Gold Editorials & Commentary

As the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates aggressively, gold and silver have sold off sharply throughout most of that period. Yet with more interest rate hikes on the way, does that mean that we're set for more pressure on the precious metals?

Although the dip buyers haven’t conceded yet, gold, silver, and mining stocks have started to decline. Is the precious metals upswing over?

Gold is back above $1,700. Is this a false rebound or a sign that the worst is behind us? Gold has returned above $1,700! The chart below shows the recent rebound in gold prices. Does it mean that the worst is behind us and now the yellow metal can only go up?

The fourth quarter is starting with a bang for precious metals markets. Silver in particular posted a big breakout move – surging to a four-month high above $21/oz.

There are a lot of different ways to analyze markets; fundamental and technical analysis are two of the most popular. Certainly, assessing the likely future path for corporate earnings and studying price patterns and momentum are both worthwhile if not crucial to...

Peter Boockvar comes back to the show to talk about Europe's Energy Crisis Latest News. Furthermore, we discuss the UK financial crisis, Central banks worldwide, and investing in commodities and precious metals to hedge against inflation in 2023.

Investors believing that the Fed will follow the BoE’s example continue to support the short-term gold rally. Their optimism, however, may end soon.

Most people don't realize that the banking system issues have not really been fixed. You must understand the relationship you have with your bank as well as the strength of your bank's balance sheet. It behooves every investor to make sure that their money is in a...

The 2021-2025 war cycle, inflation, energy transition, and empire transition are a perfect “golden storm.” The intensity of these four gold price drivers is astounding. It’s the reason I urged Western gold bugs to consider the move under $1675 as potentially a false...

In 1977, the US Congress officially gave the Federal Reserve a multi-part mandate to maximize employment, maintain prices near an acceptable inflation target of around 2%, and moderate long-term interest rates. In general terms, Fed policies are supposed to...

Central banks globally added to their net gold holdings for the fifth consecutive month in August, according to the latest data released by the World Gold Council.

As we move into the final quarter of the year – a time when markets have been known to go bump in the night – finding an encouraging word on the gold and silver markets isn’t easy. As September ended, gold had broken below critical chart support levels after...

A survey was done by CreditCards.com in which 60% of the respondents said that they have been in credit card debt for at least a year. That’s up from 50% a year ago. Forty percent said they’ve been in credit card debt for over two years.

As we were ending 2021, I was outlining to those following my work that I expected a large pullback as we moved into 2022. In fact, I even noted that “we will likely see the largest pullback since we bottomed in March of 2020.”

From Main Street USA to the village corners and central banks of Europe, Japan and elsewhere, the Fed’s strong USD policy is backfiring—big time. Just ask the Brits…

Lawrence Lepard joins the show to give his opinion on how dire the situation will be going into 2023. Furthermore, we talk about the UK economy spiraling out of control, the energy crisis, and more.

Last week I noted the potential for a repeat of the 2018 bottom. With gold futures back above the September breakdown ($1680), the odds for a significant bottom are growing. 

The momentary role swap of the USDX and gold could raise some hopes for the bullish prospects of the yellow metal. Would they be justified?

The best performing precious metal for the week was palladium, up 4.90%, on what looks to be a firmer picture for precious metals recently. Palladium production was already restrained with recent flooding near the Stillwater mine, and this week the South African...

The next technical target for gold is support in the 1500s per this Sept. 15th update [password protected]. Also note that the update included an extreme downside below 1300. While not overly likely (IMO), that would put a hard test on the bull market, which was...

In this article, I will briefly examine Gold’s technicals, fundamentals, and sentiment to hazard a guess at when and where the major turn will be. It is vital to consider all three tools to build a case.

As the proper macro fundamentals for gold mining grind into place… The real price of gold, as represented on the chart below by gold in relation to commodities, is constructive to have bottomed. As inflation expectations continue to fade with the Fed still in hawk...

Dave Kranzler joins the show to talk about the recent events of the British pound collapsing to a record low against the US dollar. Furthermore, we talk about yesterday's prices spike in Gold and Silver, Virgin Money temporarily withdrawing all mortgage products,...

With Q3 officially in the books, and as mused these last two weeks, we've now beached our Gold forecast high for this year of 2254, just as we did a year ago at this time for the even higher level of 2401.  

The Dow Jones continues gaining momentum to the downside, this week closing below its BEV -20% line.  This isn’t going to change anytime soon, not for as long as the idiot savants at the FOMC continue denying the financial markets what they want and desperately need...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is down, but bottoming. Gold sector is on long term SELL signal. Speculation at a multi year and bull market low.

Passive buy and hold Investors in general are starting to panic: XLU, dividends, bonds. It has been an interesting year with stocks down nearly 25% and the bond ETF TLT down over 40% since the 2020 highs. The passive buy and hold investor is becoming panicked and we...

We just had the massive reversal day I've been waiting for, with big candlestick action.  The junior mining stocks money train is ready to leave the station!

Another tumultuous week of trading in asset markets is raising hopes for a peak in the U.S. dollar and a bottom in precious metals.

Good news everyone! Two weeks to flatten the curve is back! Except this time it's the British yield curve, and it's the Bank of England that says it needs two weeks to flatten it! The FT reports: "Central bank to spend £5bn a day for 13 days over material risk to UK...