Vaccines are coming. But so is the debt crisis. What does it imply for gold?COVID-19 cases are still rising at an alarming rate in the United States. As the chart below shows, the rolling 7-day average of new daily infections stays above 160,000. It means that the immediate economic outlook is rather dark. The short-term economic slowdown is good information for the gold market.But there is also b...Read More
When making decisions regarding thegold mining stocks sector, some will choose to follow price actions whileothers will use indicator tools. The Gold Miners Bullish Percent Index ($BPGDM)is one such tool, essentially being a gauge of overbought and oversoldconditions for the gold mining sector with readings plotted on a range between0 and 100. Anything below 30 suggests oversold conditions while r...Read More
Our advanced Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) modeling system is showing some interesting future trends for both Gold and Silver. The rally in precious metals has really just started if our ADL system is accurately predicting future price trends.Over the past two years, we’ve highlighted a number of ADL research posts that have proven to be incredibly insightful regarding future market price...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday November 26 that are worth another look.Italian steel unions have expressed growing concerns over the future of the Taranto steel plant and jobs in the city, with ArcelorMittal Italia expected to soon agree to a deal that would...Read More
It was only afterhe entered politics that President Donald Trump began to fully grasp the bias, dishonesty,and fakeness that runs throughout the so-called mainstream media.Butgold bugs and sound money advocates have long known to distrust the reportingof establishment news sources.Journalists’anti-gold and anti-Trump biases c...Read More
Peter Krauth explains why he believes gold is the best COVID insurance policy. Bailouts and stimulus are not the best solution to the Covid pandemic.What is? Possibly…insurance.I know it's far from perfect, but I think it could still be the best overall option.On some level, it's surprising that the role of insurance has gotten so little attention in this crisis.After all, us and future gen...Read More
Gold Stocks remain in a correction, even if the October 29 lows continue to hold into December. Corrections are a function of price and time, and often in this sector, a correction can continue in terms of time, well after a low in price is made. But I digress.The most significant and most consistent moves to the upside usually occur after a crash or after a major breakout. Gold and silv...Read More
In Part I of this research article I highlighted the incredible rally in Gold related to a 2020 Anchor point and how that rally in Gold compared to the QQQ and SPY. In this second Part I am going to highlight the price appreciation in the QQQ and SPY in comparison to Gold since 2009. It is important to understand how the equities/stocks have rallied in comparison to Gold because the ra...Read More
Gold may have comeoff the boil a bit after rising beyond $1,900 an ounce in the aftermath of theUS election, but the precious metal will do well under a Biden presidency, anAhead of the Herd analysis has found. The main factors aredrastically increased government spending, leading to even more unsustainableUS debt levels than currently; dovish monetary policy as the Fed continues toadvocate &ldquo...Read More
Precious metals markets got off to arocky start this week as Wall Street celebrated promising developments on thevaccine front. On Monday, stocks surged while gold and silver soldoff hard. That selling didn’t bring downside follow through, however. Themetals held trading range support levels and pared some of their earlier lossesheading into this Friday the 13th.A metal we don’t often...Read More
Below is a chart (source) showing a 10-year history of silver prices. The prices are adjusted for inflation… As you can see, the price of silver today is well below its peak price in 2011. At $24 per ounce, silver is down fifty-six percent since August 2011. When the silver price collapsed almost forty percent in just a few weeks earlier this year, its price briefly broke below $12 per ounc...Read More
Brace yourselves, winter is coming!This is what Ned Stark in the Game of Thrones told his people to prepare themfor the leaner times he saw coming. While one of the biggest threats in GOTwere the White Walkers, in our reality, the pandemic is again the greatest danger. As the chart below shows, the second wave of the coronavirus infections is no longer a mere possibility – it’s happeni...Read More
The currency markets have just announcedwhat is coming for silver. This was explained in my previousarticle.The USD/ZAR ratio has now broken down. Thissets silver up to finish the year with a very strong rally: Although silver has been strong since thepeak of the USD/ZAR ratio in April, this breakdown means that we are likely tosee an acceleration in price increases.This breakdown also means that...Read More
The elections are behind us. However,the official results are still not definite. What does it mean for gold prices?Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Presidentof the United States is… still unknown! The election results are not available,as some states are still counting the votes. The race is very balanced, withfew states remaining too close to call. At the moment of writing this report,Joe Bi...Read More
In Monday’sanalysis , I wrote that the market situation is likely to becomemore specific right before, during, and perhaps shortly after the U.S. presidentialelections . And by “specific”, I mean that the markets could beginmoving against their previous trends.Well, that’s precisely what we’vewitnessed so far. The overnight volatility is significant as the markets try...Read More
Peter Krauth explains why he believes gold will be the biggest winner in the election.There's no shortage of prognostications or conjecture about the U.S. election.Of course, everyone has an opinion.Some like red, some like blue, some like neither.Last week's volatility in stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities is a clear signal that markets are uneasy. They hate uncertainty.If the election's o...Read More
Crude oil started this week with abearish price gap and a breakdown below the September and October lows. This isan extremely valuable indication. The black gold seems to have finally decidedwhat the next big move is going to be, and by breaking lower, it effectively“agreed” with our expectations. On its own, the breakdown is verybearish. However, what preceded is equally important, as...Read More
The mostpessimistic forecasts of copper demand, and pricing, during the worst pandemicin 102 years, have failed to materialize. From afour-year low in March, when the coronavirus slammed into Europe and NorthAmerica, the red metal used widely in construction, communications,transportation and energy transmission, has mounted a serious comeback. As ofthis writing spot copper is trading at $3.08 per...Read More
Election Day has finally arrived. Whowill win, and why gold will remain the biggest winner of them all?So, today is the day! It's Election Day.For quite some time, national pollsindicate that Biden has a significant advantage . He is also pollingscarcely close ahead of Donald Trump in key battleground states, but, in somestates, the lead has recently narrowed. So, in many places, the race is still...Read More
Heading into what will likely become one of the biggest events in American political history on November 3, the US stock markets are holding up quite well on Monday, November 2. My team and I have published a number of articles recently suggesting we believe wild price swings and increased volatility is to be expected before and after the US elections. We have even suggested a couple o...Read More