Gold, It’s Not Just for Inflation Anymore

You’ve probably seen or heard the commercials. Now is the time to buy the only safe investment asset: gold. Gold crossed the $1,800 an ounce mark in September, and it seemed like $2,000 was a fait accompli. The gold bugs were out in force. So far, though, that fait...

Gold’s Bull Market Still Looking Good

Well, the gold price did it again…. It’s now official, gold has been up for 12 consecutive years.  It closed December up 7% from a year ago. Silver closed up over 8% from a year ago.  This indirectly says the stellar silver rise in 2010, which was its best year...

Silver is Immune From Nose Dive in Value

Economic reports today suggest things are picking up a bit: Payrolls might be expanding more than they’re contracting. Unfortunately, separate reports also suggest that the UK’s economic woes will have a negative effect on the U.S. The mix of good and bad...

Hedge Fund Converts 1/3 of Assets to Gold

The Pacific Group Ltd., a Hong Kong-based fund founded by a former PaineWebber Inc. trader, just announced plans to convert one-third of its hedge-fund assets into physical gold. The move is only reinforcing a recent flood of hedge fund money into gold as veteran...

Platinum Is Outperforming Gold Despite: Is It A Buy?

It has been my central thesis that central bank actions around the globe have essentially locked in the long-term trend of devaluation of national currencies while at the same time assuring a long-term bull market in precious metals. I have recently opined that silver...

Ten Rules for Trading and Investing in Gold and Silver

Several years ago we published an advisory report for our ten rules on investing in gold and silver. It was so well received some of our colleagues, friends, and analysts asked for permission to copy and republish this work. We gave that permission and it was widely...

Twenty Reasons to Buy Silver for the Long-Term

I believe that silver could go to $60 per ounce from today’s price of just $30 by the end of 2014. That would be double from today’s current prices in just a little over two years! I also believe silver will be the best single investment of this decade. The following...

Gold Price Takedown a Plot by the Fed and the Bullion Banks

The year-end slump in the gold price by around $100 in three weeks is a plot by the Fed and the bullion banks to disguise the true state of the US economy, argues veteran gold bug Jim Sinclair on his website this weekend. Sell now and you are being caught in their...

Silver Bull Has Only Just Begun

Although you wouldn’t know it from listening to all the bearish commentary out there, silver is actually enjoying a strong young upleg.  Its technicals are very bullish, contradicting the prevailing pessimism gripping traders.  This glaring disconnect between price...

Gold: “Monetary Collapse Insurance”

Although the price of gold has fallen over the last couple of months, there has been a marked increase in demand for physical bullion. The amount of bullion held to back gold exchange-traded funds has risen to record levels. November meantime saw the United States...