Gold Editorials & Commentary

It is now almost 14 years since I published my first public article on gold analysis. Back in August of 2011, I outlined my expectation for a top in gold at $1,915 even though it was involved in a parabolic rally at the time.

Even though the action in the Precious Metals sector late last week suggests a period of near-term consolidation / reaction to ease the current overbought condition, the charts suggest that a massive and possibly unprecedented upleg is brewing, so we will start this...

Here’s some cold water on the notion that Trump’s radical trade policies could help bring about an economic golden era. I’d written here last week that punitive tariffs might be the only medicine strong enough to jolt the world into doing honest business. Foreign...

Friday recap of the week in gold and silver.

The Dow Jones closed this week with a Bear’s Eye View of -7.62%, meaning the Dow Jones closed 7.62% below its last all-time high, seen on 04 December 2024; 45,014.  Okay, so what?

Well!  Can we all say “Gold 3100!”  After all, why stop at 3000?  For this past Thursday as Gold’s contract volume rolled from April into that for June came +29 points of fresh price premium and (per Tag Team from ’93): “Whoomp! There It Is!” as 3100 June Gold...

Yesterday was an exciting day for silver, which surged another 2.5%, finally poking out above the key $34–$35 resistance zone we've been watching for months.

We have a generational breakout for the CDNX, GDXJ, and SILJ junior stocks indexes in play. Here are today's videos and charts.

Gold sector cycle is up. Trend is up for gold & gold stocks. We are holding long position. Upside price target = $3200.

Gold broke through $3,100 following a short consolidation, and we’re likely entering the final leg of the rally into an April peak. Silver futures closed above $35.00, and we’re at the critical point in the trend where prices could accelerate rapidly towards $40.00...

Interest in gold stocks is really mounting, fueled by gold’s record-shattering monster upleg.  Traders are rediscovering this high-potential contrarian sector, just driving major gold stocks to a dozen-year secular breakout.  The miners are earning massive record...

Forecasting time and price is a mug’s game. But we all do it sometimes. This is a lesson I have learnt after about 65 years of market experience. Instead of time and price, it is much more important to understand TRENDS and RISKS.

Goldman Sachs has a new gold report out. Where in addition to raising their primary price target, they also talked about how gold could even exceed $4,500 per ounce in the next 12 months in an extreme tail scenario.

Gold has broken above $3,000 and appears poised to push even higher. So far, platinum has not followed gold’s lead but seems to be watching from the sidelines. What is causing this divergence?

In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey issued a stark warning about the state of the U.S. economy, monetary policy, and the Federal Reserve’s quiet but significant moves.

Trump appears to be using a 1970s, or worse, 1930s playbook; and those playbooks did not work even though the US had a large industrial base at those times

As gold and silver continue to rally, the bank short positions in each metal are also growing. And silver is nearing it's all-time record for largest bank short position ever once again.

Slapping small-time savers in the face for the second time in 12 months, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has again vetoed a bill that would end sales taxes on purchases of precious metals.

IS INFLATION NECESSARY? The straight answer is “no”. The clarity of my emphasis is prompted by a friend’s reaction to my previous article “No Winners When The Inflation Balloon Pops”.

In discussions surrounding of the world’s monetary systems today there is usually one thing almost everyone can agree on: that money should be controlled by the organizations we call “states” or “sovereign states.” Nowadays when we say “the US dollar” we mean the...

The Federal Reserve lost $77.6 billion in 2024. And by the way, a Fed loss is ultimately your loss. The central bank began bleeding red in late 2022. In 2023, it reported an operating loss of $114 billion.

The gradual demolition of the US credit rating continues as Moody’s today warns that the United States’ fiscal condition has deteriorated since its last downgrade a little over a year ago and that it believes the US is set to continue on that downward trajectory....

What's been incredible about this latest leg of the gold and silver rally is that this time, not only did gold break the $3,000 level, but it's continued right on through.

Most investors spend their time wondering what might be next for the price of their investments. In contrast, professionals focus on zones for buy and sell action.

The best-performing precious metal for the week was gold, up 0.46%. Prices rose for the third consecutive week amid continued trade war tensions and broader market uncertainty.

Many economic commentators are of the view that the high level of debt poses a threat to the US economy. The debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 345.7 in Q3 2024 against 130.4 in Q1 1952 (see chart).

Now that we've entered a new price range of the current bull market for the precious metals, Vince Lanci takes a look at what the technicals are saying, and also reviews some of Michael Oliver's latest commentary.

According to a woefully outmoded law of the United States, the American government must account for the more than 8,100 tons of gold it owns at the now completely irrelevant price of $42.22 per ounce.

The world is bracing for April 2nd. That is the date that US President Trump has set for invoking “reciprocal tariffs” on countries that tax or limit markets for American goods.

Some market pundits said today that the market’s “correction” was nearly over, and the old bull will rise from the street and get back to bellowing again.