Corey Rosenbloom: The current consolidation pattern in gold continues, yet the boundaries are narrowing ahead of an expected breakout from the structure. Read more…

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At a time when the economy is weak, earnings growth is slowing and central banks all over the world are printing money, demand for so-called safe havens is outpacing supply. Simply put, there are not a lot of good, low risk places to park money Read more…

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Conditions are ripe for gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) to head higher: from money printing to various forms of stimulus, gold should be rejoicing in its age-old status as “safe haven.” The trouble is, that’s not happening. For some insight Read more…

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Przemyslaw Radomski: Gold prices fell last Tuesday for the first time in eight days and Wednesday gold fell below $1,600 an ounce as buyers stayed on the sidelines ahead of the meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve whichannounced Wednesday a modest increase Read more…

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ETF Securities USA’s William Rhind talks about commodity investing in ETFs. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s Read more…

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Christian Magoon: Gold trust products are the largest products in the gold ETF space. Gold trust ETFs include the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD), the iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU), the ETF Securities Swiss Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:SGOL) and the ETF Securities Asian Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:AGOL). Read more…

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Christian Magoon: Gold ETF investors have had a phenomenal run in performance since the first physical gold ETF, the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD), launched in the United States in 1994. Since then it has been a story of temporary declines and a permanent advance for this top performing asset. Read more…

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Christian Magoon: What is a gold ETF? is a question I get all the time. Interest in gold ETF products has blossomed along with performance but the name “gold ETF” is not very friendly. In short, the answer to “What is a gold ETF?”is this: an exchange – traded fund (ETF) Read more…

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Stoyan Bojinov: Equity markets finished in green territory yesterday as stimulus hopes bolstered confidence, despite worse-than-expected economic data reports on the home front and looming threats from Europe. The first quarter U.S. productivity figure Read more…

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Eric Dutram: Gold made a strong start this year, but it has been sliding for the last four months, due to a combination of various factors. However, if we look at the longer term, for the last eleven years, gold has been gaining popularity and seeing regular price increases. Read more…

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Jeff Nielson: In Part I, readers were presented with a list of the three trends which overwhelm all other factors and fundamentals in the gold and silver markets. The first and most dominant trend – the grossly excessive printing of (worthless) paper currencies – was explained to readers in detail. Read more…

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Ed Carlson: In the course of a +25-year career George Lindsay never applied his methods to anything other than the equity markets. The reasons were obvious; the Standard Time Spans, an integral part of his methods, were derived from a study of the equity markets 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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Robin Koerner:  On Last Friday, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man and Berkshire vice chairman, Charles Munger, told CNBC, “Gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you’re a Jewish family Read more…

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William Patalon III: When U.K. subscriber John M. wrote in this week, he got right to the point.  Asked John: ”What’s happening to gold prices? Why are they dropping?”  Read more…

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