The US Federal Reserve, whose job is to keep unemployment in check and inflation in the “Goldilocks” zone of 2%, is telegraphing three interest rate increases of 0.25% each (1% at the high end of the range) this year.Bloomberg believes the Fed might be more aggressive: “Our baseline is for the Fed to hike five times, each 25 basis points, this year, and balance-sheet runoff to be...Read More
LONDON, 2 February 2022 - Comment from BullionVault features today in a gold-market update from global news-wire and data providers Bloomberg."The Comex seems to be in charge of price direction at the moment," says Adrian Ash, director of research, looking at speculative flows into and out of gold derivatives.Read the full story, widely syndicated including to Yahoo Finance, at Bloomberg here:Gold...Read More
LONDON, 2 February 2022 - Comment from BullionVault features today in the latest gold-market report from global news-wire and data providers Bloomberg."The Comex seems to be in charge of price direction at the moment," the report quotes Adrian Ash, director of research."You could see a lot of money going into futures before the Fed, then it all seems to have come straight out again."Read the full...Read More
LONDON, 31 January 2022 - Analysis from BullionVault is quoted at length today in a report on gold-backed ETF flows from UK share-trading platform Interactive Investor.Gold is viewed as a hedge against inflation. Despite this, investors heavily sold gold ETFs in 2021."Investment flows are what drive gold prices higher or lower," the article quotes Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault,...Read More
Gold’s fate in 2021 will be determined mainly by inflation and the Fed’s reaction to it.In the epic struggle between chaos and order, chaos has an easier task, as there is usually only one proper method to do a job – the job that you can screw up in many ways. Thus, although economists see a strong economic expansion with cooling prices and normalization in monetary policies in 2...Read More
The FOMC set the stage for a March interest rate hike, which was an aggressive signal. Gold got it and fell – but hasn't capitulated yet.The Battlecruiser Hawk is moving full steam ahead! The FOMC issued yesterday (January 26, 2022) its newest statement on monetary policy in which it strengthened its hawkish stance. First of all, the Fed admitted that it would start hiking interest rates &ld...Read More
Gold’s fate in 2021 will be determined mainly by inflation and the Fed’s reaction to it.In the epic struggle between chaos and order, chaos has an easier task, as there is usually only one proper method to do a job – the job that you can screw up in many ways. Thus, although economists see a strong economic expansion with cooling prices and normalization in monetary policies in 2...Read More
The FOMC set the stage for a March interest rate hike, which was an aggressive signal. Gold got it and fell – but hasn't capitulated yet.The Battlecruiser Hawk is moving full steam ahead! The FOMC issued yesterday (January 26, 2022) its newest statement on monetary policy in which it strengthened its hawkish stance. First of all, the Fed admitted that it would start hiking interest rates &ld...Read More
Gold’s fate in 2021 will be determined mainly by inflation and the Fed’s reaction to it.In the epic struggle between chaos and order, chaos has an easier task, as there is usually only one proper method to do a job – the job that you can screw up in many ways. Thus, although economists see a strong economic expansion with cooling prices and normalization in monetary policies in 2...Read More
The FOMC set the stage for a March interest rate hike, which was an aggressive signal. Gold got it and fell – but hasn't capitulated yet.The Battlecruiser Hawk is moving full steam ahead! The FOMC issued yesterday (January 26, 2022) its newest statement on monetary policy in which it strengthened its hawkish stance. First of all, the Fed admitted that it would start hiking interest rates &ld...Read More
Gold’s fate in 2021 will be determined mainly by inflation and the Fed’s reaction to it.In the epic struggle between chaos and order, chaos has an easier task, as there is usually only one proper method to do a job – the job that you can screw up in many ways. Thus, although economists see a strong economic expansion with cooling prices and normalization in monetary policies in 2...Read More
The FOMC set the stage for a March interest rate hike, which was an aggressive signal. Gold got it and fell – but hasn't capitulated yet.The Battlecruiser Hawk is moving full steam ahead! The FOMC issued yesterday (January 26, 2022) its newest statement on monetary policy in which it strengthened its hawkish stance. First of all, the Fed admitted that it would start hiking interest rates &ld...Read More
The Deep Dive, Released on 1/30/22Today on the Daily Dive, we welcome back Rick Rule, president and CEO of Rule Investment Media. Rick sits with us today to give us his insights on recent macro headlines, particularly the impact of Saudi Arabia's recent moves on the US dollar. We also talk about the earnings season and what surprises he thinks investors will see. To close the interview, Rick gives...Read More
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (Nasdaq: USAU) (the "Company"), a gold exploration and development company, today announced that it has issued a CEO update outlining the Company's recent and expected milestones, as it continues to advance its assets and mining projects. Highlights include:Update on the CK Gold Project prefeasibility study ("PFS") in Wyoming Advancem...Read More
You don't have to be a fortune tellerto predict some of the precious metals’ behavior in the market. Any incomingsigns take the shape of a bear.What a signal-rich week that was! Atleast if you’re interested in forecastinggold and predictingsilver prices.The USD Index rallied, but that was theleast interesting of the important developments, as it had already reversedduring the preceding...Read More
My outlook for the gold market in 2022 suffers from manic depression: I see first a period of despair and an elevated mood later.So, 2021 is over! 2022 will be better, right? Yeah, for sure! Just relax, what bad could happen? Seriously, what can we expect from this year? I see a few key trends that are going to shape 2022, and their names are: Death, Famine, Pestilence, and War. Oh, sorry, the wro...Read More
Gold’s ‘real’ price indicates a fine ‘risk vs. reward’[edit] Since this article will be distributed to a wider viewership than nftrh.com, where regular readers know I take pains not to hype this most precious ‘value’ asset, take note that a positive risk vs. reward does not mean run out and go whole hog gold stock bull right this minute. Risk vs. reward is...Read More
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You don't have to be a fortune tellerto predict some of the precious metals’ behavior in the market. Any incomingsigns take the shape of a bear.What a signal-rich week that was! Atleast if you’re interested in forecastinggold and predictingsilver prices.The USD Index rallied, but that was theleast interesting of the important developments, as it had already reversedduring the preceding...Read More
My outlook for the gold market in 2022 suffers from manic depression: I see first a period of despair and an elevated mood later.So, 2021 is over! 2022 will be better, right? Yeah, for sure! Just relax, what bad could happen? Seriously, what can we expect from this year? I see a few key trends that are going to shape 2022, and their names are: Death, Famine, Pestilence, and War. Oh, sorry, the wro...Read More