In a recent news article on the Miningweb newswire, dateline Johannesburg, it was reported that "South African gold stocks were massacred today as free-falling bullion knocked almost 8 percent off the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's gold...
Two years ago we reported in a GOLD-EAGLE essay that the "War and Peace" cycle was forecasting war sometime in the 2002-2004 timeframe. This article was followed one year later in the summer of 2001with an article informing you of the...
President Bush signaled his intention to follow along the path toward monetary deflation Monday by signing a 10-year, $190 billion farm subsidy program. The new law boosts U.S. crop subsides by 67 percent and adds an estimated $6.4 billion...
Gold prices are having a hard time clearing recent highs between $304-$308 and have largely moved sideways in a trading range as we predicted in our last gold market forecast. We wrote last time that gold is currently under the influence...
The strength of the U.S. economy in recent years can be credited in large part to the tremendous strength of the U.S. Dollar index relative to other major currencies. The strong dollar has been a great boon for foreign producers exporting...
The U.S. mutual fund industry is a ticking time-bomb waiting to explode, and a substantial amount of damage to fund shareholders in coming years will be in the form of taxes. While mutual funds have been shrewdly marketed to investors for...
How very interesting it was to see a reputable financial publication addressing an issue that has been highly debated among gold bugs in recent years, but never formally substantiated. Specifically, the article was in reference to the...
The gold sector has been a source of both delight and frustration among traders in recent weeks. On the one hand, many gold equities - blue chips and junior mines alike - have positively soared in value and some have doubled, trebled or...
We have been asked by some of our subscribers to give an opinion of the recently released report on gold bullion by the Blanchard Economic Research Unit of the precious metals sales firm Blanchard (New Orleans, LA). This report was...
Gold futures on the COMEX saw an impressive upside run this past week, closing up to $297.60 as of Friday. This is certainly a sign of underlying technical strength in gold on an immediate-term basis. While we are still long-term and even...