By: Gary SavageAnother secular bull market in gold underway. Long basing phase is over, lots of volatility back and forth.. 7 minute long video with long-term gold chart view.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." Erica Jong, American novelist, satirist, poet; b. 1942 "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet, lecturer, philosopher; 1803-1882 "The task of beating the market is not difficult. It is the job of beating ourselves that proves overwhelming." Martin P...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 6.48 percent, notching its best weekly advance since June. While global car sales are weak, loadings for their catalytic converters are going up with regulatory requirements. Gold traders and analysts were spilt on their outlook for the yellow metal next week after this week saw big price swings due to U.S.-Iran tensions escalati...Read More
Clive MaundIt has been a week of surprises since the last updates were posted. First, I had not expected Iran to retaliate following the murder of its top General by a US drone, but it did, despite the risks, as it was politically necessary to assuage the extreme anger of its population who demanded revenge. The next surprise was that Israel and the US did not use this retaliation as an excuse t...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund charts silver's progress in comparison to gold's following recent world events. Silver's recent rally looks diminutive and stunted compared to gold's, but that's normal at this early stage of a new bull market, when silver typically underperforms gold due to investors being risk-averse and silver being perceived as more risky and volatile than gold. Nevertheless, as...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund examines the effects of recent geopolitical events on the precious metals markets. It has been a week of surprises since the last updates were posted. First, I had not expected Iran to retaliate following the murder of its top general by a U.S. drone but it did, despite the risks, as it was politically necessary to assuage the extreme anger of its population who dema...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger offers his insights into the precious metals markets as 2020 begins. It was one of those days that all sexagenarians loathe; you have to go to the doctor, and whether it's the GP (general practitioner) or the dentist or the proctologist, nothing reminds you more rapidly of your advancing age than going to the optometrist.Now, many of you would say that your annual...Read More
Everyone seems to be focused on Gold recently and seems to be ignoring the real upside potential in Silver. With all the global economic issues, military tensions, geopolitical issues, and other items continually pushed into the news cycles, it is easy to understand why traders and investors may be ignoring Silver.Silver has really not started to move likethe other precious metals. Gol...Read More
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, because it has happened before.Gold’s quick roundtrip from $1540 to $1610 and back again ($1539 earlier today) had its roots in actions and words between the United States and Iran. Prognosticators say there is more to come. Maybe; maybe not. But there is historical precedent for gold’s action. “In late 1990, there was a good deal of s...Read More
Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome inCraig Hemke of the TF Metals Report. Craig is a well-known name inthe metals industry and runs one of the most highly respected websites in ourspace and provides some of the best analysis you will find anywhere on bankingschemes, global macroeconomics, and evidence of manipulation in the gold and silver markets. Happy New Year to you, Cra...Read More
By: Gary SavageAnother secular bull market in gold underway. Long basing phase is over, lots of volatility back and forth.. 7 minute long video with long-term gold chart view.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." Erica Jong, American novelist, satirist, poet; b. 1942 "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet, lecturer, philosopher; 1803-1882 "The task of beating the market is not difficult. It is the job of beating ourselves that proves overwhelming." Martin P...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 6.48 percent, notching its best weekly advance since June. While global car sales are weak, loadings for their catalytic converters are going up with regulatory requirements. Gold traders and analysts were spilt on their outlook for the yellow metal next week after this week saw big price swings due to U.S.-Iran tensions escalati...Read More
Clive MaundIt has been a week of surprises since the last updates were posted. First, I had not expected Iran to retaliate following the murder of its top General by a US drone, but it did, despite the risks, as it was politically necessary to assuage the extreme anger of its population who demanded revenge. The next surprise was that Israel and the US did not use this retaliation as an excuse t...Read More
In recent decades, the Fed has engaged in a series of policy interventions and market manipulations that have paradoxically left it more powerful even as those interventions left a trail of crashes, collapses and calamities.This contradiction between Fed omnipotence and Fed incompetence is coming to a head. The economy has been trapped in a prolonged period of subtrend growth. I've referred to it...Read More
We’ve all seen zombie movies where the good guys shoot the zombies but the zombies just keep coming because… they’re zombies!Market observers can’t be blamed for feeling the same way about former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke.Bernanke was Fed chair from 2006-2014 before handing over the gavel to Janet Yellen. After his term, Bernanke did not return to academia (he had been a profe...Read More
Jan 14, 2020 Guest(s): Kevin O'Leary Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments that suggest that actions from the U.S. may have been indirectly responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian commercial plane over Iran is not helping with Canada-U.S. relations, said Kevin O'Leary, star of Shark Tank and chairman of O'Shares ETFs. "Justin Trudeau is the gift that just keeps on giving," O'...Read More
Jan 15, 2020 Guest(s): Steve Hanke Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University President Donald Trump is not facing stiff competition for the presidential elections in November, and a low chance of a recession should further help his odds, this according to Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins university. "If you look at the challengers, there's not much to w...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold monthly shows gold still up $37. Gold monthly shows upside breakout, Bollinger upper band around $1,600 and rising on the monthly charts, bullish. Weekly chart gold at highest close in years. Gold has broken out of this drifting pattern:Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold monthly shows gold still up $37. Gold monthly shows upside breakout, Bollinger upper band around $1,600 and rising on the monthly charts, bullish. Weekly chart gold at highest close in years. Gold has broken out of this drifting pattern:Read More