Commentaries

US manufacturing expanded again last month as July’s strong pace was maintained in August at 55%+.  New orders increased at a healthy rate of nearly 5%, but right along with this prices also increased by 5%. This is the threat to the Goldilocks backdrop that has supported policy makers’ ability to continue the inflation because … Continue reading

Last week gold rose to its highest level since mid-May as possible military action against Syria prompted safe-haven buying.

TICKERS: AR, AUQ, ABX, ELD; EGO, G; GG, K; KGC, KDX; KLNDF, PPP, PRB, TGZ Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/4/13) Analysts at Mackie Research Capital crunched the data to stress test which junior miners would thrive, survive or die at $1,000/oz gold and $18/oz silver. In this interview with The Gold Report, Barry Allan, director and … Continue reading

We occasionally see articles where the monetary base is wrongly discussed as if it were akin to the money supply or as if the change in the monetary base indicated the amount of monetary inflation in the economy.

A potential bull market in commodities, precious metals and miners could accelerate higher if Congress gives Obama the approval to attack Syria based on the use of chemical weapons of mass destruction against innocent civilians. Commodities, energy, gold and silver are safe havens that usually rise in value during international conflicts and war.

Yesterday, gold stopped a five-day rally that had pushed it to its highest since mid-May, and lost some of its safe-haven appeal as the chance of imminent U.S. military strikes against Syria seemed to diminish, and investors booked profits.

It seems that everybody is talking about the yellow metal and wondering where will the next local top form.

TICKERS: EXN; EXLLF, PEM, SVB; SVBL, TV; TREVF Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/28/13) PureFunds has a simple strategy: Be first in the market with innovative exchange-traded funds. Andrew Chanin, PureFunds’ co-founder and COO, describes the firm’s ISE Junior Silver ETF and the factors that make a “leveraged play to the actual spot price of … Continue reading

Last week we illustrated how gold should be treated as a special alternative to dollar denominated paper assets.

According to Bloomberg, the Fed stimulus helped in pushing the S&P 500 up as much as 153% from its March 2009 low, as better-than-estimated corporate earnings also fueled equity gains. Of the 483 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported quarterly earnings this period, 71 percent surpassed profit estimates.