"The annual estimate for 2018 is the most liberal ever recorded in the 68 year history of Mood, just slightly higher than the previous high point of 1961."Continue...Read More
Recent research supports the idea that this under-the-radar migration is already under way. The decline of rural regions and small towns is a global phenomenon, and Continue...Read More
In 2018, a record turnout of women, minorities and young added 40 House seats to Democratic ranks and made Nancy Pelosi speaker.Continue...Read More
This week has seen a dramatic extension of a rally in gold which started in earnest on 30 May. In the seven Continue...Read More
After examining the charts, Todd Gordon says gold could climb as high as $1,500.Continue...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses moves by the Fed and what they might mean for the U.S. dollar and precious metals. It is measure of how fragile and precarious the situation is that the moment the markets looked like they were on the verge of crashing again, which of course they were, the Fed moved to head it off by saying that they would start cutting rates. How things change as it was o...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger discusses macroeconomic factors and his trading decisions. I have had more than a few emails asking me what I think of the current set-up for stocks, bonds, currencies and gold since everything began to re-inflate a few days ago and without going off on a literary tangent, it is obvious that the banks are absolutely freaking out over the declining high-end real est...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund charts this miner with a gold project in Arizona and explains why he believes its stock is a good buy. Kerr's Copperstone projectKerr Mines Inc. (KER:TSX; KERMF:OTC; 7AZ1:FRA) has not so far responded to the rally in gold of recent days, but the pattern looks most favorable with it having consolidated a sharp high volume rally at the start of last month, that allowed...Read More
Our Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) predictive modelingsystem is suggesting that Silver is currently well below the projected ADLprice level. We believe the currentpricing pressure in Silver is related to global central banks attempt toregulate precious metals prices over the past 24+ months. We believe the upside move in Gold willeventually roll into Silver and the ADL predictive mode...Read More
In recent days the market has moved from expecting a rate cut by January 2020 to now expecting as much as three rate cuts by then. As a result both Gold and gold stocks launched higher, forming a “three white soldiers” bullish reversal pattern. Last week and in previous writings, we noted the importance of the actual rate cut for Gold and gold stocks. Their performance in both nominal...Read More
President Trump announced a 5% tariff on Mexican goods. It added to the concerns about the state of the U.S. economy and prompted the Fed officials to soften their language. With no end to the U.S. - China trade dispute in sight, gold jumped above $1,330 in response. Can it move higher still?Gold Rises on Trade TensionsGood news for the gold bulls! As the chart below shows, the price of the yellow...Read More
Onesurprising news was followed by another surprising news. First, Trump told theworld about his plan to keep increasing tariffs on Mexico, defying his ownparty. Then, no hint of relief had come regarding the China trade dispute.Finally, we have got the Feddiscussing potential interest rate cuts. Investors have aggressivelyincreased their bets on such monetary policy easing. Gold definitely welcom...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 240,47784,36256,898132,517305,093429,892446,353 Change from Prior Reporting Period 46,014-23,413-5,308-58,7733,849-18,067-24,872 Traders 19872675054278168 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 51,60335,142481,495 -5,5641,241-23,631 non reportable posit...Read More
- Dave Kranzler"Shanghai Gold will change the current gold market with its 'consumed in the East but priced in the West' arrangement. When China has the right to speak in the international gold market, the true price of gold will be revealed." - Xu Luode, Chairman, Shanghai Gold Exchange, 15 May 2014The quote above is for the benefit of anyone who refuses to acknowledge or accpet that the price...Read More
Gold surged sharply over this past week or so, nearing a major bull-market breakout! Nearly everyone was surprised by this violent awakening, which erupted suddenly as gold languished around year-to-date lows. If this dramatic rally has staying power, gold has good odds of achieving decisive new bull-market highs. That would change everything psychologically, ushering gold and its miners...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinFriday in Gold is notorious for giving back gains. Gold in bullish mode:Read More
- Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAIn recent days the market has moved from expecting a rate cut by January 2020 to now expecting as much as three rate cuts by then. As a result both Gold and gold stocks launched higher, forming a "three white soldiers" bullish reversal pattern. Last week and in previous writings, we noted the importance of the actual rate cut for Gold and gold stocks. Their perform...Read More
By Avi GilburtIn my last article, I outlined how the same news event can "cause" the market to rally 9% at one time, and drop 5% another time. And, then I noted how I am quite certain there will be some of you that will try to explain away this clear lack of consistency with some form of convoluted "logic."And, true to form, some of you did. One such commenter noted:For about eight months, the m...Read More
Trump needn't have wheedled the Fed about juicing the money supply, since the banksters, ever eager to ride to the rescue -- of themselves -- would have done it anyway. The alchemists at the central bank have once again begun to "manage" our "expectations" with all the subtlety of a carnival barker about to spin a Big Six wheel. Their loyal spinmeisters at The Wall Street Journal gave this lat...Read More
- Hubert MoolmanPreviously, I have shown how we could be close to major financial/monetary crisis. The following chart that shows the ratio of gold to the monetary base was used:The chart shows the ratio of the gold price to the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base back to 1918. That is the gold price in US dollars divided by the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base in billions of US dollars. (from...Read More