We know, it's just a symbol. But it's a powerful symbol of the most severe recession since the Great Depression. Yup, it's another article about the Lehman Brothers' collapse. But we really invite you to read it, as we thoroughly analyze the impact on that bankruptcy on the price of the yellow metal. You will also find out what can we learn from the 2008 banking crisis for the gold market. Ten...Read More
News, Commentary, Charts and Videos You May Have MissedHere is our Friday digest of the important news, commentary, charts and videos we were informed by this week.Market jitters and volatility have returned this week and the sell-off in US government bonds led to sharp falls on Wall Street centered on the very overvalued tech sector and the NASDAQ.(Bloomberg)Gold is 1.3% higher for the week as...Read More
David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America...Read More
Stocks are selling off. Could this be the beginning of the end? Legendary investor Jim Rogers talks to Silver Doctors.How bad will the next crash be? Stocks will fall over 50%, he says, just as it has in previous bear markets. He predicts the next crisis will be the worst in his lifetime.While gold and silver have held up well during the sell-off over the last couple days, Rogers says the precious...Read More
"This is going to be a sequel to 2008."Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized ecoanomist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New...Read More
Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
The investment sea change. Value is out, growth is in and passive keeps beating active. Financial thought leaders James Grant and Jason Zweig weigh in. James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1921: The Crash That Cured Its...Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
After dropping almost 1400 points the past two days, what does this trend tell us about the future of the markets? Economist Harry Dent weighs in and tells you what signs do you need to watch out for next.Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and...Read More
Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More
President Trump has managed to secure the release of a U.S. evangelical Christian pastor being detained in TurkeyContinue...Read More
The lofty stock markets suffered a sharp selloff this week that may prove a major inflection point. There was one lone Continue...Read More
I was looking for a gold and resource shares rally starting in the Jun/July timeframe followed byContinue...Read More
Continue...Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973, helping to steer the fund to a 4200% return before "retiring" at age 37. He is considered to be one of the greatest investors of all time. Rogers has made two record-setting journeys - once by motorcycle and once by car - and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for doing so. In between his frequent travels, he has se...Read More
I have been hearing for years how gold is manipulated to go down, and is expected to rise when allowed to trade freely. So, according to these manipulation theorists, gold is really only supposed to move in one direction and would never see any corrections.Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous, but this is a perspective in the market. And this is why so many were not able to foresee the correction wh...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1218.00-$4.70+1.24%Silver$14.61+$0.06-0.14%XAU69.28-0.99%+5.79%HUI153.30-0.59%+6.88%GDM550.27+0.04%+6.05%JSE Gold1154.31-1.65+10.59%USD95.28+0.26-0.36%Euro115.59-0.39+0.30%Yen89.18-0.03+1.43%Oil$71.34+$0.37-4.04%10-Year3.153%+0.009-2.66%Bond138.46875-0.375+0.93%Dow25339.99+1.15%-4.19%Nasdaq7496.89+2.29%-3.74%S&P2767.13+1.42%-4.10% The Metals: Go...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1218.00-$4.70+1.24%Silver$14.61+$0.06-0.14%XAU69.28-0.99%+5.79%HUI153.30-0.59%+6.88%GDM550.27+0.04%+6.05%JSE Gold1154.31-1.65+10.59%USD95.28+0.26-0.36%Euro115.59-0.39+0.30%Yen89.18-0.03+1.43%Oil$71.34+$0.37-4.04%10-Year3.153%+0.009-2.66%Bond138.46875-0.375+0.93%Dow25339.99+1.15%-4.19%Nasdaq7496.89+2.29%-3.74%S&P2767.13+1.42%-4.10% The Metals: Go...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort179,746217,92163,757174,309148,443417,812430,121Change from Prior Reporting Period -12,7443,60915,1284,938-12,0537,3226,684Traders172103755654260203 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 47,44135,132465,253 -1,845-1,2075,477 non reportable positionsChange f...Read More
By David Brady, CFA Gold has finally caught a bid this week and is up to its highest level since July 31. The fact that the U.S. and China appear to have agreed on a meeting between Trump and Xi on trade issues at the next G20, coupled with the U.S. treasury's decision not to label China a currency manipulator, was likely the biggest factor in Gold's rise yesterday. It may be seeing some safe ha...Read More
The lofty stock markets suffered a sharp selloff this week that may prove a major inflection point. There was one lone sector that bucked the heavy selling to surge in the carnage, the gold miners' stocks. They are the last cheap sector in these bubble-valued stock markets, long overlooked and neglected. Wildly undervalued today, the gold stocks have great potential to soar dramatically ev...Read More