Toined the macro, that is (in Moe’s Brooklyn accent). Step by step…A rising Gold/Silver ratio preceded the March disaster, made an ill-fated bounce pattern in May-June and then got hammered by the 24/7 liquidity spigots opened up by a desperate Federal Reserve and Trump admin. They are desperate because the inflation MUST take hold in order to keep the system from unwinding to its fun...Read More

Crude oil declined quite substantially this week, and it doesn’t look that the decline will be over just yet.After a given market clearly moves in a certain direction, corrective moves are bound to happen. After all, no market can move in a straight line up or down. But still, this assumption might be misleading in case of the current situation in black gold. Obviously, it is taking a breath...Read More

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:Breakdown in Crude Oil sparks talk of sub $30 price targets.Initial support likely near $32 to $33.Predictive Modeling suggests deeper price lows may be reached before November 2020.Have you been paying attention to Crude Oil recently?  Prices have collapsed over -15% from the recent highs near $43.78. You may remember a research article I posted originally in July 2019 su...Read More

Since posting new record highs in early August, the gold market has consolidated above $1,900/oz support.A close below the $1,900 level would carry bearish implications for the near term.Alternatively, a move back above $2,000/oz would likely be followed through to the upside with a rally to fresh highs. Silver, in turn, could be expected to run to new multi-year highs above $30/oz. These breakout...Read More

As the tech-heavy stock market indexes sold off on Thursday, many investors were forced to re-think their positions. For the past few months, mega cap technology companies like Apple, Amazon, and Tesla have led the market higher. Yesterday they led the market lower.Now the question is: Where can investors look for leadership going forward? As would be expected during big down days for equities, g...Read More

The gold miners’ stocksare mired in correction mode, which isn’t surprising after their mightypost-stock-panic upleg.  Huge buying catapultingthem higher left this sector extremely overbought.  Corrections are normal and healthy after pricesget too stretched technically.  They eradicateupleg toppings’ excessive greed, rebalancing sentiment.  That paves the way...Read More

“Those who plan, invest and execute long-term win,’ says long-time market analyst R.E. McMaster in A Layman’s Guide to Golden Guidelines for Wise Money Management. “Win-win decisions, looking to the long term with short-term work and sacrifice, are historically the tickets to success in all areas of life – short-term sacrifice for long-term benefits, deferred gratific...Read More

Would you like to know one simple way of achieving investment successes and getting rich? That’s great, I will reveal this secret to you – and you even don’t have to click anything! The trick is to find a bull market and go long! And, what a coincidence, gold is right now in the bull market… If you don’t believe, then look at the chart below. If the chart does not p...Read More

Hope you have all had good August holidays despite the fast materialising Covid-19 second peaks across the world with the United States leading the way by galloping ahead of the rest. Though much of Europe has also taken it's eye off the ball and is fast seeing it's 2nd peaks materialising with the UK managing to fair better largely due to intelligence of it's citizens rather than any actions from...Read More

Those in favor of Judy Shelton’s approval by Congress, pursuant to her nomination to the Federal Reserve Board Of Governors, should not be surprised by the torrent of criticism directed at her.A letter published and signed by former Federal Reserve officials and staffers called on the Senate to reject her nomination, stating that “Ms. Shelton’s views are so extreme and ill-consid...Read More

Peter Krauth discusses the Fed's inflation target and what that means for gold.Make no mistake, higher gold prices are coming.By pulling yet another arrow from its quiver, the Fed's just helped move us closer that target.The Fed wants inflation, so it's going to get it. Problem is, we the people, will have to live with it.Fed Chair Jerome Powell told us last week they will let inflation run higher...Read More

According to the WGC, the latest leg of gold’s 2020 bull run has come too fast, but gold has still potential for further upside. The World Gold Council has recently published a few interesting reports. Let’s analyze them and draw important conclusions for the precious metals investors! I’ll start with the July Investment Update: “Gold hits record high: sprint or marathon?&r...Read More

August 13, the Market Oracle  publishes my article on Gold, Silver, the Black Rock and the Twins. I claim something is going on that can’t be explained without knowing what happened in 2015 that changed the precious metals and mankind’s destiny.I am still waiting to see if Silver tests the $21 resistance but what happened yesterday (August 11) and the next day is perplexing. Augus...Read More

Public and private pensionplans face a dual crisis.The first and most obviousthreat to pensioners is that defined-benefit vehicles are severely underfunded.By one estimate, pension systems taken as a whole are $638 billion in the red.Some are in better shapefinancially than others. But all pension plans will have to reckon with asecond huge challenge going forward.Namely, they are alreadyentirely...Read More

Fed adopts a new strategy that opens the door for higher inflation. The change is fundamentally positive for gold prices.So, it happened! In line with market expectations, the Fed has changed its monetary policy framework into a more dovish one! This is something we warned our Readers in our last Fundamental Gold Report:the Fed could change how it defines and achieves its inflation goal, trying, f...Read More

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:Platinum may be setting up in a technical pattern that is similar to the end of 2001/early 2002.Platinum could rally more than 300%, somewhere near $3,450 or higher.This might push Gold above $7,500 an ounce and may push silver somewhere north of $125 per ounce.Rally hinges on platinum breaking out above $1,050.50.Platinum may be setting up in a technical pattern that is simila...Read More

Peter Krauth looks at the factors behind the movements in the gold and silver markets. Gold's retreated from a record high above $2,000, and silver's off its own seven-year highs near $30.Is that cause for concern? I doubt it.These have been dramatic surges to new levels, brought on by a combination of low interest rates, historic money-printing raising the specter of inflation, a softer U.S. doll...Read More

July FOMC minutes hit the gold prices. But what’s next for the yellow metal?The key event last week was the publication of the minutes from the FOMC meeting in July. After their release, the U.S. dollar jumped, while the price of gold dropped, as the chart below shows. Why? Well, the Fed officials disappointed investors who expected some clues about upgrading the U.S. central bank’s fo...Read More

Elliott Wave International's analysts have posited that the next big global monetary event will be deflation, not inflation.The writer of an August 18 Telegraph article also sees "powerful deflationary winds." Here's an excerpt:Talk of resurgent global inflation is mostly noise. Powerful deflationary winds continue to blow through the world economy. ...The great inflation hypothesis now in fashion...Read More

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province on Friday, officials said.Read full newsRead More