Gold Editorials & Commentary

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.

Silver has been drifting in a rather lackluster summer. Ever since surging to $19.50 in mid-May, this often-popular white metal has been grinding sideways to lower. By late July it had fallen over 10% to about $17.50.

Trading commodities and indexes through the use of exchange traded funds sure keeps things simple for an average trader.

Gold and the Dollar: Going Higher Together?

The Federal Reserves announcement this past week that they will monetize their debt sent markets reeling initially, but they seem to have somewhat stabilized, at least for now.

GLD - on buy signal.

Precious-metals stocks really haven't had a great summer by any means. After rallying initially in June, they started relentlessly drifting lower in July. The net result of this lackluster summer trading is a lethargic drift sideways.

The article of July 22nd on "Smoking Guns of USTreasury Monetization" hit more desks, raised more dust, and brought more attention than expected to the heightened malfeasance in progress using USGovt debt securities.

WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

I took some stick over the past week for my predictions that the market was about to "come a cropper", in the Message to Wall St and Friday's Candlestick Warnings articles.

I find it amazing how many traders do not use volume as a factor in their trading decisions.