Gold Editorials & Commentary

Gold at $2000 oz. today is the same as it was in 1980 at $600 oz. In other words, on an inflation-adjusted basis, gold is no more valuable today than it was forty-two years ago.

Last week's trading saw gold forming its low for the week in Tuesday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1909.80 figure (April, 2022 contract). From there, a decent push higher was seen into later in the week, with the metal running up to a Thursday peak of...

Gold having completed its usual geo-political spike and fade finds its trade now more regularly played. The expected daily trading range (EDTR) is swiftly dropping from a war-high of nearly 50 points now to sub-40, and shall further shrink into the new week. Here...

The Dow Jones has improved its position in its Bear’s Eye View (BEV) chart below. Last time I published this chart, two weeks ago, the Dow Jones was a tad below its BEV -10% line. This week it closed at a BEV of -5.68%, making up about half it its loss from its last...

Lynette Zang joins us to discuss the US Dollar losing world reserve currency status with the SWIFT changes from Russia. We also discuss the seizing of bank accounts in Canada, hyperinflation, rising food prices and much more. The best way to protect yourself is...

The silver price had gone from $24 to over $26 and the gold price was up about $50/oz over the same period. Our basis indicator made it clear that the rapid runup in prices was driven primarily by paper traders buying futures contracts (with leverage). To say it was...

Gold sector is on long term SELL signal, but prices have found support at the 200ema. A new buy signal here will confirm a new up leg for the bull market.

Gold is often criticized by Wall Street as kind of a useless investment. Institutional investors prefer assets thought to contain the potential for growth, or “sprouts”. An investment has to produce a growing revenue stream – if it doesn’t grow it doesn’t compound....

The mid-tier and junior gold miners in their sector’s sweet spot for upside potential have powered higher in recent months.  Amplifying gold’s young upleg, they have already surged to major breakouts.  And the smaller gold miners’ gains are likely to grow much...

Big money always manufactures an exit rally for themselves. That is what we are seeing in the general markets now. The only thing that can save the US economy now from a recession is for oil to fall below $80.

The recent stock market rally is a trap. This is because Wall Street is vastly underestimating how hawkish the Federal Reserve will have to get in order to fight inflation. And how much weaker earnings and GDP growth will become as a result. The fact is Mr. Powell...

Gold is among the safest of havens in times of war, or any other type of geopolitical instability. During the 1970s, which saw a number of upheavals in the Middle East including the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, gold...

Though it is too early to know how the war will evolve, markets are vulnerable. First Covid, now the war, it is clear however that amid the uncertainty, that deficits as far as “the eye can see” will be the norm. Inflation is the result, hyperinflation a possibility...

The Fed's hawkish alerts seem like a voice in the wilderness to gold investors. However, a carefree attitude can backfire on them – in just a few months.

If you want to trade gold on a short to medium term, you will need to understand the manipulation in the gold markets. Gold is set-up to fleece the gold bugs...

We are now at the end of an era of economic and moral decadence in a debt infested world built on false values, fake money and abysmal leadership. All hell will break loose.

This is a time of war, inflation… and a gold price of $1835? The United States of America is arguably now better termed, “The United Meddlers of America”.

Banks are in the process of restocking gold at a pace not seen in years. This analysis focuses on gold and silver within the Comex/CME futures exchange. The charts and tables below specifically analyze the physical stock/inventory data at the Comex to show the...

Tavi Costa joins us to discuss his latest data on the Silver & Gold Markets, other commodities, money velocity, inflation and how his strategy positioned for this market.

The precious metals market commentary below is an excerpt from the latest issue of the Mining Stock Journal, released on March 17th. The issue also offered an opinion on the $MAG Silver acquisition of Gatling Exploration ($GATGF, $GTR.V), $AEM and Paramount Gold ($...

Gold, silver, and mining stocks took advantage of their moment and transformed the tensions caused by the war in Ukraine to their benefit. However, all indications are that it is time to come down to earth and that the short-term spurt is over, although the military...

Gold is playing its age-old role as a haven in times of wars and crises, and people all over the world are piling in, writes Bloomberg. Geopolitical tensions have sent the price of the yellow metal higher and retail investors everywhere, from Vienna to Singapore to...

In 2015, I wrote about The Great Recession 2.0 that was coming upon us. I called it “The Epocalypse” to signify an economic apocalypse that would be epic in scale and that would begin a new epoch on earth — a turbulent time of global economic collapse. It described...

The Strange Recession we are now entering is strange for another reason beside those I described last week. The last “normal” recession ended in 2009, almost 13 years ago. As with most unpleasant experiences, we don’t put a lot of energy into remembering what it was...

In 1978, the year I joined the Canadian investment industry as a trainee, I was sitting in a room full of seasoned brokers while studying for the licensing exams known as The Canadian Securities Course, when I directed a question to the group who were all totally...

Perhaps the 0.25% increase in rates will in due course be seen as the real bad news of the Ides of March week, but so far it is for Wall Street a reason to rally enough to set a new intermediate high on recent record daily volume.

Today, more than ever before, focus is on the Federal Reserve. The general public has joined economists, financial analysts, and market participants in monitoring and parsing every statement regarding Fed action and policy.

Last week's trading saw gold forming its high in Monday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1994.80 figure. From there, a sharp decline was seen into Wednesday's fed day, with the metal dropping all the way down to a low of 1895.20 - before bouncing off the...

Near-term negatives notwithstanding, 'tis fair to finally say that Gold's geo-political spike and anticipated fade have played. Courtesy of the "Turn off the TV and Look at the Data Dept." we'll start with the below year-to-date chart.

Gold made a run for the record high as Ukraine concerns and inflation risks mount. Could this create a run to gold and silver?