While gold’s immediate trend remains uncertain in the face of U.S. dollar strength, the metal does have at least one important ally: the gold stocks. As I’ll argue here, recent internal improvements among several actively traded mining...
Gold’s recent woes have been inversely tied to the latest reversal of fortune for the greenback. As I’ll explain in today’s report, the strengthening dollar is in part a result of rising Treasury bond yields but may also be part of a...
Gold benefits from weaker dollar even as U.S.-China trade fears melt. Threat of a US military response in Syria keeps safety trade intact. Rally in oil price also teases the return of gold's inflation component.
A major sell-off in the stock market caught precious metals traders by surprise on Thursday. Coming on the heels of gold’s best 1-day performance in over a month, gold and silver ETF prices were lower on Thursday but not by much. April...
Gold and gold ETF now testing critical near-term benchmark price. Failure to hold above this level would break the immediate-term trend. Fear factor still high, so don't give up on the metal yet.
The middle-class has been stuck in a rut – psychologically if not economically – for years, and they’re not afraid to admit it. Last year’s upset victory for Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race was a manifest token of middle class ...
Gold prices fell on Thursday after a central bank policy announcement. The dollar index rallied after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would reduce its bond purchases but hedged the move by also extending the lifespan of its bond-...
A noteworthy event happened during an otherwise pedestrian period earlier this month. The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA) rose to new highs for the year, exceeding the performance of the Dow Industrials (DJIA). This development...
Anytime the Dow Index makes a new high, you can be reasonably assured of hearing the B-word bounced around in the media. Memories of the last bubble are still vivid and painful enough to trigger flashbacks of the bubble’s collapse. It’s...
If the past two years could be described with a single word, it would have to be “uncertainty.” Investors and non-investors alike have been dominated by this emotion, and its ubiquitous presence can be seen in the absence of a clearly-...