Gold Editorials & Commentary

Argentina is playing hardball with the vulture funds, which have been trying to force it into an involuntary bankruptcy. The vultures are demanding what amounts to a 600% return on bonds bought for pennies on the dollar, defeating a 2005 settlement in which 92% of...

In February of 2009 we wrote that if the story unfolded as we expected then a lot of future economic commentary would begin with the word "despite", but that in most cases the commentary would be a lot closer to the truth if "despite" were replaced with "because of...

On the bigger picture, the stock market has soared to excessive readings on sentiment and momentum. These are only registered as a cyclical bull market peaks. This is a process and market forces are beginning to change.

The third part of this series on managing expectations is devoted to fundamental resource stock evaluation. I’ll discuss some of the statistical tools we use to pick quality stocks during a treacherous bear market, such as what we’ve seen in gold stocks the last...

In this Weekend Report there are so many charts I want to show you it’s hard to know where to start. It seems like we have entered a critical inflection point in both the stock markets and the precious metals complex. These inflection points can last for awhile...

Today's boundless investor complacency is eerily reminiscent of the unbridled investor euphoria of the roaring 1920’s. And all avid market students remember what happened then…i.e. the 1929 Stock Market Crash.

A five-year regime of artificially low US interest rates is responsible for a bubble in stocks, bonds, real estate, emerging markets and many other asset classes. But can it really be said to have boosted gold prices?

If one looks at a longer term chart of the last two years it’s very clear that gold is being capped at certain levels, and those levels are slowly forcing gold lower and lower. Each one of these manipulation zones are being defended successfully and that has some...

One issue the financial media is willing to ignore, but has been foremost in my mind for many years is the utter recklessness of the Federal Reserve’s “monetary policy.” Below is a chart the public will never see on CNBC, or anywhere else, but I believe is vital to...

All precious metal equities are on a Buy Signal short-term – although they continue to remain on a Sell Signal long-term since March 2012.

With gold again on the decline, it’s time to take a look and focus on gold’s big picture. This eases a lot of doubt, especially when companies like Goldman Sachs are bearish on commodities. We’ll focus on silver and palladium too.

Since finding a low in the first week of August, the S&P 500 hasn't wasted much time, closing positive in seven sessions out of nine and narrowing the gap from its 27th record close this year - way back on July 24th. With Yellen flying into Jackson Hole this...

Gold is under downward pressure again…Is this a cause for concern? So far, the answer is no… If gold now stays above $1195, which is a very strong long-term support level, this will become the springboard for higher prices in the next major upmove.

Everyone has been calling for a bottom in Gold the last year. But the fact is that gold and gold stocks are still clearly in a bear market. Just look at the 200 day moving averages. The previous trends were down and prices have been moving sideways for the past year...

Gold has slid during this past week on mounting fears of interest-rate hikes. Between the latest FOMC meeting’s minutes and the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, American futures speculators’ rising-rate phobias have been whipped into a fever...

Gold Quick Trade, Silver Quick Trade, GDX Quick Trade, GDXJ Quick Trade & Barrick Quick Trade. Chart Analysis via videos.

I was originally going to do the Weekend Report on the very long term charts for the markets but after last Friday’s trading I decided to mix it up a bit with some shorter term charts. It seems like everyone is either looking for that 10% to 15% correction right...

Here are a few charts I hope everyone will find interesting. First is a short term step sum chart for gold. We see gold’s last upsurge (Blue Plot) was terminated three years ago in August 2011. Back then market sentiment (Red Step Sum Plot) was rising along with...

The Dow continues its tremendous rally from recent lows. I have stated before that it is my opinion that this is a bear market rally. Has anything happened to change that opinion? Nope, but I’ve sure got a good case of the heebie-jeebies! Let’s revise the charts to...

Since the late 1960s I have understood that the gold price is the ultimate barometer of fear in the world economy. Of course, I have not had a monopoly on this understanding and, in particular, the world’s central banks have also understood it. It is for this reason...

The momentum indicator turning positive, by the black line moving over the descending red trend line, has produced a peak that touches the rising long term trend line on every occasion. That is EVERY occasion!! The momentum indicator for the HUI has once again...

Recently I was interviewed by Jerry Slusiewicz of the Southern California radio show, Your Money Talks. This show is heard in Orange County and the Greater LA Inland Empire on KSPA am 1510 and KFSD am 1450 in North San Diego County. In the segment we discussed the...

Mr. Lassonde says timing isn’t nearly as important as recognizing great business models – like Franco-Nevada or NewGold -- and being patient. Franco-Nevada is currently the top holding of Sprott's new ETF, the Sprott Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: SGDM). As of July 31, 2014...

In our opinion no speculative positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are now justified from the risk/reward perspective.

Are you prepared for an “exit”? If the Fed pursues an “exit” from ultra low interest rate policy, are you prepared for an exit from the stock market should things turn South? We discuss how investors prepare, noting the most common mistakes investors make along the...

In any market, but especially precious metals, price pullbacks rarely proceed according to expectations. Most “buying opportunities” are perhaps better defined as gulags and torture chambers. Regardless, it’s almost impossible to build retained wealth without...

There is a story about the great Catalan surrealist painter Salvador Dali. It is said that in the last years of his life, when he was already famous, he signed checks knowing that they would not be submitted to the bank for payment. Rather, after partying with his...

In 1950 the US owned about 20,000 metric tons of gold – approximately 640,000,000 troy ounces. By August 15, 1971 when President Nixon “temporarily” closed the “gold window” that hoard had decreased to about 8,100 tons (Fort Knox, the NY Fed, and other locations...

After the 2000-2002 recession, the Federal Reserve remained fixed on holding down short-term interest rates in efforts to stimulate demand in interest-sensitive sectors of the economy. Corporations – particularly those with low quality balance sheets – were quick to...

In the first of this three-part series on managing expectations, I discussed the role cycles play in the investment management process. At U.S. Global Investors, we actively monitor both short- and long-term cycles, from the annual seasonality of gold to four-year...