Gold Editorials & Commentary

With investors hitching their wagons to the Fed’s horse on May 4, they still believe that Chairman Jerome Powell can accomplish the impossible. Therefore, it’s all about following the man who will lead you to prosperity. However, while market participants’ faith in...

“The first panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permeant ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”

The big picture here is clear and it is essential to understand that it represents a very significant paradigm shift. Whether it is online or offline, whether it is through a mobile app, an exchange or even through physical contracts, ownership titles to gold...

With the US economy still on fire and inflation galloping, the Fed has to react firmly. What will happen to gold after the dovish stance changes?

Last week’s release of first quarter GDP data was a disappointment, as GDP sank by 1.4%. Analyst expectations were calling for a rise of 1%.

As gold surged into my sell zone at $2000/ounce, I laid out the $1835-$1775 area as my preferred “rebuy” zone for investors, with a focus on the miners.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs are now predicting that recession “will push gold to $2,500”. That is an increase of 32% from current levels.

Inflation, it has been said, comes as a thief in the night, and that it has. The famed British economist John Maynard Keynes warned of the dangers impressed upon an economy by inflation in his 1919 classic, The Economic Consequences of Peace. “Lenin was certainly...

Gold has done nothing unusual and in fact it has done as would normally be expected. In February it began to rally out of the base on the daily (futures) chart below. Driven by war (easy on the war, terror and pestilence bull rationales dear gold bugs) and inflation...

Well that didn’t take long. When GDP on Thursday morning revealed we are, in fact, crashing into recession, and the market flew like a released bird into the heavens, I noted in my last article that the market’s lunacy was just what I expected from delusional...

Last week's trading saw Gold once again forming its high in Monday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1935.50 figure. From there, a sharp decline was seen into Thursday, with the metal dropping all the way down to a low of 1870.90 - before bouncing off the...

Yes, Gold's price continues its lower grind, (the current Short trend in mind), but 'tis the Fed that's in a REAL bind. StateSide annualized REAL Gross Domestic Product (GDP less Chain Deflator) just shrunk for the third successive quarter (-3.7% in Q3 2021, -0.2%...

I haven’t covered the Bear’s Eye View (BEV) charting technique for a while. As I’m sure I have new readers, this is a good time for a little technical talk on how Mr Bear looks at the markets. And the various market insights the BEV provides investors before I go on...

In last week’s missive entitled “The Bear Resumes”, I laid out a fairly strong case for maintaining a defensive portfolio posture despite the major averages (as well as many junior miners) being well of their respective 12-month highs.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is DOWN. To public readers of our updates, our cycle indicator is one of the most effective timing tool for traders and investors. It is not perfect, because periodically the market can be more volatile and can result in short term...

Gold investment demand is surging as traders increasingly comprehend this leading alternative asset’s amazing fundamental backdrop. The biggest inflation super-spike since the 1970s is relentlessly eroding purchasing power, while the bubble-valued US stock markets...

With the GDXJ ETF suffering a mild drawdown on Apr. 27, the recent rout has calmed for the time being. However, with the medium-term fundamental outlook remaining profoundly bearish, the junior miners and the S&P 500 are fighting a losing battle.

The bloodbath phase in the Euro, usually last 5-7 days, so a top in the US Dollar as early as by the end of this week. Implications for the metals and a lot sooner ending to the sell-off in gold/silver stocks.

Despite the reality check, investors keep up their buying spree. Meanwhile, problematic events are starting to gain on gold, silver, and mining stocks.

Given our view that Gold will perform when the Fed stops hiking, there are a few leading indicators that can signal the Fed stopping hikes.

Rebecca Kerswell Talks With Michael Oliver about Russia / Inflation / Commodity Supply Chain. Michael talks about the change in the momentum of Natural Gas and how this may play a big part in some serious problems for market soon.

Given that the US government has lost almost every war it has ever fought, should investors and regular citizens be concerned that the current de facto war against Russia will end at least as badly as all the others and… what does this mean for gold?

The best performing precious metal for the week was palladium, up 0.49% despite hedge funds raising their net short position to a 12-week high.

The technical correction in gold, silver, copper, and crude oil is over yesterday. The next big wave of sell-off will be there only if they fall below yesterday’s low. The message is simple: Only a slump in global stock markets will cause a sell-off in precious...

After gold ran out of steam, the market was flooded by a wave of invalidated breakouts. Can anything keep the precious metals from nosediving?

There are three basic questions that need to be asked, and subsequently answered, regarding gold price manipulation. Here are the three questions:

Last week we saw that gold and silver were both looking good for the near to medium term future. What happened last with the two metals, however, did not live up to the promise hinted at by the technical analysis, with the prices coming under renewed pressure as the...

Last week's trading saw Gold forming its high in Monday's session, here doing so with the spike up to the 2003.00 figure. From there, a sharp decline was seen into later in the week, with the metal dropping all the way down to a Friday low of 1928.00 - before...

First Gold: A mere seven days ago we were singing Gold's praises as its price for two consecutive weeks moved higher in bold defiance of the otherwise Short weekly parabolic trend. "Like salmon spawning upstream" we wrote; that was Gold's gleam.

This week the Dow Jones seems to have figured out what its path of least resistance was; Down, if only by about 2% from last week’s close.  I don’t know if the Dow Jones will see things the same again next week.  Maybe next week will be different.  But in the months...