Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Gold’s monster uplegremains alive and well, after weathering a sharp post-election selloff.  One had certainly been due, as gold had justsurged to extremely-overbought levels. The resulting pullback was big and fast, doing much essentialrebalancing work.  Gold’s resiliencedefying some bearish headwinds is a bullish omen.  Despite its massive size, this monster upleg...Read More

Gold has sure had awild ride in the several weeks since the US elections!  It first plunged then surged after Trump’sdecisive victory, which surprised legions of traders.  Gold’s earlier big down days helped fuelfears another Trump administration is bearish for gold.  Its poor performance after Trump’s first wineight years ago buttresses that case. But that&rs...Read More

Today we finally see it – the USDX movedlower at last. USD’s breather here is nothing surprising, and it’s not bearisheither.It’s simply normal for a market tocorrect after launching a rally as strong as what we saw in October andNovember. In yesterday’sanalysis, I wrote the following about the above chart:Yes,while I have been writing about USD Index’s likely s...Read More

That’s an interesting situation that wehave today. Gold us up, but silver and miners are down. What gives? In short, it’s almost certainly all about the temporary impact from the stock market. The S&P 500 Index is downtoday. Not significantly, but enough to make the parts of the precious metals marketmore linked to it underperform.MiningStocks: Strength in the Current SetupGDXJ is...Read More

The gold miners’ stocksare heading into their winter rally, when strong seasonal tailwinds help boosttheir advances.  This is especiallypronounced when gold stocks’ primary drivers of sentiment, technicals, and fundamentalsare bullish, which is certainly true today. This sector is nearing a psychological tipping point of surgingpopularity, making secular breakouts, and earnin...Read More

The current setup on the silver chart is alot like the start of the silver bull market of the early 2000s. In those dayssilver was under $5 and considered cheap.The current bottoming pattern from around2014 to now is very similar to the early 2000s bottoming pattern (see the chartbelow). I have highlighted two similar patterns(marked 1 to 5).The bottoming period of the early 2000s started when sil...Read More

Since the creation of the Federal Reserve,the Dow Jones has significantly outperformed silver.It was only during brief periods before the1919 and 1980 silver peaks that silver was able to outperform the Dow (see theDow/Silver chart below).                         The Dow/Silver ratio...Read More

Dear Reader,Gold might be losing out to stocks when it comes to headlines. But, the precious metal also just hit all-time highs and did it in style -- rocketing 35% in seven months. Elliott Wave International's analysts helped their subscribers get in front of gold's historic rise. That's why we're letting you know about their Gold Investor's Survival Guide.This FREE report gives you 5 principles...Read More

When the Federal Reserve decides to slash interest rates, it sets off a domino effect in the financial world, and precious metals like gold and silver are among the first to feel the impact. Yesterday, we saw a 0.50% cut, so it’s time to revisit how these metals have historically performed… and let’s just say, they’ve put on quite the show.The Golden (and Silver) Trut...Read More

The CPI data isgoing to be released today, so the markets are tense.Gold'sGains Limited by Short-Term ResistanceGold moved slightly higher, but thevery short-term resistance line based on the previous highs keeps gold’s gainsin check. The fact that goldalready confirmed the breakdown below its rising wedge channel makes the following declines likely from the short-term point of vie...Read More

When I think about the metals market, I chuckle as it has obliterated just about every expectation many have had about what drives the market.We have seen metals decline during a strong inflationary period in 2022, wherein most were expecting it to rally alongside inflation.We have seen metals rally alongside the US Dollar, when most were expecting it to move in the opposite direction to the dolla...Read More

As the summer winds down, investors are keeping a close eye on the precious metals market. August proved to be a stellar month for both gold and silver, with gold prices rising a solid 3.5% and silver not far behind at 3.2%.But what does the future hold? Well, according to Bank of America, the outlook is positively golden. In a recent note to clients, the bank stated, “We believe gold can hi...Read More

This gold bull’s latestupleg has proven mighty, surging to many new nominal record highs.  Amazingly gold’s massive gains have accrueddespite no demand from one of its primary drivers.  That’s differential gold-ETF-share buying byAmerican stock investors.  Enthralled bythe AI stock bubble, those guys have been missing-in-action.  When they finally return, gold...Read More

Copper is definitely the mostimportant industrial metal out there.Freeport-McMoRanReflects Market TrendsIn the entire commodity sector, onlycrude oil is more widely used. And given the increasing importance ofall-things-electronic, copper is unlikely to be forgotten anytime soon. Thisdoesn’t mean that the only way in which its price can move is up (far from it),but it does indicate that this...Read More

So, the GDXJ plunged about 5%yesterday, and it refused to get back up, even though goldprice did. Continuationof GDXJ Decline LikelyWhat a demonstration of weakness!After the vertical plunge, the GDXJsimply paused. This simply confirms what I wrote previously – that this is NOTthe end of the decline, it’s just an acceleration in it.My yesterday’s comments on the likelyh...Read More

No amount of wishful thinking and baseless proclamations will change that. Owning gold stocks (miners) instead of the actual physical metal (in other words, processed and refined with appropriate hallmarks and in tradable form) is a losing bet. Investors should ignore the siren song of gold mining shares.At their highs last week, gold stocks had increased eighty percent from their lows just two ye...Read More

The copper market is on the brink of transformation, driven by increasing demand for copper-intensive technologies and the urgent need for sustainable practices across the metals and mining industry.Our interactive copper infographic offers a comprehensive overview of the future of the copper market, detailing the key trends and projections that will shape the industry through 2034.Fill out the fo...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.Driven by a growing list of stakeholder requirements and an explosion in creative solutions, we expect the mining industry to accelerate its adoption of technology.The sense of urgency will grow as corporates pursue net-zero CO2 pledges, improved water management, continued improvements to employee safety, and cost optimisatio...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 46 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of updated U.S. Third Quarter GDP and the December Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for annualized third quarter GDP was a 2.8% gain. Actual was a 3.1% gain. Consensus for the December Philly Fed Index was +2.5 versus -5.5 in Novemb...Read More

Trump will begin his first 100 days with an emphasis on his economic plans.His core economic team is already announced including Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Jamieson Greer as U.S. Trade Representative, Kevin Hassett as Director of the National Economic Council, Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary, and Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce.Hassett and B...Read More