Gold Editorials & Commentary

In Part II of this two-part conversation with Michelle Makori of Kitco News, Matterhorn Asset Management Partner, Matthew Piepenburg, answers questions about crypto currencies, gold’s critical wealth preservation profile, the rising list of geopolitical failures/...

We are currently in the midst of the latest round of projections for new highs in the gold price. Those projections are more the result of anxious anticipation and elevated emotions rather than real fundamentals.

A new year begins, and the big theme for savvy investors is going to be using great tools like mining stocks, crypto, commodities, and the stock market to get more money… More of the ultimate money that can only be gold!

The best performing precious metal for the year was gold, up 7.93%. The yellow metal is up for the year, after two years of losses, while the dollar is down, falling 5% just in the last two months of the year. The greenback has weakened as U.S. interest rates are...

What a perfect way to end the year! Clear breakouts, obvious breakdowns, and a major signal from tech stocks. In my recent gold price forecast for January 2024, I wrote about the most important of the recent technical events in gold (gold’s weekly reversal), and in...

As many of you may know, I read quite a number of articles discussing the stock market, as I want to maintain a pulse on the common views. And, sometimes I run across something that compels me to write an article. I would say that this is the driver for the current...

In Part I of this two-part conversation with Michelle Makori of Kitco News, Matterhorn Asset Management Partner, Matthew Piepenburg, looks at the key financial themes of 2023 and the critical trends to impact the year ahead.

Although the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank’s message regarding interest rate cuts seems clear, reiterating their commitment to reducing inflation, the market is expecting between five and six interest rate cuts, between 125 and 150 basis points, in...

In these way-too-interesting times, there aren’t many publications that would trumpet a New Year’s Eve headline like the one above. It topped the front page of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, however, a tribute to the Sunshine State’s winning performance on the...

Thomas Parilla, the President of Parilla Investment Group, joins the show to discuss the impact of the recent Fed meeting on the markets. He highlighted the resilience of gold prices despite rate hikes and the remarkable 140 million-ounce silver deficit....

We cover the yearly, quarterly, monthly and weekly candle charts for Gold. Gold closed the year and quarter in strong fashion, but it needs to break $2100 to generate further momentum to the upside.

Gold headed for a weekly gain in a market dominated by the Federal Reserve’s strongest indications yet that it will pivot to easing monetary policy next year. The precious metal surged 2.4% on Wednesday when officials at the U.S. central bank indicated they expect...

‘Twas a year ago at this time we opted out of forecasting a high price for Gold in 2023, other than to opine ‘twould make a new All-Time High (above that of 2089 from 07 August 2020), which indeed eventuated at 2152 this past 04 December.  Since then, Gold proceeded...

In this special year-end Market Wrap podcast, we'll look back at the year that was in metals markets. We'll also look ahead to what could drive gold and silver prices in 2024.

Our proprietary cycle indicator is UP. GLD is on short term buy signal. GDX is on short term buy signal. XGD.to is on short term sell signal. GDXJ is on short term buy signal. Current data favors overall higher prices.

Gold is forging into new-record-high territory for the first time in several years.  That is starting to generate some excitement, with financial-media coverage growing more frequent and bullish.  That’s increasingly attracting back traders, who love chasing upside...

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The Fed is done hiking and gold is poised for new all-time highs. Metals and miners may pullback briefly as the dollar rebounds into January. The odds still favor a recession in 2024, likely starting in the second quarter.

In fact, with patience it could turn out to be like shooting contrary fish in a barrel. The stock market rally – which NFTRH had anticipated a year ago on a larger basis and since October of this year for its next leg on a more compact time frame – is doing a...

Gold is considered by many to be either an inflation hedge or an all-risk hedge. Yet, history — recent and long-term — shows that the real price of gold has fluctuated significantly, even violently in recent times. Here I show the real price of gold (the money price...

"You can't fight the Fed" is a famous refrain repeated by most market participants throughout the years. Unfortunately, it is just not true. The truer statement is that "you can't fight the market."

According to modern portfolio theory (MPT), financial asset prices always fully reflect all available and relevant information, and any adjustment to new information is virtually instantaneous. Thus, asset prices respond only to the unexpected part of information...

The technical setup for gold and silver stocks is bullish as 2024 beckons. Putting macro aside, we focus on the price action for GDX and GDXJ as well as the breadth indicators for GDX and highlight a few comparisons.

It’s hard to say which lie about gold is the biggest whopper. Many widely held beliefs about gold are lies – propaganda hammered home to have us believe the only true measure of wealth is government-issued debt.

In 1977, Anthony C. Sutton published "The War on Gold", and I would like to talk about this important book in some detail. Sutton begins his book with important insights into monetary history.

Gold… the currency of kings, and of gold bugs around the world! For the past 50 years, the dollar has gone nowhere against the other major government fiats. Of course, the reverse is true; those other fiats have gone nowhere against the dollar. Contrast that abysmal...

As always, I’m starting with a BEV View of the Dow Jones.  The Dow Jones closed the week with a BEV of -0.46%, or only 0.46% away from its last all-time high. 

The probability of interest rate cuts has many market participants pondering whether 2024 will bring a bull market for precious metals.

We're joined by Willem Middelkoop, author of "The Big Reset" and founder of Commodity Discovery Fund. William shares his expert analysis on the current state of gold and silver markets, the potential impact of geopolitical tensions, and the intriguing dynamics of...

You likely shan’t glean this from anywhere else, so here we go.  In this 23rd year of the 21st century, for these past five trading days leading up to Christmas, Gold recorded a net weekly gain of +1.5%, settling yesterday (Friday) at 2065.  For the same five-day...