Gold Editorials & Commentary

A bit of a slow week for stocks that may be needing a rest now after a strong August. Summer is usually a weaker period for stocks with lighter volume but August was strong on lighter volume this year.

As of the first week of September gold investors have good reason to feel depressed; gold is down $50 since August 07th with no sign of the long expected turnaround. Still, for all the depressing market psychology we gold bulls must currently endure, technically...

Confidence in the precious metals trade has ebbed going into the fall, and our bottom hypothesis is about to be tested. It is an irony in light of what many of the central banks are doing to their currencies these days. But you have to remember that most investors...

There is no doubt gold is undervalued and stocks, the US dollar and bonds are way overbought. Globally, investors are flocking to the supposed safety and stability of the US despite rising deficits which are continuing to soar amidst the threat of instability in...

If you want to know why your holdings of physical gold and silver have remained under suppression, it is because both are anathema to paper fiat currencies, and the ones who are in control, the moneychangers, will not tolerate competition against their fiat Ponzi...

Long term – on major sell signal since Mar 2012. Short term – on sell signals. Gold sector cycle – down as of 8/8. COT data suggests a top is in for the metals.

The situation in the precious metals market is very tense. The medium-term trend remains down -- and we saw breakdowns in gold, silver and mining stocks, but at the same time the situation in the USD Index (which has been a major factor in determining the PMs’ and...

When one thinks of gold, it is usually always in terms of US$. Everyone has been conditioned to think that way. But if you live in Canada you most likely pay for your gold in Cdn$ not US$. For the most part one would make their gold purchase in the local currency....

In a radio interview recently* I was asked a question to which I could not easily give a satisfactory reply: if the gold market is rigged, why does it matter?

In American poet W. S. Merwin’s poem “To the Light of September,” the speaker calls the ninth month “still summer,” yet with a “glint of bronze in the chill mornings.” I agree—to an extent.

The Federal Reserve’s third quantitative-easing campaign is on track to wind down in late October. At that point the Fed will likely stop printing new money to buy bonds, a sea-change shift with ominous implications for the stock markets. Their entire surreal...

In recent weeks we wrote about the ongoing consolidation in precious metals miners. We touched on the history of September, not as a bullish month but as an important inflection point. With the miners holding up well and Gold still holding its lows we thought a...

Gold Volume Bar, Silver MA, GDX RSI, GDXJ Saucer Line & Dow Weak Volume Chart via videos.

This possibility is certainly showing in the chart of gold. As can be seen, gold has been trading in a trying multi-month sideways trend that represents confusion, uncertainty and frustration on the part of investors.

Tonight is a good time to look at some long term charts for the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen. I’ve been waiting for this day for more than a year now when I first created this long term US dollar chart. Some of our long term members will recall this monthly...

I will be honest, it has been a long time since I have been excited about gold, but I am starting to like gold once again. I had grown too bored to care what gold did. With the bull market top in 2011, and four years later price continues to founder can you blame me...

It is hard to separate market truths from market lies. By this I mean distinguishing between honest pricing based on genuine supply and demand, and markets rigged by governments and their central banks. Obviously, markets rigged by governments make any rational...

The Paradigm Shift has reached a higher gear. The danger and risk levels have gone to critical levels. The risk of economic destruction has gone into recognizable critical levels. The source of the problem has become more easily identified. The typical tactics not...

It’s one of those enigmatic moments in history. As economic conditions worsen, and so do socioeconomic conditions in turn, the performance and returns from stabler forms of capital (and the wealth of those who possess them) improve.

Throughout history, there have been a constant flow of schemes to try to manipulate the gold price and gold itself in terms of paper money. These have come from governments, institutions as well as from individuals. The aim has always been to either establish the...

Gold persistently rallied from 2001 to August 2011. Since then it has fallen rather hard, down nearly 40% at one point, but it currently looks ready to rally for the balance of this decade.

In my last analysis from 25th of july I wrote: "Swing traders need to be patient and avoid trading in this whipsaw environment. Scaling in with limit buy orders between US$1,281.00 and US$1,265.00 should be a promising recipe. Stopps should be placed below US$1,240....

One reason markets tend to get a little nervous in September is that it’s time for investors to ponder about their asset allocation for the remainder of the year and beyond. With the markets at or near record highs and the US dollar on a roll, what could possibly go...

Both gold and silver have embarked on early week moves down. These moves reek of attempts to flush out the weak hands. Many of those bulls still remaining would surely have a good case of the heebie-jeebies right about now. While I am also a bull, currently holding...

I have made no effort to hide the fact that I am very bullish of gold. I am, after all, writing this for a site called GoldStockBull, and in fact my debut submission to the site was a piece in which I make the case for $10,000/oz.+ gold.

If Mary Shelly were around today, she might have a cause of action against the Federal Reserve for copyright infringement. The Fed has stolen the storyline Shelly’s 1818 gothic novel, Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus. The case against the Fed’s criminal...

In our opinion no speculative positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are now justified from the risk/reward perspective. However, day-traders might consider a small speculative long position in silver.

Trillions of dollars of debt, a bond bubble on the verge of bursting and economic distortions that make it difficult for investors to know what is going on behind the curtain have created what author Doug Casey calls a crisis economy. But he is not one to be beaten...

The month of September has historically been the strongest for precious metals. Since the start of the current bull market, gold has averaged a gain of 2.6% during the month of September. This is typically followed by a smaller gain of 0.8% in October and then a few...

The primary unit of time measurement for high-frequency traders might be the microsecond, but for normal retail traders, it’s vital to know the best months, days and even half-hours of the day to make market transactions.