Which leaves the oil price as a rare indicator of what's real. Unemployment claims are real too. They've jumped 26mm in the two months since stocks hit all-time highs.Continue...Read More

A US default would be economic suicide, collapse the US dollar, collapse the stock market and throw the entire global currency system into chaos.Continue...Read More

The Fed is back to its same ole bait and switch routine.Yesterday, the Federal Reserve issued a press release, which, on Continue...Read More

Based on mainstream news coverage alone, for instance, you'd likely never know that organizers and tenants in New York are preparing the largest coordinated rent strike inContinue...Read More

The pressure on the LBMA and the COMEX has not let up, and with premiums for physical silver remaining elevated, you start to wonder if at some point there will be pressure on the COMEX physical delivery mechanism.Fortunately, in this week's Gold and Silver Market Update with Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics, we discussed the latest developments on the exchanges, whether there will be...Read More

Tavi Costa of Crescat Capital joins Tom to discuss the debt distortion in the markets. Tavi doesn't expect a V-shaped recovery, and he says, "They have never been this bullish on gold and silver." He feels that China and Hong Kong are in massive credit bubbles that will burst. We are currently in a liquidity trap as the world has lost 50 trillion in market cap from February to the bottom in March....Read More

Agora Financial's Byron King and John-Mark Staude of Riverside Resources offer their viewpoints on markets during the COVID-19 pandemic in this conversation with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable. Maurice Jackson: Today, we will seek to discover the true price of gold and silver and prospect generators. Joining us for a conversation is Byron King of Agora Financial, along with Dr. John-Mark...Read More

From the unimaginable lows, crude oil isshaking off the dust. Moving higher, can it rise like a phoenix?Before moving to thetechnical part of today’s analysis, it seems that a quote from yesterday’s OilTrading Alert would be appropriate:Crude oilwas just trading below 0. Well, not completely, but the nearest futurescontract was trading below 0 for the first time ever. In case you misse...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold monthly chart shows Bollinger band resistance around $1703. Momentum is strong. Weekly gold has 18-week MA around $1,600+ and the bullish pattern is shown well on the weekly..Read More

There are times to keep being focused on highertimeframes, yet the finer ones do send valuable signals at times too. Andtoday, every precious metals investor better pay attention to their message.Take a look at the below chartfeaturing the miners. We will compare the juniorminers to what GLD ETF and SPY did. The latter are ETFs representing gold and the S&P 500. Wezoomed in to the 2-hour char...Read More

The recent economic reports show that the current coronavirus crisis will be bigger than the Great Recession. What does it imply for the gold market? US Economic Data Paints a Gloomy PictureThis week was full of new reports about the US economy. And guess what, I don’t have good news… First of all, let’s start with the update about the weekly initial unemployment benefits. In no...Read More

After a long term bear market in most commodity related stocks we are starting to hear analyst talk about inflation. From a Chartology perspective the deflationary scenario is still in play but how much lower can this sector go? In tonights Weekend Report, I’m going to update some long term commodity charts we’ve been following for years to see where they are currently trading in their...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday April 24 that are worth another look.Anemic demand stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in another round of import price decreases for flat-rolled steel in South America, with the majority of customers reported as skipping orders for June shipments, market sources said.When the oil price fell into negative price territory at...Read More

The new coronavirus has already infected the global economy. The global lockdown means that recession is inevitable. The central banks all over the world have stepped in, including the Fed, cutting interest rates and pumping liquidity into the system. We invite you thus to read our today’s article about the monetary policy in time of plague and find out what the fresh central banks’ ba...Read More

Even the most casual silver investor must be discouraged with what has happened to silver prices recently. But what about those who were/are super bullish? How do they feel?As I read various reports and articles, I sense some back peddling on the more extreme predictions which were so prevalent just shortly more than a month ago. On the other hand, I also sense a reluctance to let go; to just admi...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold monthly chart shows Bollinger band resistance around $1703. Momentum is strong. Weekly gold has 18-week MA around $1,600+ and the bullish pattern is shown well on the weekly..Read More

Imagine, if you will, there was nocoronavirus. No haz-mat suits, medical masks & gloves, no make-shiftmorgues. No terminally ill patients hooked up to ventilators, no horribledeaths without love ones close, no lockdowns, no social distancing, no desertedstreets, no bailouts, no emergency wage supplements, just a regular spring withbirds chirping and flowers blooming. Of course there is no...Read More

The greenback exerts powerful influence on theprecious metals – that has been the case yesterday, and it unsurprisinglycontinues to be so also today. So, what message is the USDX sending out rightnow?USD Index in the SpotlightWe’ll open up with a quote from yesterday’sAlert (by the way, please remember that all charts areexpandable/clickable):Looking at the 4-hour candlestickchar...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday April 24 that are worth another look.Anemic demand stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in another round of import price decreases for flat-rolled steel in South America, with the majority of customers reported as skipping orders for June shipments, market sources said.When the oil price fell into negative price territory at...Read More

The metals markets are being pulled in multiple directionssimultaneously like never before. The global virus-triggered economic freezehas caused industrial demand for all commodities to crater. At the same time, mining output is also crashing as virus fearsforce many mines around the world to suspend operations.What is the “right” equilibrium price for copper, silver, go...Read More