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Przemyslaw Radomski: It seems that every season we hear a new catch phrase, be it “subprime,” or “quantitative easing”, or “risk on, risk off” or “the new normal.” The latest bon mot if you haven’t already come across it, is “fiscal cliff” with the attendant worry that Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: In recent commentaries we’ve written about the three phases of a bull market and how and why the final phase evolves as it does. Valuations, sentiment and market structure all explain why markets take a dramatic upward turn in the final phase Read more…
Brian Sylvester: Calling gold the ultimate money, Jay Taylor, editor and publisher of Jay Taylor’s Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks, watches the real price of gold with a gimlet eye. These days, he pays particular attention to producers, noting that this is not a good time to be an explorer Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: The rule of the casino emphasizes that in order for one to be right in the market, the consensus has to believe that you are wrong. The majority goes home empty handed while the few emerge winners. Today there is extreme volatility, nevertheless the few players Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: There are two drivers of stock prices: valuation and earnings. Valuations are very much driven by investor sentiment while earnings are driven by revenue Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: All the fundamental factors that have made gold such a stellar investment for the last decade are still intact. Fiat money is still being produced on easy street around the world, which in turn fuels worries about the dwindling purchase Read more…
Brian Sylvester: Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: In researching past equity bull markets, we’ve found numerous similarities between all. Each bull market has three clearly defined phases. The last phase of each bull market is driven by valuation expansion which is made possible through the wall Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: By now, everyone has seen the chart of Homestake Mining and its bull market run from 1924 through 1935. Hence, there is no need to repost it. In this editorial, Frank Barbera shows a handful of charts of gold stocks and gold stock indices Read more…
Deborah Baratz: After the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s announcement last week that it would keep doing Operation Twist, silver prices dropped 4% the following day. Read more…
Jeff Clark: For the past eighteen months, gold stocks have been pummeled. They showed some life from mid-May to mid-June – Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX), the gold miner’s index, was up 21%, while gold rose 5.5%. That bounce was exciting, Read more…
Sally Lowder: Taking part in the Cambridge World Resource Investment Conference, geologist and minerals maven Brent Cook, who also serves as Exploration Insights president, CEO, publisher and author, said he found more investors there looking for reasons Read more…
Brian Sylvester: Ian Gordon of Longwave Analytics and Longwave Strategies believes we’re on the precipice of very difficult and frightening times and predicts complete financial collapse. But it’s in those periods of darkness that gold really shines. Read more…
George S. Mack: Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) and silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) began a correction nine months ago, but shares of the mines that produce these valuable metals have suffered in a much more exaggerated fashion. Mine2Capital Co-Founder Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: Mark Twain said that history doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes. This is also true in the markets. No bull or bear market or particular event is ever the same. Yet, because there are similarities, the prudent analyst always studies history. When trying to foresee bottoms Read more…
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