Comparing the popular narrative of rapidly improving sentiment with global dollar liquidity indicatorsBeyond Trade Wars and Trump Tweets: What liquidity indicators are actually telling us about the global economic outlookThe "King Dollar" meme: Why a strong USD doesn't necessarily imply U.S. economic outperformanceRead More

You would think that the Democrats would have learned from the Clinton Impeachment that the people do not support such nonsense. The Democrats haveContinue...Read More

"For too long, Russian doping has detracted from clean sport...The blatant breach by the Russian authorities of RUSADA's reinstatement conditions...demanded a robust response. That is exactly what Continue...Read More

Trump has decided to enforce food stamp rules, everywhere, not Just Illinois. But Illinois provides the lesson.Continue...Read More

"He served our Nation with great distinction as Chair of the Federal Reserve among other important positions, steering our country through challenging economic times more than once. Mr. Volcker was admired Continue...Read More

As long as the monetary base keeps growing, gold prices will keep rising, says E.B. Tucker, director of Metalla Royalty & Streaming. "The [monetary base] is never going to go down," he said. "Gold is not a way to speculate and make a big profit, it's a way to protect your wealth. It's wealth insurance."Read More

The two companies are advancing adjoining projects in the Yukon. Copper tubes.Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (GCX:TSX.V) closed its purchase of 30% of Copper North Mining, it announced in a news release. "We are pleased to have completed the acquisition which we believe will be accretive for both companies due to their adjoining claim blocks which share many synergies, including common geology, infras...Read More

Technical analysis update forthe SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD).Long-term bullish continuationanticipated once current correction is completed.Looks like a deeper retracementmay come in the near-term, before resumption of the rally. Long-term breakoutFollowing the August 2018 swing low of $111.06, GLDrallied 32.2% to the September 2019 high of $146.82. That rally foundresistance in the area of Fibonac...Read More

'Da Boyz' Appear at 8:30 a.m. in New York (First published on: 07 December 2019 -- Saturday) - Ed SteerYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price traded flat up until 2 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon -- and then got sold a bit lower for the next forty-five minutes or so. It began to creep quietly and mostly evenly higher until the jobs report came o...Read More

- Dave KranzlerPressures are already building on the financial stability front that will make the next economic downturn messier than anticipated." - Bill Dudley, former President of the NY FedI get irritated when I see mainstream media and alternative mainstream media parroting the propaganda used to cover up the truth. This morning Zerohedge echo'd the "corporate tax payments liquidity sq...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 2.04 percent as hedge funds increased their net-long position in the futures market to a five-week high. Gold traders and analysts are mostly bullish going into next week in the Bloomberg survey amid mixed signals over progress in the U.S.-China trade war. The yellow metal climbed sharply early in the week after President Trump sai...Read More

NEWS &VIEWSForecasts, Commentary & Analysis on the Economy and Precious MetalsCelebrating our 46th year in the gold businessDecember 2019"Gold is set to join the all-time-highs club." - Mike McGlone, Bloomberg IntelligenceWhat we said then. What we say now.Michael J. Kosares, USA Gold- REVIEW & OUTLOOK -January 2019 headline article -Will 2019 be the year of the big breakout for gold?WHAT WE S...Read More

"There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."What the heck did John Maynard Keynes mean by saying this? Overturning the existing basis of society?! Let's begin by sta...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold's monthly momentum turning down. At the moment stepped out of the uptrend, but a bullish crossover..Read More

Look at US economy in totality and not just the job creation. Job creation has to be supported by other factors like consumer spending, confidence among other factors. Christmas and early January is a global cyclical period of high consumption and hence higher jobs. US job market and global jobs market on or from February of next year will be the key. December-January trend in global jobs market...Read More

Stable Prices, SometimesDeaths of DespairRadical SolutionsIt's All Relative...Angst-Ridden VotersAccording to the dictionary, the word angst refers to "a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general." It comes from a German word for "fear."Two weeks ago I referred back to my 2017 Angst in America series. "Deep anx...Read More

"...we should expect a very sharp rally..."by Captain Ewave of CaptainEwaveCaptain EwaveS&P500, Gold, & Silver: Trends & TradesEmail: [email protected] Website: www.captainewave.com GOLD: The next US jobs report is Friday, November 6! Gold often has wild volatility (although less recently) around the release of these reports, and then it shoots higher in the days that follow. Tomorrow could mar...Read More

RAPAPORT... It's not easy for a diamantaire to compete in the emerging diamond-traceability market, admits Bruno Scarselli, a New York-based supplier of fancy-color diamonds. As the likes of De Beers, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and others roll out their tracking programs, he urges the trade as a whole to look beyond blockchain and consider its biggest obstacles."We need to res...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sotheby's has appointed Wenhao Yu as deputy chairman ofjewelry for Asia, to help strengthen its expertise and sourcing capabilitiesand expand its business in the region. Yu was previously at Poly Auction Hong Kong, where he founded and headed its jewels and prestige collection department.Prior to that role, he cofounded the jewels and watches department at PolyAuction Beijing. "O...Read More

RAPAPORT... Alrosa has identified three new exploration sites that couldpotentially yield 17.9 million carats of rough across their lifespan, according to preliminaryestimates.The sites are located close to Alrosa's Mir mine in the Yakutia region of Russia. "Detecting new diamond deposits in [the] Nizhne-Botuobinskaya area will make a significant contribution to the development of Alrosa...Read More