Gold Editorials & Commentary

The SP500 remains in a strong uptrend, but the index has posted a sizable gains for 2013 thus far so it’s only logical that a pullback within this bull market takes place sooner than later.

Under gold in a free market, the theory of the formation of the rate of interest is straightforward.  The rate varies in the narrow range between the floor at the marginal time preference, and the ceiling at the marginal productivity.

The most puzzling part of the investment business is seeing how the vast and largely economically illiterate masses interpret any given piece of news.

Bull and bear markets don’t just happen – they’re created by the Federal Reserve.  While few investors dispute the power that Fed interest rate policy has on the market, the extent to which it influences the direction of stock prices in both directions is often

The Fascist Business Model came into vogue in 2001.

The most significant fact about silver, from a charting point of view, is the mega cup pattern formed over a period of more than 30 years.These cup (or cup and handle) patterns are very bullish formations.

The most significant fact about silver, from a charting point of view, is the mega cup pattern formed over a period of more than 30 years.These cup (or cup and handle) patterns are very bullish formations.

I've been pointing out for several months now that the recent rally in the dollar was a mirage, an illusion generated by the yen, euro, pound, and Canadian dollar all dropping into yearly, or intermediate cycle lows together.

Recently, many bullish gold analysts have started questioning their own theory that money printing causes inflation.

As massive supply-deficits and vanishing inventories lead to greater and greater stress in our totally corrupted precious metals markets; these dynamics push us toward one of two potential ‘implosion’ events.

Gold's post-plunge rally of the past 9 trading days has been quite impressive, given what preceded it, but it has not vitiated the implications of the support failure and plunge, and it won’t until either a substantial base pattern forms, or the price breaks ba

We’ve seen lots of talk of massive and historic volatility in the gold market after its recent take down.  This is not true.  Here is a chart showing every day since 1969 where gold moved (+/-) 5%.  Since the early 1980s, the price of gold hasn’t really seen th

All in all we didn’t do much this past week.  Things were pretty quiet after two amazing weeks in a row.  We’re setting up for another move here shortly and markets are looking toppy here.

Many years ago when I was a teenager, my late father had a friend who was in his sixties. His name was Johnny and he was overweight.

One of investors’ biggest fears over the Fed’s monetary stimulus (QE3) is that it will cause runaway inflation.  While there are reasons for believing this fear could come to pass in the years following the upcoming 120-year cycle bottom in late 2014, the evide

I was honored to be in St. Paul’s Cathedral attending Margaret Thatcher’s funeral last week.

The last three major bull markets of the Dow were followed by some type of economic crisis and a major bull market in gold. This is no coincidence, since these massive bull markets have been mostly driven by the huge expansion of the money supply.

Many economists believe the price of gold has fallen because institutional investors have become more interested in owning the general stock market.

 

So we saw gold fall a hundred plus dollars in a day and I say, it’s fine.

There's a lot of confusion about money and about what does and does not form part of the money supply. Our goal in this short discussion is to reduce the confusion.

Gold prices have managed to recover more than $ 80 an ounce from its recent low as demand for the physical metal explodes.

The cyclical recovery that began in March 2009 has been impressive but is getting long in the tooth.  Investors wonder when it will end, and while this can’t be known with precision there are signs that its terminus isn’t far away.

In the years following the global financial crisis, economists and investors have gotten very comfortable with very high, and seemingly persistent, government debt.

Here are the historical bull and bear markets for Gold since 1972 (post Bretton Woods) through 2007.

Here are the historical bull and bear markets for Gold since 1972 (post Bretton Woods) through 2007.