Gold Editorials & Commentary

The notion inherit of our prior two missives remains intact: that a Team Red election victory is "priced into the market". Rather were the tilt be to Team Blue, as we'd penned "...Gold would by now have soared and the stock market by now have been floored..." '...

Gold prices continue to correct from the new all-time high set on August 6, 2020. On that date, gold hit $2,074 per ounce – the highest cost to purchase one ounce of gold in the history of mankind. Since that point, gold has corrected some $226 or 10.9% to the...

Long-term – on major buy signal. Short-term – on mixed signals. Gold sector cycle is down. The multi month correction is at or near completion. $$$ We are holding long and short term positions. 

My research team and I have identified a series of Gaps and Gap Fills that may become very telling for the markets over the next 30 to 60+ days.  We have highlighted some Gaps in previous markets over the past 12+ months in some of our other research articles, but...

After a well-deserved correction of nearly 3 months the gold stock sector is still flashing positive signs beneath the surface, as the correction matures. The correction that began in August amid the ‘Buffett Buys a Gold Stock!‘ tout has now ground on for nearly 3...

Here are today's videos and charts. The videos are viewable on mobile phones as well as computers.

Volatility is ramping up ahead of next Tuesday’s all-important election. Equity and precious metals markets got hit earlier this week on lockdown jitters. New virus restrictions in Europe and fears of a devastating second wave in the United States caused investors...

The gold miners’ stocks have mostly been correcting in recent months, after blasting higher with gold last summer. While this necessary and healthy selloff to rebalance sentiment likely isn’t over yet, this sector is entering its strongest seasonal rally of the year...

One of the primary concerns many gold and silver investors hold is whether the government will attempt to confiscate precious metals like back in 1933. Fortunately, silver expert Scott Craig of The Silver Independent joined me on the show to dig into this question,...

Gold and silver futures have been used for decades to control the price of gold and silver. In fact, declassified letters (which can be found in the GATA archive) that bounced between Henry Kissinger and his advisors in the early 1970’s discuss the need for a market...

Chris joins Jim Goddard on HoweStreet.com to talk about Gold, Silver, and the technology sector.  Precious metals are still technically in a short-term downtrend until the consolidation finishes, but they have great potential for the future. Natural gas is in a...

I previously wrote that practically nothing happened on the gold market , which is bearish since gold should be rallying or trading at higher levels, given the pre-election uncertainty. However, gold didn’t wait for the elections to begin with its decline – it...

Their citizens are voting with their feet and getting out of town. As a point of perspective, that amount of office space already vacant in SF is equal to nine of the tallest buildings in SF being completely empty:

There are only a few more days left until the 59th quadrennial presidential election take place, which means that President Trump and his Democratic counter candidate Joe Biden are in their final week of the electoral race. Globally, precious metals investors are...

Tom Petty said it well. The Waiting is the Hardest Part. Precious metals remain in a correction, and we’ve been waiting and waiting for a better entry point. 

Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks with Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments about the new Bretton Woods movement and the possible transition to a digital currency.

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that his aggressive...

As another tidal wave of Corona smashes America, the nation’s stock market investors beg the government and central bank for more stimulus and QE welfare handouts. “Will markets believe that central banks can simply decouple valuations from fundamentals for another...

The global coronavirus pandemic has accelerated several troubling trends already in force. Among them are exponential debt growth, rising dependency on government, and scaled-up central bank interventions into markets and the economy.

Many people believe that black swan events are unforeseeable. Well, I would agree that the “event” itself may be unforeseeable, but the market declines that accompany them are not unforeseeable.

Metals broke out earlier in the year because there has likely never been so many fundamental reasons to buy gold and silver. We’ve seen economic turmoil, political strife, social unrest, a $3 trillion federal deficit, and a dollar weakened by fiscal and monetary...

Last week's trading witnessed Gold spiking higher into Wednesday's session, with the metal pushing all the way up to a peak of 1936.00. From there, however, a sharp decline was seen into Thursday, here dropping down to a low of 1894.20 - before bouncing slightly off...

The breakdown in the US stock markets early on Monday, October 26, was more about investor expectations and a transitioning away from risk ahead of the US Elections than any other factor.  No new stimulus deal being reached in addition to a surge in US COVID-19...

Most minor cycles scheduled to make their lows in this time frame have probably done so, but SPX has not yet shown a clear sign of wanting to resume its uptrend.  If we cannot find buyers early next week, the correction is likely to be extended.

The Dow Jones remains range bound in the BEV chart below, though at week’s close it was in scoring position; <5% from making a new all-time high.  But since August (three months ago) we’ve been here before, and so far the bulls (the FOMC) haven’t had what it...

Our sense is re-election of the StateSide presidential incumbent is now priced into the markets. Since posting our piece from a week ago, "Neither a Higher Gold Gear nor Pre-Election Fear Has Yet to Appear", still has neither the price of Gold gained appreciable...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up. Gold sector remains on long term buy at the end of September. GLD is on short term buy signal.

The U.S. passed a milestone! The federal debt in private hands surpassed 100 percent of GDP measured quarterly, in the second quarter of 2020. On an annual basis, it would exceed the size of the economy next year, due to a massive fiscal stimulus and a plunge in...

Here are today's videos and charts. The videos are viewable on mobile phones as well as computers. 

The gold miners’ stocks are still correcting, continuing to rebalance both technicals and sentiment.  This sector’s huge surge into early August spawned extreme overboughtness and universal euphoria, which are gradually being bled away.  This same necessary and...