Commentaries

..I was intrigued by an essay titled “What You Need to Know About Buying Silver Today”‘ which came as the result of Jeff Clark, of Big Gold, being interviewed by The Daily Crux…

Mounting social and political unrest in the Middle East boosted appeal for commodities as a safe investment option in recent weeks.

I’ve consulted with the best in the business, and spent the past week tightening up my template, so 100% of the focus in my newsletter is on trading markets. I want to give you maximum coverage of all the major markets in play, as I trade them myself.

The Fed’s insatiable desire to redo all the debt monetization mistakes of the Weimar republic continues. This week, the Fed’s balance sheet hit a fresh all time high of $2.55 trillion, primarily as a function of increasing Treasury holdings. Not adding today’s $7.2 billion POMO to the total holdings, the Fed’s total Treasury holdings increased … Continue reading

That government projections are not worth the price of the paper (especially not in today’s dis-disinflationary environment) they are printed on is no secret. As Zero Hedge recently demonstrated the margin of error in the most recent budgetary prediction can only be classified as insane. We wrote: “On February 28, 2001 George Bush said this … Continue reading

Trading with multiple time frames – Every now and then it’s always a good idea to look at some different time frames to be sure you have a solid understanding for the longer term trends in play. I will admit that it’s easy to get caught up in trading the shorter time frames like the 1, 10, and 60 minute charts especially when there are large intraday movements.

After months of consolidation, gold has rallied to make new all-time highs. Depending on your position size, $1320, $1350, and $1375 were points to add. I nibbled above $1320, but missed $1350. No problem: I have a very healthy long position and I am not inclined to get leveraged here. That being said, I will add … Continue reading

BNN talks to one of the world’s leading investor’s and investment strategists Eric Sprott, CEO of Sprott Asset Management and finds out just how precious the metals are. Video: watch.bnn.ca : The Street : March 1, 2011 : Silver is Money The 2003-2011 linear trading channel has been broken to the upside. This increases the … Continue reading

Some financial commentators have picked up on the fact that the dollar has failed to get a safe haven bid so far during the turmoil in the Middle East. This isn’t normal, especially considering the problems one of the main alternatives to the dollar, the Euro, has had over the past year or so. The … Continue reading

The production base of the emerging Australian gold stocks has been growing significantly of late.