After declining by more than 20 percent from the October peak, oil prices are showing some signs that they have now bottomed out.WTI hit a low point at $56 per barrel on Wednesday and Brent hit a low just below $65 per barrel. Both crude benchmarks regained some ground at the end of the week, despite the huge increase in U.S. crude oil inventories. In fact, rising prices in the face of the 10-mill...Read More

When dealing with the buying and selling ofcommodities, there are things which you need to know. It can be a complicatedbusiness, and this means that people who buy and sell products can fall intosome of the common pitfalls and experience issues. However, commodities can cover a wide range ofdifferent goods and services, so there are things that you're going to need toknow. To try and make sure th...Read More

Are the metals markets ending a price correction in unison and preparing for a massive price advance?  This is the question we asked our research team to investigate and their findings may help skilled traders identify great opportunities in the future.  This multi-part research article will share our most recent opinion about the metals markets as well as share some critical new data th...Read More

Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses the recent rise in precious metals prices and what he sees ahead for the metals. As many of us have grown to appreciate over the years, forecasts tend to be nothing more than "educated guesses" and no matter what methods one uses, predicting directional and amplitudinal movements in economics or finance or asset prices is analogous to standing in...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1222.40-$0.80Silver$14.32-$0.10XAU65.17-0.81%HUI147.19-0.73%GDM538.38-0.32%JSE Gold1143.65+2.03USD96.81+0.60Euro113.68-0.82Yen88.76UNCHOil$53.43-$3.7710-Year3.056%+0.003T-Bond139.90625+0.125Dow24465.64-2.21%Nasdaq6908.82-1.70%S&P2641.89-1.82%  The Metals: Gold chopped near unchanged in Asia before it climbed up to $1228.70 in London and then dropped to...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1222.40-$0.80Silver$14.32-$0.10XAU65.17-0.81%HUI147.19-0.73%GDM538.38-0.32%JSE Gold1143.65+2.03USD96.81+0.60Euro113.68-0.82Yen88.76UNCHOil$53.43-$3.7710-Year3.056%+0.003T-Bond139.90625+0.125Dow24465.64-2.21%Nasdaq6908.82-1.70%S&P2641.89-1.82%  The Metals: Gold chopped near unchanged in Asia before it climbed up to $1228.70 in London and then dropped to...Read More

By Craig HemkeOn Tuesday, significant gold news was made when the London Bullion Market Association finally began its long-awaited disclosure of gold market size and trading volume. If anything, all their first report revealed was the sheer magnitude of the scam and the fraud that persists in the current system. A summary of the report, along with a brief interview of LBMA CEO Ruth Crowell, can...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold sells off as US Dollar soars. https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. After breaking upside from a double bottom pattern, gold continues its solid price action. More good times lie directly ahead for precious metals investors, because Chinese New Year buy season begins very soon.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Note the solid position of my key 14,7,7 Stochastics indicator on this daily g...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Bart Chilton, the former member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who pushed his agency to hold in a March 2010 public hearing that addressed manipulation of the monetary metals markets and called GATA leaders as witnesses, this year has been hosting Russia Today's daily "Boom/Bust" program, and last Thursday he interviewed fund manager and gold advoca...Read More

Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his.Sometimes we must consider the unthinkable.Official US national debt is $21.6 trillion. Unfunded liabilities are five to ten times higher. Global debt is about $250 trillion. US national debt has doubled every eight to nine years for decades.National debt in 2018 - $21.6 trillionNational debt in 2026? - $40+ trillion...Read More

Powell is apparently between a rock and a hard place. Inflation surged, while the global economy slowed down. What will he do? And how will gold react? Inflation Jumps in October The consumer price index climbed 0.3 percent last month, after rising 0.1 percent in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the biggest rise since January, and it was mainly caused by an i...Read More

By Frank HolmesHere in San Antonio, the temperature hit a bone-chilling low of 27 degrees last Wednesday, breaking a 102-year-old record for mid-November. An out-of-state visitor, Cornerstone Macro's Head of Portfolio Insights Stephen Gregory, speculated that the Central Texas temperature, ordinarily mild this time of year, was down more than three standard deviations. I didn't make the calculat...Read More

Asset management firm Fasanara Capital compared stock valuations to bitcoin in that "it is totally disconnected from fundamentals," its chief executive told CNBCImpending tipping point for markets is due to a synchronicity of enterprise overvaluation, high indebtedness, low cash balances and a drawback in public flowsStill, a major selloff hasn't arrived, and many market-watchers continue to...Read More

Gold and silver are steady. There is good demand for physical gold in China and ASEAN nations. Prices of gold and silver are low in Asia due to a stronger currency against the US dollar. People are taking advantage of stronger currency to buy gold. There will be sudden one way moves in bullion anytime till Friday. Asian markets and Asian traders do not sleep on US holidays. Silver demand is supe...Read More

Peter KrauthMy recent position on silver was that it had become massively oversold.That was a week ago, when the price of silver dropped from $14.65 to $13.97.We've since learned that money managers almost doubled their net short silver futures position in the previous week. That strongly suggests that speculative shorting of silver from its latest high near $14.80 helped push the metal below $14....Read More

RAPAPORT... Gemfields has sold a 5,655-carat emerald to Indian gemstonespecialist Dia-Color for an undisclosed amount, the miner said Tuesday. Gemfields extracted the Inkalamu, or Lion Emerald, at itsKagem mine in Zambia last month. It was one of 26 lots it offered at its auction inSingapore last week, which fetched a combined $28.4 million from the sale of 420,000carats of rough Kagem emeral...Read More

RAPAPORT... Shipments of Swiss watches bounced back in October after adrop the previous month, benefiting from stronger exports of high-end timepieces. Total exports rose 7% year on year to CHF 1.99 billion ($2billion) for the month, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry reportedTuesday. Orders for watches priced above CHF 3,000 ($3,024) climbed 12% byvalue, while exports of those worth...Read More

RAPAPORT... Hong Kong-based Tse Sui Luen (TSL) raised concerns about theimpact of the US-China tariff war on its business, even after sales improved inthe second fiscal half. "The recent outbreak and escalation of [a] trade disputebetween China and the US has cast some doubts on the economic outlook for boththe global and local economies going forward," the company said Tuesday. "Oneconsequen...Read More

RAPAPORT... A fancy-vivid-blue diamond with an estimate of $20 millionto $30 million will head up Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels auction in NewYork next month. The pear-shaped, 10.62-carat, VVS1-clarity stone from aprivate European collection will go under the hammer at the December 4 sale,Sotheby's said Monday. Other notable pieces include a Harry Winston diamond ringwith a cushion-cut center...Read More