Gold Editorials & Commentary

USFed Chairman Bernanke and the Quantitative Easing programs are caught in a negative feedback loop, the instruments at risk being the USDollar and the USTreasury Bond. The former suffers from lost integrity and direct inflation effect.

There are many of us who have periodically aimed our pens at Jon Nadler of Kitco for his prognostications and thoughts on the value and role of gold.

The snow in my backyard stopped melting as Arctic air once again dominates Minnesota. So my tribulations with melting snow seeping into my basement have been postponed. Don't worry, before April 15th I'll be swabbing decks again.

It was a strong week for the precious metals especially Silver. We had a few large players in the world talk about Gold and the coming further weakness of the US Dollar and it's lessening role throughout the world.

With the general stock markets now due for a selloff while gold hits new nominal all-time highs, precious-metals-stock traders face something of a quandary. How are their stocks likely to perform in the near future?

Trading with multiple time frames - Every now and then it's always a good idea to look at some different time frames to be sure you have a solid understanding for the longer term trends in play.

Everybody loves the Beatles, whose strange songs are stuck in the memory of millions of people. "Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer, came down upon her head.

Everybody loves the Beatles, whose strange songs are stuck in the memory of millions of people. "Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer, came down upon her head.

High volatility seen in commodities market in the past week attributes toward ongoing social and economical developments in the Middle East.

Markets were weak this past week and not just for a day or two. Us markets have violated key levels, but are bouncing for now.

The (common sense) Truth about Inflation...

If you think inflation is good for the economy, then why isn't Zimbabwe the wealthiest nation on earth?

GLD - on buy signal.

Most experts agreed on a price target around $1,800 gold and $50 silver by the end of 2011.

In its latest Gold Demand Trends 2010 report, the World Gold Council said gold demand hit a decade high as jewelry buyers returned to the market after the previous year's near-absence and central banks became net buyers.

In its latest Gold Demand Trends 2010 report, the World Gold Council said gold demand hit a decade high as jewelry buyers returned to the market after the previous year's near-absence and central banks became net buyers.

What an incredible few weeks with global uprisings! It is not all too surprising that social eruptions over food prices come from the Arab world, since they spend up to 75% to 80% of income on food for basic needs.

In a recent piece I wrote (Suicide Bombers' in the Gold Market?) I strongly asserted that the highly-leveraged spread-trade which 'blew up' - and caused the most recent sell-off in the gold market - was deliberately orchestrated by the anti-gold banking cabal.<...

GLD - on buy signal.

The inevitable periodic selloffs in the general stock markets indiscriminately hammer all stocks lower. But they pose a special magnified risk to commodities stocks. In addition to weighing on this sector directly, stock selloffs ignite fast US dollar rallies.

The Federal Reserve's actions in combating the Financial Crisis have had dozens if not hundreds of consequences. However, one of the most profound has largely gone unnoticed by all commentators.

One of the problems with soaking-up the "conventional wisdom" on any particular subject is the risk of mistakenly being misled by a widely-held misconception, instead.

[Our correspondent and occasional guest essayist Erich Simon has been talking up gold for as long as he can remember.

Another week marred by gaining indices whose idea of a correction is a slightly lower close once in every six or eight trading days. It's not like the indices are flying, they're just meandering higher.

GLD - on buy signal.

Let's take a look at gold, silver and the Dow Jones from their lows of the Credit Crisis, starting with the Bear's Eye View and price charts for silver.

Silver

Let's take a look at gold, silver and the Dow Jones from their lows of the Credit Crisis, starting with the Bear's Eye View and price charts for silver.

Red-hot copper hit another new all-time high this week, extending its mighty upleg to a 66.6% gain since June! As always after any strong run, investors and speculators are pretty excited about this essential base metal these days.