Ron Struthers of Struthers' Resource Stock Report discusses the current market meltdown and the longer-term outlook for the markets and gold.Although I know of some great companies and stocks out there, it is best just to wait. Markets are going a lot lower and investors in the main indexes and techs won't have a recovery in their portfolios for many, many years. Gold is being sold down too at tim...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 20 that are worth another look.Slab export prices from Brazilian producers dropped sharply in the week ended March 20, with customers avoiding purchases amid uncertainty about the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic.The London Metal Exchange will temporarily close its open outcry trading floor and go to electroni...Read More

When it comes to our Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) predictive modeling system, we get asked questions from our friends and followers about how it could predict a virus event or how it could predict a price event so far out into the future.  The truth of the matter is the ADL predictive modeling system doesn’t predict unknown virus, banking or other types of events.  What it does...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 20 that are worth another look.Slab export prices from Brazilian producers dropped sharply in the week ended March 20, with customers avoiding purchases amid uncertainty about the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic.The London Metal Exchange will temporarily close its open outcry trading floor and go to electroni...Read More

While countries start to lock down their borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), mining companies are beginning to halt production, delay projects and withdraw staff. It is a natural response to a very unexpected situation that would only worsen if left unchecked. For the mining sector, it means a raft of production from projects and operations around the world is being...Read More

If global financial markets had been operating under a pervading sense of uncertainty due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), they now appear to be veering on panic.Oil prices have suffered their biggest one-day collapse since the 1991 Gulf War following Saudi Arabia's declaration of a price war on Russia through a shock move to hike oil production. S&P Dow Jones Indices was forced...Read More

This is the final part of my Gold price analysis that concludes in a detailed trend forecast for 2020 that was first made available to Patrons who support my work. Gold Price Trend Forecast 2020 Gold Price Trend Forecasts 2019 ReviewSEASONAL ANALYSISQE4EVERUS DOLLARLONG-TERM TREND ANALYSIS Gold / SIlver RatioTrend Analysis ELLIOT WAVESGold Price Trend Forecast 2020 Conclusion  Formu...Read More

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is set to accelerate what the trade wars started: the diversification of global supply chains. Both events have demonstrated just how interconnected the global economy is and have provided a wake-up call to businesses worldwide that it might be time to reduce their reliance on China as the workshop of the world. Of course, that's easier said than done. China is th...Read More

To underscore the volatility of this past week, consider the price action in Silver.  Silver, days ago, had a chance to make its highest monthly close since October 2016. That is well over three years ago. Silver closed the week and the month at its lowest levels in six months. One week, precious metals (specifically gold stocks) are on the cusp of a historic breakout, and the next, they are...Read More

Last week’s market activity was another reminder that not allprecious metals investments are created equal.Investors worried about a virus outbreak and watching the bloodbath on Wall Street rushed to buy coins, rounds,and bars.As one of the largest and most respected U.S. dealers, MoneyMetals saw the biggest surge of buying activity in years. Clients bought thephysical metal a...Read More

While viruses are counted among the simplest forms of life, they have quite a bearing on its advanced forms. And the coronavirus epidemic is, unfortunately, alive and well. What are the implications for the gold market?Coronavirus Infects EuropeThe coronavirus epidemic is, unfortunately, making its presence well known. Actually, it spreads quickly around the globe. The worldwide number of confirme...Read More

Gold / SIlver RatioGold price of $1560 divided of by the silver price of $18.07 results in a ratio of 86.3! The historic norm is for around 50. No I am not saying that Silver should trade to a ratio of 50 to Gold anytime soon. I will cover the prospects for the Silver price in a separate analysis.So either Silver is CHEAP or Gold is EXPENSIVE, probably a mixture of both, which implies to expect Go...Read More

Gold. Silver. Platinum. Palladium. Precious metals mined from the bowels of the earth, refined andvalued for their unique characteristics. Since the beginning of civilization itself,humanity has long held an obsession with what is known colloquially as “bling.” Nowadays rather than adorning ourselves with beads and seashells,we’ve turned to precious metal. If one thing’s fo...Read More

Our research team believes the recent downward price activity in Gold and Silver are indicative of past price patterns we saw in Gold over the 2007 to 2012 rally.  Throughout almost every rally in precious metals (Gold), there have been a number of moderate to serious price corrections taking place within that extended rally.  The current downside move is moderately small compared to his...Read More

Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcomeback our good friend, Greg Weldon, CEO and President of Weldon Financial. Greghas decades of market research and trading experience specializing in themetals and commodity markets and even authored a book back in 2016 titled GoldTrading Boot Camp, where he accurately predicted the implosion of the UScredit market and urged people to buy gold...Read More

Before their recent surgeon gold regaining $1600, the gold stocks spent much of the past half-year or solargely drifting sideways to lower.  Thathigh consolidation really weighed on sentiment, with greed giving way to apathy.  This sector normally tends to suffer aseasonal slump into mid-March, paving the way for gold stocks’ spring rally.  That’s their second-strongest...Read More

With new cases of COVID-19 outside China rising, the chances of a pandemic and global recession have increased recently. What are the implications for the gold market?Coronavirus Spreads Over the WorldUnfortunately, the new coronavirus remains the hottest topic of the news. Although the COVID-19 epidemic has been slowing down in China since the beginning of February, it has quickly spread to sever...Read More

In December, the Sveriges Riksbank, the world’s oldest central bank, has raised the main interest rate from -0.25 percent back to zero, ending its experiment with the negative interest rate policy, as the chart below shows.Chart 1: Riksbank’s repo rate from January 2010 to January 2020. This is a huge change. As a reminder, Riksbank was a pioneer of negative interest rates. As early as...Read More

Gold and stocks are moving south together; but they are not correlated. Nor, are they inversely correlated, as some gold enthusiasts claim.Reference to gold as a safe haven has some investors buying gold to hedge against a stock market crash. It is almost as if gold has become a pseudo defensive stock.It seems investors actually expect gold’s price to go up when the stock market goes down; a...Read More

You know that the oil markets have truly gone to the dogs when they are suddenly riskier than one of the world’s most volatile commodities: bitcoin.   Bitcoin and most cryptocurrencies are synonymous with extreme bouts of volatility. However, it’s crude oil that is now earning that dubious distinction after exhibiting price swings wilder than even the leading cryptocurrency.O...Read More