While the Federal Reserve was caught off guard by the rampant inflation that it expected to be 'transitory,' and now expects that it can raise rates as quickly as it has without causing a recession, there are several analysts who disagreed, and who have so far been...

At AOTH we’ve been writing about the coming copper supply deficit for years, while mainstream media kept quiet on the issue.

John Feneck and Jorge Ganoza join the show to discuss the current state of the precious metals market and the factors driving the bull run in gold and silver. We examine the DXY index and its impact on the prices of these metals. We also look at the GDX and GDXJ...

While Flash US PMI declined further in January, the input inflation accelerated. It’s not clear whether the Fed should become more dovish or hawkish – and that impacts gold.

Between 2020 and now, quite a lot happened, quite a lot of money was printed, and we saw a war breaking out in Europe. Yet gold failed to rally to new highs. Gold Had Chances.

Before starting today’s analysis, I would like to emphasize that we might see some erratic price movements with regard to the USD Index – gold link. The reason is that today is the day when the news from Europe hits the market. The ECB President spoke, and the...

Gold has fallen and appears to be on its way to invalidating the recent breakout. What happens when it slips below $1,900?

Last year was one of the worst on record for a conventional stock and bond portfolio. The major stock and bond market indexes both fell by double digits.

The glory of gold. In a world ravaged by debt, fiat, and war… is it a time for gold bugs of the world to be bold?

In 2022, central banks will have purchased the largest amount of gold in recent history. According to the World Gold Council, central bank purchases of gold have reached a level not seen since 1967. The world’s central banks bought 673 metric tons in one month, and...

Before we move into a review of the last few months of market action to learn what most investors did wrong, I think it is important to begin this missive by reposting something written by Robert Prechter in The Socionomic Theory of Finance (a book I strongly...

In his most recent discussion with Tom Bodrovics of Palisades Gold Radio, Matterhorn Asset Management principal, Matthew Piepenburg, weaves together the various threads of historical cycles, political psychology and the hard math of cancerous global debt to make...

Joe Biden entered the Oval Office with relatively low approval ratings. The botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, an economy in decline, rising consumer prices, and potential scandals simmering in the background haven’t helped his approval ratings over the past two...

Jim Rogers returns to the show to discuss the Fed's ability to handle a higher interest rate and its potential impact on the economy, the US government budget, and corporate high-yield junk bonds.

For today's video I'm gonna just illustrate the need for patience. Last year I said I think this is going to be a difficult year, and we had a huge huge move up out of the 2020 bottom, this four year cycle low, and one of two things either happens when you get a...

The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, up 0.36%. Silver has continued to outperform gold, up 10% over the last three months driving the gold/silver ratio down to 80:1, closer to the historical average (76:1).

The chart is meant to put Friday’s giddy short-squeeze in perspective. If you are a bull and feeling a little discouraged by what you see, that is what I had intended. What better time to rack bears than in the final hours of a week that was more comic relief than...

Gold so far has seen a very good start into the new year. Driven by an extremely tense geopolitical situation (Cold War 2.0) as well as a weaker US-Dollar and the threat of U.S. insolvency (“debt ceiling”), the price of gold was able to increase by around $110 or 6...

It seems that all too often lately the gold mining sector is in tow with commodities in general and broad global stocks in its ups and downs. As a leader, but not THE leader of the rally that is fine for now as long as we’re still on the back end of the originally...

We start with this past week's highlight (or better stated "lowlight"): on Wednesday, our Economic Barometer tied for its worst one-day plunge in the 25 years we've been maintaining it. Here 'tis, and as we wrote that day to our Investors' Roundtable, (as inebriated...

The Dow Jones continues having difficulty breaching its BEV -5% line in its Bear’s Eye View chart below. On Monday this week, it made its third failed attempt since last August to break above this level. Seeing the Dow Jones close the week with a BEV of -9.30%, just...