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Precious metals got off to an explosive early start to 2020 as tensions between the U.S. and Iran drove safe-haven buying. Of course, gold and silver markets will need more than a geopolitical flare ...
Stefan Gleason
January 16th, 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that China is no longer on a list of countries deemed to be "currency manipulators." The timing was awfully convenient, coming just ahead of an expected P...
Stefan Gleason
January 14th, 2020
Market forecaster Martin Zweig famously warned investors against underestimating the power of the Federal Reserve Bank to control markets. He coined the phrase "Don't fight the Fed" back in the 80's. ...
Clint Siegner
January 13th, 2020
For months, there have been signs of big changes in the gold and silver markets, including indications of exceptional tightness....
Chris Powell
January 7th, 2020
For the first time in more than six years, gold broke through a key level. Gold surged on Friday due to the geopolitical tensions stemming from the Middle East after the U.S. took out Iran's top milit...
Steve St. Angelo
January 7th, 2020
Gold and silver investors buy metals because they are scarce. Precious metals are by nature difficult to find, and hard to produce. Consequently, above ground stocks are limited and valuable, particul...
Clint Siegner
January 6th, 2020
Gold continues to move higher due to trouble in the Fed Repo and U.S. Treasury Market. In the first hour of business today, the Fed has already injected $57 billion in the Repo Market. While the Fed's...
Steve St. Angelo
January 3rd, 2020
The first part of our 2020 Outlook covered the Big Picture Backdrop for Precious Metals. This second part focuses on the fundamental and technical setup for gold and silver markets....
Stefan Gleason
January 2nd, 2020
The year ahead promises to be an eventful one. It will, of course, be dominated by political headlines leading up to the 2020 election. It could also be a big breakout year for precious metals....
Stefan Gleason
December 31st, 2019
Gold bugs are arriving at the end of both a year and an extraordinary decade. Precious metals prices had a roller coaster ride over the past ten years and finished mostly higher despite plenty of pain...
Clint Siegner
December 30th, 2019
For most of this decade owning gold and gold-related investments has required the patience of Job, and the sector is so obscure that it is hard to be sure of anything....
Chris Powell
December 26th, 2019
Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was considered "extraordinary" when central bankers rolled that out roughly ten years ago. At that time, people would still have laughed at the idea of negative intere...
Clint Siegner
December 23rd, 2019
As Global Debt reached a new record high of $250 trillion this year, gold and silver came briefly back on the radar for investors. After five long years, the precious metals finally broke through key...
Steve St. Angelo
December 20th, 2019
For thousands of years, humankind has understood the magical draw (and sense of security) that owning precious metal can bring. It satisfies the core requirements that make it a medium of exchange pa...
David Smith
December 19th, 2019
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged as expected last week. However, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made news with some of his most dovish remarks to date –...
Stefan Gleason
December 17th, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments on inflation last Wednesday added fuel to the contra-dollar trade....
Stefan Gleason
December 16th, 2019
Gold and silver prices remain mired in weeks-long trading ranges. They are essentially moving sideways – for now. Precious metals mining stocks, however, are moving up....
Stefan Gleason
December 16th, 2019
The gold and silver prices continue to consolidate since reaching new five-year highs in the summer. Gold is nearly $100 lower from its high of $1,566 on September 4th, while silver is down more than ...
Steve St. Angelo
December 13th, 2019
The last true enemy of inflation the Federal Reserve has seen died earlier this week. Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979-1987, has passed away....
Jp Cortez
December 11th, 2019
Gold-linked exchange-traded products are growing in popularity with investors. Assets held by gold ETFs have grown 38% globally in 2019....
Stefan Gleason
December 10th, 2019
