Technical expert Clive Maund charts the reasons the precious metals have entered a bull market.Gold is now a major bull market, as evidenced by its strong breakout from a giant 6-year long base pattern in August. The larger trend is up. We had thought that it might react back closer to the breakout point before turning higher again, but it didn't, and started higher again in recent days over the C...Read More

As a student of market history, I always find it interesting, and even sometimes quite comical, how certain fallacies about markets are continually propagated by investors and analysts alike. Throughout my career in writing about metals, I have tried to bring many of these to light, and explain why so many of the fallacies should be ignored.The latest in the string of fallacies relates to the Comm...Read More

Over the moderately quiet 2019 Christmas holiday season, while the US and global stock markets continue to push higher, precious metals and miners have begun to move dramatically higher as fear settles into the markets.  Our researchers believe this upside move in metals and miners represents a measured increase in investor concern related to early 2020 and the global economy.Our research tea...Read More

Crude oil futures extended gains,breaking above the upper border of the rising green trend channel duringyesterday’s session. This upswing took the futures right to the red gap. Let’ssee how this has reflected upon the daily indicators. They look quite extended, suggestingthat the space for additional gains may be limited and that a reversal is probably just around thecorner. Should it...Read More

The efficacy of a metallic monetary system is beyond dispute at least among real economists which eliminates just about 95% of whom are now engaged in the “profession.”Money, which gold is, allows for specialization, the division of labor, and provides the means for mankind to escape from barter and, thus, a primitive existence.Like free trade, money naturally integrates mankind both a...Read More

Last week, the House voted to impeach Donald Trump. Thisis the third time in the U.S. history such an event has happened to the sittingPresident. What does it imply for the gold market? Trump’s Impeachment,ExplainedOn Wednesday, theHouse of Representatives impeached Donald Trump. He became only the thirdU.S. president in history to be impeached, following Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clint...Read More

Silver is expected to begin the next decade newly burnished, through a combination of higher industrial and investment demand, and tightened supply owing to mine production issues and output cuts.  As December winds down and precious metals trade volumes dwindle, market analysts including us at Ahead of the Herd are crunching the numbers from 2019 and looking ahead to what the New Year might...Read More

Whata classic day Friday was! Gold moved a bit lower, miners moved significantlylower, and silver rallied. Truly classic and outstanding performance if oneenjoys seeing topping patterns that are playing out according to their usualand likely characteristics. And Monday’s early session seems to be an encore. Let’sstart with the examination of the most recent price action in gold. Whatwe...Read More

Crude oil futures moved higher onceagain during yesterday’s session, overcoming the upper border of the risinggreen trend channel for the third time in a row. While the futures finished theday above this resistance, the bulls didn’t manage tohold gained ground in full.Earlier today, the futures opened withthe red gap. This bearish development means invalidation of yesterday’sbrea...Read More

Mattress stuffers or bullion holders? Who fares better in a crisis? North American investors are divided between those who believe the decade-long stock market bull is going to keep running into the 2020s, and investors who, wary of something terrible happening, are hoarding cash and gold.  The hopeful and the fearful The beacon hopeful investors are following is best symbolized by...Read More

Westarted yesterday’s analysis with the investigation of the Euro Index and goldprice in this European currency. Today, we’ll take a moment to analyze the goldmarket from the Indian point of view. Gold has a special place in the Indianhistory and culture, India is the second biggest “consumer” of gold (rightafter China). USA’sgold consumption is third biggest in the w...Read More

A week ago, Lagarde chaired the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB for the first time. An insightful press conference followed in the footsteps. What will her presidency imply for the ECB’s policy and the gold market precisely? Key Takeaways From First Lagarde Monetary Policy Meeting as ECB PresidentLast Thursday, the ECB held its December monetary policy meeting. Th...Read More

With many stocks moving higher in breakout fashion already, silver and GLD have been lagging.But, that may come to an end shortly.You see, silver seems to be setting up in a micro i-ii structure off the recent lows, whereas GLD is still below its last week high.However, even though GLD is below its last week high, the action we have seen lately has been quite corrective.So, this makes me lean towa...Read More

Brexit has become very likely due to result of the UK vote. But so what (gold- and currency-wise)? The uncertainty dropped significantly, and markets were able to sign a breath of relief (bearish for gold), but on the other hand Brexit itself increases the geopolitical turmoil (bullish for gold). Gold didn’t react decisively in the short run overall, but the European currencies: the euro, an...Read More

In recent weeks we’ve noted the positive developments in the gold stocks despite the sector being in a period of correction.  Last week we shared the idea that the next impulsive move in gold stocks might begin when the correction in the metals ends.  In this article, I’m going to share the one chart which I think will help us time that next move higher.  In recent years...Read More

WILMINGTON – The Carnegie Institution of Washington, which has been doing scientific research for more than a century, filed lawsuits in New York alleging its patents for growing diamonds in a lab are being infringed by some top makers of such gem stones.The institute filed three complaints Thursday in Manhattan federal court against six companies, including Pure Grown Diamonds and IIa Techn...Read More

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 117 ct diamond from its Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola.The ASX-listed company on Thursday said that the gem-quality diamond was the fourteenth stone of more than 100 ct to be recovered at Lulo to date, and the first for 2020.Advertisement“The recovery of this gem-quality 117 ct diamond represents a positive...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesGold production increased 38.9% to 257,000 ounces from 185,000oz in 2018.Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the December Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for December Non-farm Payrolls was a drop to 165,000 from 266,000 in November. Actual was 145,000. Consensus for December Unemployment Rate was unchanged from November at 3....Read More

South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) has exercised an option to acquire an additional 12% interest in DRDGOLD (NYSE: DRD), bringing the total stake in the gold tailings retreatment company to 50.1%.The deal is the single largest investment ever made by an individual shareholder in DRDGOLD, chief executive Ni?<Read More