Every year human behavior gives us a month long sales event where investors dump shares just like the after Christmas sales rack at Macy's. Continue...Read More

"When the Armistice Line comes down not long from now, Korea is going to be the most interesting place in the world."Continue...Read More

Within the tested zone, results show two discrete areas of mineralization and extend the strike length. Benchmark Metals Inc. (BNCH:TSX.V; CYRTF:OTCQB) announced in a news release new drill results from the Amethyst Gold Breccia zone at its Lawyers project in British Columbia's Golden Horseshoe. In drill hole 19AGBDD007, two separate zones of mineralization were encountered. The upper zone demons...Read More

Low prices fix low prices, and eventually the shorts will be forced to cover and buy back their shares and force prices higher. This sector is 'this close' to such and event.Both Hurst cycles and Wyckoff supply and demand action are warming up to the bullish side for the energy sector (XLE). This is on the back of growing inflation fears. Inflation sourced from wage growth in the US and world...Read More

This analysis continues from part 1 (Silver Trend Forecast 2019 Update ).Gold Silver RatioThe Gold / Silver ratio has continued to trend lower, currently standing at 83.8, which implies to expect the Silver price to continue to out perform Gold over the coming months. So whilst Silver is no longer the SCREAMING BUY it was when trading at a ratio of 95, nevertheless is still CHEAP! Whilst we can d...Read More

TheUSD Index rallied on Friday, and gold responded with an intraday decline –that’s normal. What’s not necessarily normal is the size of the daily change ingold compared to the size of USD’s rally. USDIndex Bounces HigherNamely, goldfutures ended Friday’s session exactly where they had closed on Thursday. There was nodaily change in gold, even though it – theore...Read More

European central banks are slowly preparing for plan B: gold.Deutsche Bundesbank [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)]Written by Jan Nieuwenhuijs, formerly known as Koos Jansen.It was long believed in the gold space that Western central banks are against gold, but things have changed, for quite some years now. Instead of discouraging people from buying gold, or...Read More

Daniel R. AmermanA new era began for us all in September and October of 2019, with the introduction of a new element that is likely to become one of the dominant investment market influences in the 2020s.What is shown in the orange area of the graph above is something brand new. When we understand why the Federal Reserve abruptly reversed course, created $280 billion in new money in two months a...Read More

By: David Chapman, Chief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc. "History is a collection of agreed upon lies." Voltaire, French philosopher, writer, historian, advocate of free speech; 1694-1778 "Experience is helpful, but it is judgement that matters." General Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chiefs 1989-1993, Secretary of State 2001-2005; b. 1937 "I'm very big on having clarified principles. I don...Read More

Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsPhysics students study mechanical systems in which pulleys are massless and frictionless. Economics students study monetary systems in which rising prices are everywhere and always caused by rising quantity of currency. There is a similarity between this pair of assumptions. Both are facile. They oversimplify reality, and if one is not careful they can lead to spect...Read More

By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTraderWith the latest news of Louis Bacon's closing down his hedge funds, we are seeing further evidence of the difficulties hedge funds have been having during recent years.But, if you think about the counter-intuitive nature of this trend, it is actually quite interesting. Let me take a step back and walk you through what I am thinking.For those that follow the mar...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold being weighed on by the general markets. The 100-d.ma. at $1,400 area, $1,445 Bollinger band support area -- oversold market with supports a bit below. Gold is a whipsaw market..Read More

If gold and silver fall today, they will crash. Inverse correlation between gold and crude oil will be there. I will prefer to call the current softer prices in gold and silver as just a correction and not even a short term bearish trend. Trend on or after second week of December will be the key not just for bullion but for currencies as well. Central banks from Europe have started increasing th...Read More

RAPAPORT... In 2100,the diamond industry will look vastly different from its current makeup, MartinRapaport assured diamantaires at the recent Antwerp Rough Diamond Days event. Mostnotably, it will be less influenced by the mining companies as demand dynamicsincreasingly impact the market, the chairman of the Rapaport Group noted."Marketpower is shifting from supply to demand," Rapaport expla...Read More

RAPAPORT... Phillips's Hong Kong sale brought in $9.6 million, with a ruby ring standing out as one of the top-selling items, the auction house said Tuesday. The 5.22-carat pigeon's blood Burmese ruby and diamond ring fetched HKD 6.2 million ($785,970), just over its low estimate of HKD 5.9 million ($753,736) at the Jewels and Jadeite auction. Meanwhile, a convertible ring, which can transfor...Read More

RAPAPORT... The diamond industry has a complicated relationship with fluorescence.Historically, both the trade and consumers saw value in a diamond that fluoresced under ultraviolet light. The perception was that it added to the color of the diamond while also providing various niche marketing opportunities. Take the '80s disco era, when neon was in and a glow-in-the-dark diamond might have been c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India has announced that it will be hosting the first Indian Jewellery Excellence Symposium in Mumbai. The two-day meeting will include sessions on different on management, skill and technical subjects. Scheduled sessions include the future in designing using CAD, blockchain technology and upskilling bench skills to reach global standar...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Thieves have stolen three diamond jewelry sets from the Dresden Green Vault. Each set consists of 37 parts each, leading to fears the thieves may try to break them up. Officials are still trying to establish how much was taken in the robbery.According to press reports, there is speculation that the thieves gained entry to the museum after disabling the alarm system by setting fire...Read More

The global diamond industry will require a new narrative and a rebranding to secure its future, a new report has warned.The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) states in its ‘Diamonds Changing Forever’ report that the global industry is at a “major inflection point”.AdvertisementPrices are steadily decreasing, profitability is in decline and access to finance is restricte...Read More

Risk appetite should improve this week The latest reports about progress towards a US-China trade agreement suggest that a phase one deal is back on track. If history is a guide, interest in risk assets, including the base metals, should rebound while this remains the case. Equity markets have led the way so far. Aluminium: Looking for a short-term rebound Aluminium’s price action is demonstr...Read More