Jeb Handwerger: We are witnessing a few cautionary signs that indicate a radically overbought U.S. equity and bond market. Stealthily, the precious metals, and mining equities are bottoming. The strong uptrend in the equity markets since October of 2011 Read more…
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Przemyslaw Radomski: Gold, traditionally a safe-haven asset, has been moving in tandem with riskier assets such as equities, industrial metals and oil this year, as investors for some reason which is difficult to fathom, have turned to the supposed “safety” of the dollar. Read more…
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J.W. Jones: Long time readers know that I have been and remain bullish on gold and gold stocks in the longer-term. However, the reasons why I believe gold and silver Read more…
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Michael Johnston: In recent years ETFs have become popular tools for pursuing a wide range of investment objectives. As the product lineup has become more granular in nature, investors have turned to exchange-traded products as a way to tap into narrow Read more…
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Jeff Clark: I’ve read articles from more than one analyst claiming that gold stocks are down on low volume, implying there’s a lack of interest in precious metals. While on the surface that seems like an obvious statement, their point is that most of the recent Read more…
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JT Long: From gold and silver to energy and oil services, Frank Barbera, editor of The Gold Stock Technician Newsletter, sees a bright future for commodities and their equities. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Barbera cites large blue-chip Read more…
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Jordan Roy-Byrne: We often write about the real price of gold (RPG) as it is a leading macro indicator and leading indicator for gold stock fundamentals. The RPG is simply a measurement of Gold in terms of various markets such as commodities, stocks or currencies. Read more…
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Christian Magoon: Gold ETF products that track the price of gold through holding bars of gold are positive for the year while gold stock ETFs are well into negative double digit territory. Read more…
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No question, having a small amount of precious metals in your global portfolio serves as sort of a “shock absorber” in times of crisis and uncertainty. Obviously, the most logical strategy is to be a buyer of gold when prices dip and the Read more…
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Money Morning: Gold prices are still far from last year’s record $1,920.30 an ounce. Given the economic volatility in 2011, last year was a banner year for gold prices. Read more…
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Jordan Roy-Byrne: We began the week by making a ballsy prediction about the precious metals complex. We believed a major bottom could happen this week. In the wake of the European debt crisis and potential “credit events,” Read more…
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Przemyslaw Radomski: All eyes are on Greece which is heading toward national elections six weeks after the last vote. Many feel that a Greek euro exit would be a chance to cauterize a festering wound and move on. There are also those that feel that Greece Read more…
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In focus this week: gold at $6,000 by 2015 and $2,100 by the end of this year, natural gas and oil producers, home builders are for real and the SITFA. Jurg Keiner of Swiss Asia Capital Singapore said this week in a CNBC interview that gold could hit Read more…
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Toby Connor: Once every year gold and stocks form a major yearly cycle low. Commodities form a major cycle bottom every 2 1/2 to 3 years. Every once in a while all three of these major cycles hit at the same time. I’m pretty sure that’s what is happening right now. Read more…
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Jeb Handwerger: Around the year 1650 A.D. the word highwaymen entered our language. It referred to robbery committed on a public road against travelers. Now we use the phrase “highway robbery” for which we pay the tolls to travel on modern day roads. Read more…
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