Gold and Silver Rally Relative to the Dow

Summary: This piece explores the correlation between the Dow and gold/silver, and compares charts from the 1970s and today. With the Dow hitting … [Read more...]

Gold Prices Surge Ahead of Eastern Buying Season

Summary: Gold posted an impressive 4.5% rally last week for one of its best performances of the year. One of the factors driving this rally is … [Read more...]

Gold Bugs Will Love What This Chart Says About Gold Prices

Summary: Technical analysis of gold charts from 2013 shows the rough time its had in the last 9 months, but that it may be starting to break for the … [Read more...]

Silver’s 13% jump “confirms” recovery in gold

Summary: Both gold and silver posted impressive gains last week - in silver's case, it was the metal's strongest rally in 2013. Merrill Lynch analyst … [Read more...]

Are gold ETFs back in favor?

Summary: Last week, the world's largest gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) posted its first gain since last November. The reasons for gold's rally last … [Read more...]

Gold futures close lower after weekly gain

Gold market update for August 20. Gold posted its first loss after a nearly 5% gain last week. It was in fact gold and silver's strongest weekly … [Read more...]

Gold, Silver Slip as Traders Anticipate Fed Minutes

Gold/silver market update for August 20. Following its strongest performance last week in several months, gold and silver posted losses on Monday … [Read more...]

Copper Falls Most in Three Weeks on Fed Stimulus Bets

Copper market update for August 20th: Copper posted its biggest one-day lost in over 3 weeks on concerns that monetary stimulus from the Fed will be … [Read more...]

Silver Investment Demand: The Ticking Time Bomb

Summary: This piece from Silver Seek examines the silver market in relation to the general U.S. retirement market, showing that even though silver … [Read more...]

U.S. Mint June silver coin sales at 4,651,429 ounces – record 2013 likely

Summary: Even though silver is on track for its worst year since 1984, physical demand is at record highs. While it's down 56% from its 2011 high of … [Read more...]

The gold bull vs. the paper tiger

Summary: If all you look at are the headlines, it can be easy to ascertain that the gold bull market is over. Peter Schiff of Euro-Pacific Capital … [Read more...]

PRECIOUS-Gold hits 1-month low on Bernanke’s reduced stimulus talk

Market update for Wednesday, June 19th: Gold slid to a new low for the month on Wednesday following the outcome of the Fed's just concluded policy … [Read more...]

Silver faithful taking $5 billion hit in crossfire

Summary: "Silver has been caught in the crossfire between being a precious and industrial metal," comments John Stephenson, senior VP at First Asset … [Read more...]

Silver’s Weakest Month is Here: Time to Buy?

Summary: Historically speaking, June is silver's weakest month of the year. Many a resource investor is aware of the summer doldrums - traders are … [Read more...]

Gold Drops to Three-Week Low on Stimulus Bets; Palladium Falls

Gold market update for Tuesday, June 18: Gold has dropped to a 3-4 week low as investors eagerly await comments from the Fed and its latest policy … [Read more...]

Analytical Charts for Gold, Silver and Platinum and Palladium

Summary: As of this writing, gold currently stands at $1366, or a 4-week low. According to technical charts from Jim Wyckoff and Kitco, the gold bears … [Read more...]

Gold prices make a vertical spread look attractive

Summary: This article goes into some of the factors leading to gold's massive drop in April. Of course, one of the reasons was better-than-expected … [Read more...]

Guest Post: Is Gold At A Turning Point?

Summary: Since their nominal highs in August 2011, gold has dropped 28% off its highs while silver has slid 56%. Most of this decline has occurred in … [Read more...]

Physical and paper gold battling for supremacy: Brien Lundin

Summary:  In an interview with "The Gold Report", Gold Newsletter editor Brien Lundin explains how the big price drop in April and subsequent … [Read more...]

Is gold losing its safe haven appeal?

Summary: Gold keeps struggling to top $1400, which has many questioning whether the metal has lost its safe haven appeal, especially amid such … [Read more...]

A primer on reading drill result press releases

Summary: In determining if an area is an anomaly or a large deposit, geologist Brent Cook describes the process as "half science, half art, and half … [Read more...]

Copper Mining in Africa

Summary: Because of its thermal and electrical conductivity, copper is a coveted industrial metal around the world. The history of copper though dates … [Read more...]

United Nations publishes first plan for deep sea mining

Summary: As technology has developed, so has the opportunities to mine in areas once thought untouchable. The sea floor is one of those places. … [Read more...]

Meltdown for mining stocks

Summary: When gold took a steep dive last month, losing $145 in just 2 days, stocks for some the world's miners dropped with it.  Shares for the 3 … [Read more...]

What Does Gold’s Drop Mean For Miners? François Perron

Summary: How is the big price drop in gold going to affect gold miners? Francois Perron, Pres & CEO of QMX Gold Corporation, provides some insight … [Read more...]

Platinum Buying Quickens as Gold Allure Diminishes: Commodities

Summary: Data compiled by Bloomberg shows the stark differences between the current gold and platinum/palladium markets. Just this year for example, … [Read more...]

Palladium ETF Boosted by Continued Deficit Fears

Summary: While most precious metals were down earlier this week, palladium was up on supply deficit concerns. Growing demand for auto catalysts in the … [Read more...]

Platinum, Palladium Price Forecasts: Johnson Matthey Too Bullish?

Summary: According to a recent report from Johnson Matthey, both platinum and palladium are poised to go much higher for the rest of 2013. This … [Read more...]

Platinum output dives 13% in 2012

Summary: In its annual market review, Johnson Matthey is reporting platinum production fell by an astounding 13% in 2012. The major source of the … [Read more...]

Platinum, palladium set to gain on supply squeeze

Summary. Surging demand, especially in India's jewelry sector, coupled with tight supplies is leading Johnson Matthey to forecast a strong 2013 for … [Read more...]