Gold Editorials & Commentary

This week was full of new reports about the US economy. And guess what, I don’t have good news… First of all, let’s start with the update about the weekly initial unemployment benefits. In normal times, the initial claims are not too keenly watched by investors. But...

Investment demand for physical gold and silver is unrelenting. Buying activity actually picked up slightly last week as paper gold and silver prices drifted sideways to lower. Once again, anyone simply watching the gold price on CNBC would be shocked to know just...

The best performing metal this week was platinum, up 3.45 percent despite hedge funds cutting their net-long positions to an eight-month low. However, platinum mines in South Africa are to remain closed for time being. ETFs added 73,044 troy ounces of gold to their...

Gold futures tested critical resistance near $1800 last week, and we could be nearing a significant infection point. The larger pattern remains intact and supports new all-time highs, after some consolidation. 

The new coronavirus has already infected the global economy. The global lockdown means that recession is inevitable. The central banks all over the world have stepped in, including the Fed, cutting interest rates and pumping liquidity into the system.

I know the title may sound unusual and almost unrealistic to those following the media cycle. With unemployment skyrocketing, GDP projections in the tank, bankruptcy expectations running sky high, and the average person on Main Street struggling terribly, how is...

Here's why the two have risen together since the 1970s and why the correlation is likely to continue. "President Trump, in complete contradiction to candidate Trump, has praised Yellen for being a 'low-interest-rate-person.' One reason Trump may have changed his...

Last week's trading saw gold registering the more bearish pattern of an early-week high into resistance, with the metal hitting a peak of 1788.80 - made on a Tuesday time top. From there, a sharp decline was seen into later in the week, here dropping all the way...

The best, brightest -- and moreover duly accomplished -- Gold analysts these past few weeks quite understandably have been in full throat calling for "Gold 2000 by the end of April!" or "Gold 2500 by June!" So much so have they put Gold on "Go!" that joining their...

Here’s a blast from the past: "The Fed could support the stock market directly by buying market averages in the futures market, thus stabilizing the market as a whole. --- The stock market is certainly not too big for the Fed to handle." - Robert Heller, former...

SPX is quickly approaching the 2930 target that had been predicted some time ago.  It would not be surprising to see it met as early as next week.

Interest in gold and gold stocks has skyrocketed in the last 2 weeks. And for good reason. Let’s recap what we’ve just seen in short order… Explosive price gains – check. Massive changes in investor sentiment – check. Retail calling stockbrokers (and vice versa)...

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up, but has reached levels of previous tops. Gold sector remains on long-term buy at the end of March. Gold has made a new high, while $HUI made a lower high, thus resulting in a divergence. Divergences often occur at tops and...

Imagine, if you will, there was no coronavirus. No haz-mat suits, medical masks & gloves, no make-shift morgues. No terminally ill patients hooked up to ventilators, no horrible deaths without love ones close, no lockdowns, no social distancing, no deserted...

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

The collapse of global oil demand has impacted the price of Canadian Oil Sands to such a degree, the price of a barrel is now cheaper than a 12-pack of Coke purchased at Walmart. According to oilprice.com, the current price of a barrel of Western Canadian Select (...

Two extraordinary and unprecedented actions are being taken in the attempt to contain the economic damage from the national shutdown, and thereby attempt to prevent a depression. Each are on a scale we have never seen before, and each are almost certain to be very...

Wednesday's session played out as a range day.  Most of the downside action occurred during Tuesday night, and Wednesday’s regular trading hours were spent bouncing from our key support zone in the 2750 area back to the middle of the range towards 2785/2800 on the...

This technical analysis video I put together has a lot of great trading opportunities in it while providing a lot of educational content to help you see the markets and trade in a way that will reduce your risk/exposure when needed.

One of the many bothering issues about the coronavirus crisis, is whether it will turn out to be inflationary or deflationary. What do both of these scenarios mean for gold ahead?

Today I would like to show you some very long-term charts for the PM complex I used to look at the big picture and big reversal patterns. I like to use the quarterly line chart as it takes out much of the noise a quarterly bar chart can make. A quarterly line chart...

New economic data being released as earnings start to hit may alter how investors perceive the recent price recovery in the US and global markets.  Many institutional analysts began suggesting “the bottom is in” and recently began to issue stronger forward guidance...

These are dark times for The Bullion Banks. Their Fractional Reserve and Digital Derivative Pricing Scheme is in great peril as refineries, miners, and mints all shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Will these Banks be able to scrounge up enough...

As the global markets enter the Q1 earnings season where a host of new data and expectations will flood the markets over the next 30+ days, skilled traders should put these three symbols on their watch-list over the next few days and weeks.

Gold and gold stocks are among the highest performing assets of 2020 so far as investors seek a haven amid the coronavirus-fueled rout, and as central banks and governments around the world roll out unprecedented monetary and fiscal measures in an effort to mitigate...

So, if you are like most market participants, there are many fallacies which you have likely accepted of late. First, you are likely viewing this “bear market” as having begun 6 weeks ago. Yet, if you actually understood the broader market in a bit more depth and...

Back in the Dark Ages, before cellular phones and the Internet, I was studying to complete the Ontario Securities course one afternoon when I came across the part discussing "asset allocation" and "portfolio construction." This section covered the recommended mix of...

Another “Golden Week” Is Underway…And Both The Miners And Bullion Are Off To A Great Start! Gold bullion ETF purchases are soaring. For the SPDR fund (GLD-NYSE), total tonnage has moved above the key 1000 tonnes marker.

The gold futures contract extended its uptrend on Monday, as it gained 0.49%. The market broke above its short-term consolidation and it reached new medium-term highs above $1,700 level. Yesterday it was the highest since November of 2012. Mounting pandemic fears...

Another week passed, and the number of jobless claims increased further. That was clearly not expected by the Fed, as the recent minutes shows. What does it all mean for the gold market?