By David SmithTwo years ago in this space, I penned an essay discussing how Americans - and other countries that are "dollarized" - where the local currency is either the USD or pegged to it - had a significant advantage when it came to getting the most for their money when exchanging dollars for precious metals.Lately I looked into this issue again and the good news is - it's still a good deal....Read More
By Avi Gilburt First published on Sunday Jan 14 for members: In 2017, the word "disappointment" took on a new spelling - "G-D-X." After several failed break-out attempts in 2017, there is no question that it provided us a year of frustration.As of Friday, the metals have now give us another indication that a break out attempt may be setting up yet again. And, just like the others we tracke...Read More
By Gary SavageToday's video looks at the recent price action in gold and miners with a detailed analysis of the trading difficulties confronting one's human nature. https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
The world’s leadinggold-stock ETF is nearing a major upside breakout from key technicallevels. GDX is getting closer tochallenging and powering above $25. Thatwould accelerate the sentiment shift in this deeply-undervalued sector back tobullish, enticing investors to return. Goodoperating results from the major gold miners in their upcoming Q4’17 earningsseason could...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold consolidating but on the defensive.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
Black swans are very surprising and rare events. As they are beyond the realm of normal expectations, it is impossible to predict them. However, analysts do not care about such details and they outdo each other in forecasts. Our favorite is the list of ten outrageous predictions published by the Saxo Bank. The risk events include: the loss of Fed’s independence for the U.S. Treasury, the plu...Read More
Gold bullion tends to rise January and February before Chinese New Year (see table)Gold is nearly 8% and $100 higher since Fed raised rates one month agoOptions traders are bullish and suggest gold has room to run (see chart)Nervous in short term, positive in medium term - gold at $1,500 in 2018From Bloomberg:Gold's breakneck rally eased this week, but tailwinds in both physical and paper marke...Read More
Gold is climbing as bond yields rise and the dollar falls, over speculation that China is pulling back on buying US Treasuries and Japan signals it is winding down its quantitative easing program. Meanwhile, US debt continues to grow after the Republicans under President Trump pushed a trillion dollars worth of tax cuts through the Senate, that the Congressional Budget Office thinks will add $1.7...Read More
"Growth should see the US hit historic highs above 10 million bpd, overtaking Saudi Arabia and rivaling Russia" Continue...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1332.20+$5.90-0.43%Silver$17.02+$0.08-1.28%XAU87.97+0.46%-1.28%HUI196.93+0.20%-2.19%GDM662.24-0.01%-1.21%JSE Gold1297.69-11.87-2.53%USD90.67+0.15-0.31%Euro122.19-0.22+0.11%Yen90.42+0.26+0.43%Oil$63.37-$0.58-1.45%10-Year2.661%+0.041+4.43%Bond148.59375-0.84375-1.25%Dow26071.72+0.21%+1.04%Nasdaq7336.38+0.55%+1.04%S&P2810.30+0.44%+0.86% The Metals: Gold gained $11.60...Read More
In 2017, the word “disappointment” took on a new spelling – “G-D-X.”After several failed break-out attempts in 2017, there is no question that it provided us a year of frustration.As of Friday, the metals have now give us another indication that a break out attempt may be setting up yet again.And, just like the others we tracked last year, I am unable to tell you defi...Read More
Mike Gleason: It is my great privilege now to be joined by James Rickards. Mr. Rickards is Editor of Strategic Intelligence, a monthly newsletter and Director of the James Rickards Project, an inquiry into the complex dynamics of geopolitics and global capital. He's also the author of several bestselling books including The Death of Money, Currency Wars, The New Case for Gold and The Road to Ruin....Read More
Full Article: AS SISYPHUS FAILS GOLD WILL ASCENDBy: Egon von GreyerzWelcome to 2018 - a year that will be the culmination of at least 105 years of mismanagement of the Western financial system by governments, central bankers and the elite.2018 will be a year of major volatility in many markets. Stocks are now in a melt-up phase and before the major bear markets start in virtually all countries a...Read More
Here are today's videos and charts (double-click to enlarge):SFS Key Charts & Video UpdateSF60 Key Charts & Video UpdateSF Juniors Key Charts & Video AnalysisSF Trader Time Key Charts & Video Analysis*********Unique Introduction For Gold-Eagle Readers: Send me an email to signals@superforcesignals.com and I'll send you a key long term charts video and 3 of my next Super Force Surge Signals free of...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold waits to see how Dollar reacts to whatever happens over government funding issue.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
DavidSmith: Two years ago, in this space, I penned an essaydiscussing how Americans - and other countries that are "dollarized"- where the local currency is either the USD or pegged to it - had asignificant advantage when it came to getting the most for their money whenexchanging dollars for precious metals.Lately I looked into this issue again and the good newsis - it's still a good dea...Read More
The world's leading gold-stock ETF is nearing a major upside breakout from key technical levels. GDX is getting closer to challenging and powering above $25. That would accelerate the sentiment shift in this deeply-undervalued sector back to bullish, enticing investors to return. Good operating results from the major gold miners in their upcoming Q4'17 earnings season could prove the catalyst to f...Read More
By Gary TanashianAs symbolized by the 3 Amigos, the macro backdrop is riding on to its destiny. That forward destiny is a top in stocks vs. gold (Amigo 1), a rise in long-term interest rates to potential if not probable limits (Amigo 2) and an end to the yield curve's flattening trend (Amigo 3).When our zany friends complete the journey, big changes are likely in the macro markets.Let's take a c...Read More
Gold bullion tends to rise January and February before Chinese New Year (see table)Gold is nearly 8% and $100 higher since Fed raised rates one month agoOptions traders are bullish and suggest gold has room to run (see chart)Nervous in short term, positive in medium term - gold at $1,500 in 2018From Bloomberg:Gold's breakneck rally eased this week, but tailwinds in both physical and paper markets...Read More
By Ronan Manlyhttps://www.bullionstar.com/Recently, Russian television network RT extensively quoted me in a series of articles about the US Government's gold reserves. The RT articles, published on the RT.com website, were based on a series of questions RT put to me about various aspects of the official US gold reserves. These gold reserves are held by the US Treasury, mostly in the custody o...Read More