Gold Editorials & Commentary

It seems that all too often lately the gold mining sector is in tow with commodities in general and broad global stocks in its ups and downs. As a leader, but not THE leader of the rally that is fine for now as long as we’re still on the back end of the originally...

We start with this past week's highlight (or better stated "lowlight"): on Wednesday, our Economic Barometer tied for its worst one-day plunge in the 25 years we've been maintaining it. Here 'tis, and as we wrote that day to our Investors' Roundtable, (as inebriated...

The Dow Jones continues having difficulty breaching its BEV -5% line in its Bear’s Eye View chart below. On Monday this week, it made its third failed attempt since last August to break above this level. Seeing the Dow Jones close the week with a BEV of -9.30%, just...

As global elites gathered in Davos this week to discuss their plans for controlling the world economy, the gold market is delivering an alternative message.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. Current COT data supports overall higher gold prices. Our ratio is on buy signal. Trend is DOWN for USD. Trend is UP for gold stocks. Trend is UP for gold.

Markets fell 20% last year, in its worst yearly performance since the 2008 financial crisis. However rising market optimism on signs of cooling activity is perversely based on the belief that the increase in rates would tame inflation and a recession leading to...

Gold and its miners’ stocks both just flashed major Golden Cross buy signals.  These powerfully-bullish indicators are among the best in all of technical analysis, widely followed and revered.  They argue odds are mounting that recent months’ parallel gold and gold-...

The Fed likely has one or maybe two more rate hikes before they pause in the second quarter. The US must raise the Debt ceiling before July to avoid a technical default. Bank lending standards approach recessionary levels supporting widespread weakness.

The line for the self-checkout registers at my neighborhood Albertsons stretched into the store’s produce section. Is this human progress? I wondered, scanning my groceries—this just after I had filled my car’s gas tank at a not-so-convenient convenience store near...

Here are today's videos and charts.

While the stock markets in the US have remained choppy over the past few months as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates, one of the surprises in the markets has been how the precious metals have rallied in the face of the central bank's tightening...

The slow but steady implosion of global bond markets is no longer a debate but fact. Knowing this, investors can better brace themselves for the policy and market reactions to come.

The purpose of this essay is not to convince the reader of the necessity for change. It is to present some commonsense policy changes to attempt to mitigate the economic harm that has been done to Western economies, especially to the United States and the United...

In 2011, the Federal Reserve invented new accounting methods for itself so that it could never legally go bankrupt. As explained by Robert Murphy, the Federal Reserve redefined its losses so as to ensure its balance sheet never shows insolvency. As Bank of America’s...

There are a lot of ways that people look at to determine gold and silver values.

Our friend Craig Hemke from the TF Metals Report Returns to the show to discuss the ongoing debate about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and why no one should believe their statements about their plans for the next few years.

I have now been writing public articles for over 11 years on Seeking Alpha. And, through the years, I have covered many topics publicly, including the S&P 500, oil, the US Dollar, bonds, emerging markets, and many others.

Peter Grandich returns to the show to discuss the Federal Reserve's current position and future plans. He also talks about the ongoing retirement crisis in the U.S., with two-thirds of the workforce living paycheck to paycheck and unable to save for retirement.

In the financial markets, history shows that rather than lots of exciting predictions, mundane preparation for surprise is a much better tool for building immense wealth… wealth that is sustained.

Who is not expecting a correction in precious metals right now? It’s always the smart, sensible, but knee-jerk posture following a rebound that follows a bear market. I even wrote about potential downside targets when the sector hit resistance roughly six weeks ago...

The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, up 2.91%. Lundin Gold reported another strong quarter with fourth-quarter production of 121,000 ounces, ahead of consensus and bringing full-year output to 476,000 ounces, above the high end of guidance of...

Federal bureaucrats use proxies to stifle all kinds of activities they don’t like. The “Twitter Files” are revealing this tactic to a new wave of Americans, but it has been around a long time.

Gold’s flat performance in 2022 has been recognized by the World Gold Council as a strength. After all, the S&P 500 fell nearly 20% last year!

Gold at this point has completed its eight year cycle low.

From the comments made in past month, the last mid-term low for Gold came from our 72 and 310-day cycles - which were forecast to bottom around mid-to-late October of 2022, with the actual low coming in early-November. From there, the cycles were forecast to push...

US inflation cooled in December, putting the US Federal Reserve on track for a possible smaller interest rate increase when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets next at the end of the month.

The headline explains why the voracious bounders on Capitol Hill are willing to spend so much time, money and effort getting re-elected. For they are not just investment insiders, they are recidivist sponsors of legislation that directly benefits their stock...

In this refreshingly fact-focused report, Matterhorn Asset Management (MAM) advisor, Ronni Stoeferle, takes a deeper look at the false “eco war” on gold.

We start with this reprise from our missive dated 12 November, (Gold then 1774): "...as to duration and 'how far up is up' ... (drumroll please) ... 1923."

The Dow Jones is making its third attempt since last August at closing above its BEV -5% line; closing in scoring position. If it closes above its BEV -5% line (34,959), it may go on to new all-time highs. If not? Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. But its...