Gold Editorials & Commentary

The precious metals sector remains in a correction, and as long as the 200-day moving averages hold, a bullish consolidation that began last September.

Physical gold is eternal and paper gold ephemeral. Take heed of this before the collapse of the fake gold paper market together with most paper assets.

Precious metals and miners are consolidating before their next advance. Gold could reach $1700+ by March, and we see explosive potential in silver. 

We've been monitoring and writing about palladium since the price first broke to new all-time highs in 2018. With the chart now seeming to go parabolic—and with misunderstanding and misinformation also at all-time highs—it seemed a great time to post this update.

Our recent research suggests the US stock market may be entering a period of volatility that may include a broad market rotation/reversion event.  We believe this volatility event could begin to happen anytime over the next 10 to 30+ days.

Ever since Sept. 19, 2008, when Hammerin' Hank Paulson appeared in front of the U.S. Congress on bended knee and begged those clueless politicians for a bailout—which he did successfully—the spread of moral hazard throughout the world has been a contagion that makes...

Latest economic data were published last week, indicating that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing. Gold prices held up relatively well – but can it last?

Chinese New Year buying and more deaths in war-torn Yemen have ignited yet another solid rally in gold.

In a prevailing bullish sentiment, it’s hard to raise a word of caution – no matter how well justified. Yet, that’s what we aim to do today regarding gold. While it’s holding up quite well, there’s something going on beneath the surface that we’d like to share with...

Our research team believes the current Q4-2019 earnings season and expectations are prompting a “Rally To A Peak”.  We've been warning our followers and clients that we believe the US Stock Market has rallied to levels that constitute a “near peak enthusiasm”...

Last week has been all about the U.S. - China trade war deal signing. The markets went almost full-on risk-on on that news. But there were more quite interesting developments, i.e. Thursday’s Euro decline. Will the coming week bring some interesting news events? Let...

We’ve had an increase in gold futures price on Friday, as it gained 0.6%. The yellow metal is at its recent local highs of around $1,560. It still looks like a consolidation following January 8 run-up above $1,600 mark that ended with a sharp downturn. On Tuesday...

Narayana Kocherlakota, the former President of the Federal Reserve bank of Minneapolis wants you to know the Federal Government can never borrow too much money.

Will 2020 turn out better than 2019 for the yellow metal? Gold prices don’t move in a vacuum – the macroeconomic situation definitely plays a key fundamental role. In today’s article, we’ll present the macroeconomic outlook for 2020 and you’ll learn whether the...

At first glance gold looks like it may be about to advance out of a bull Flag, but there are a number of factors in play that we will examine, which suggest that any near-term advance won’t get far before it turns and drops again, and that a longer period of...

A final thrust to about 3300 is possible when the trade deal is signed next Wednesday.  I was again too conservative in my price estimate, but probably not wrong in this being the final thrust for this bullish market phase from 2856.  With the cycles discussed above...

Last week's trading saw the gold market forming its high in Monday's session, here doing so with the tag of the 1563.10 figure. From there, weakness was seen into Tuesday, where the low for the week was registered at the 1536.40 figure - before bouncing off the same...

Some basic logic must come to the table in the Gold pricing mechanism. The easiest way to keep the gold price down is NOT TO USE IT IN TRADE, NOR IN BANKING RESERVES, and to relegate it to the sidelines as the barbaric metal.

To date in 2020, Gold has been up as much as 6.1% (to 1613) from last year's close (of 1520), the brief spike coming on "nuthin' but GEOPEEE, baby!", such universally-now-known "sell the news" axiom in turn finding Gold now up only 2.5% year-to-date in settling out...

I’ve been missing-in-action for the past month, during which many interesting things have happened in the market, such as the Dow Jones making eight new all-time highs as it advanced 893 points since December 20th. 

Long-term – on major buy signal. Short-term – on mixed signals. Gold sector cycle is up. Be mentally prepared for a multi-month correction. We are holding long-term positions.

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

The gold miners’ stocks are wavering, frustrating traders.  For the better part of a half-year, this sector has neither broken out nor broken down.  Instead it has mostly ground sideways since the last upleg’s peak.  Gold stocks being mired in a consolidation so...

The Nasdaq bubble popped in 2000 after motoring upward on increasing volume in two separate phases. Volume rammed upward and RSI diverged. Like shootin’ fish in a barrel it was, except that at the time I was too inexperienced to see it. It was a steep slope and blow...

Certain precious metals, Gold, Silver, and Platinum, have shown moderate upside price trending over the past 20+ months while Rhodium and Palladium have skyrocketed higher.  These more precious metals, Rhodium and Palladium, have many industrial and consumer uses. ...

Gold futures gained 0.6% on Wednesday, January 15 as it continued to rebound off Tuesday’s local low of $1,536.40. The price has got closer to the recent highs. Overall, it has been trading within a week-long $1,540-1,560 consolidation following January 8 run-up...

The battle continued in 2019, and rarely has the disparity been this sharp. And what do we mean? Well, on one hand, you have real physical gold. This is gold that you store yourself or at a trusted vaulting company. This is gold that you can actually hold in your...

Precious metals got off to an explosive early start to 2020 as tensions between the U.S. and Iran drove safe-haven buying. Of course, gold and silver markets will need more than a geopolitical flare up to drive a long-term bull market advance.

Apparently, not enough. This seems especially true right now. With all of the "obvious" signs and indicators staring you in the face, it seems like blasphemy to speak cautiously. Better to let your imagination run wild and join in the revelry.

Last Thursday, the New York Fed added more than $80 billion in fresh temporary liquidity to the financial markets. Move over folks, nothing to see here – but what does it mean for gold prices?