Commentaries

Escalating sovereign debt problems in Europe has prompted some to wonder if another “Lehman” type collapse is on the horizon. As a result, some precious metals observers have grown cautious, fearing a replay of the events of two years ago. While it is always prudent to be cautious with an extremely volatile sector like the … Continue reading

June 10, 2010 1. Energy.  A subscriber sent me a note a couple of days after the oil leak started.  Some engineers were saying the only way to close the gulf oil leak might be with a nuclear bomb. We wondered if that was extreme or not…. 2. Now major energy analyst Matt Simmons agrees, … Continue reading

Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report 06/09/2010 Rob McEwen, whose Midas touch in mining has been as transformational as anyone’s, sat down recently for this exclusive, wide-ranging interview with The Gold Report. Hoping we manage to avoid the “darkest hour” he envisions, he describes fearsome parallels between the Weimar Republic of the late ’20s … Continue reading

The August Gold is leaving little “technical” gaps all over the place. Classical technical analysis suggests that gaps on a chart will be filled. (It doesn’t specify when though.) I will not worry about the gap on the downside being filled and instead, focus on the upside. Should the Gold attempt another high, I will … Continue reading

Market volatility continues to shake things up making it profitable for traders who are quick to spotting key reversal points, manage risk and taking profits before it evaporates. On Tuesday we saw the market go up and down more than I have seen in a long time… It moved over 5% as it trended up … Continue reading

This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on June 8th, 2010 Markets are skittish and the pace and force of financial crises has taken a frightening turn for the worse. It seems like the fuse gets shorter between each crisis. We barely catch our breath from one when confronted with the next. Looking … Continue reading

By Neil Charnock www.goldoz.com.au There are many current global opportunities that might escape investors at this time.  With so many different influences at hand it pays to keep the radar screen on and one eye on the markets at all times at the moment.   Things are moving and developing quickly.  Disaster is opportunity in disguise … Continue reading

As Jimi Hendrix sang: And so castles made of sand melts into the sea eventually Debt-backed paper currency is always a castle made of sand but “eventually” corresponds with debt saturation. Once debt can’t be paid back and everyone knows it, what happens? Default or aggressive debasement. There is no “Goldilocks” in between just as … Continue reading

GLD Gold Holdings Hit A Fresh Record, Increase By 12 Tonnes Overnight…..

Readers of this blog are getting an invaluable lesson in why people have so much trouble making money- even in a bull market! To make the point of how absurd it is to panic after a minor correction, I post the thoughts of gold permabears in real-time so that we can all have some good comic relief looking back. … Continue reading