Gold Editorials & Commentary

Japan has proved without confusion that 0% is a permanent stuck position. The United States will repeat the path, but with a vast mudslide. Japan has had the advantage of a strong industrial base, a sizeable trade surplus, and no war budget.

There is regularly talk about the Fed (or Treasury) devaluing the US dollar, but how do you devalue something that doesn't have a fixed measurement? Specifically, what would the Fed/Treasury devalue the dollar against and how would they go about it?

As the old expression has it, there are:

More than 95 respected economists, academics, analysts and market commentators are of the firm opinion that gold will go to $2,500 and beyond before the parabolic peak is reached.

It was a major week in the precious metals market as the ones I cover in this free letter broke out to either new all-time highs, or new highs of recent times.

GLD - on buy signal.

Forget what you hear and read in the press about a gold bubble. I can virtually guarantee that there will never be a bubble in gold for seven simple reasons:

After weathering a lackluster grinding summer, commodities stocks are poised for a big rally. Thanks to an anomalous divergence between commodities prices and the general stock markets, commodities stocks are relatively cheap today.

Alan Greenspan had full knowledge of his betrayal to the principles of sound money. He wrote early in his career about the only legitimate basis for a monetary system, namely Gold.

Gold broke out today.

Some years ago I remember watching a retrospective documentary about life in Florida in the heady days of the Apollo moon program.

It's time to face up to both the systemic and economic reality that is plaguing banks, housing and international trade. As matters stand at present, they can neither co-exist nor thrive in their current state.

The first week back after Labor Day wasn't what it was cracked up to be with even lower volume in the S&P500 index than was seen all summer long. It was a holiday shortened week, but still I would have thought volume would have been stronger.

GLD - on buy signal.

Gold enjoyed a strong August after emerging out of its late-July seasonal lows. But interestingly last month's bullish action was probably just the beginning of gold's newest rally.

The Golden battle lines are drawn and the first day was a bloody one.

The forward line for the bulls are drawn at $1,254, while the forward line for the bears is now $1,263.

Ahhh, the curves life throws at you sometimes still amaze me!

GLD - on buy signal.

Many observers to the wild gyrations, deep contortions, extreme measures, and other bizarre activity in the government and banking arenas are suffering from severe confusion.

One of the many tools available to economists and analysts in determining the suitability of fiscal or economic policy is partial equilibrium (PE) analysis.

One of the many tools available to economists and analysts in determining the suitability of fiscal or economic policy is partial equilibrium (PE) analysis.

In the last update we were looking for gold to turn lower, it did turn lower and dropped quite heavily back to its 200-day moving average.

"Now a man can work a whole year and earn $40,000 (£25,000) and work hard for that. And now the government can in a millisecond print the same amount of money and that's what they do.

GLD - on buy signal.

Ostrich investors are a major driving force in today's financial markets. As the name implies, they are hiding their heads in the sand like the popular literary perception of the king of birds.

History is being made. The American public has never been no nervous, perhaps fearful of something dreadful and imminent. The global monetary system is crumbling. The typical stimulus has failed to jumpstart the USEconomy.

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and cor

Prices continue to churn as traders and investors try to figure if they want their hard earned dollar in cash or investments.

The S&P500 once again was rebuffed from falling markedly below the very significant 1070 level which could mean we are heading higher once again, at least for the short term.

GLD - on buy signal.