Commentaries

NFTRH175 took an extensive look at the HUI, ranging from a 15 minute (in-day, in-week) short-term management chart to a daily chart, a weekly chart and finally on out to the biggest – and most compelling of pictures – a this monthly chart. The nearer time frames generally look okay, with some caveats; notably including … Continue reading

In this article about the silver price, Will Bancroft takes a look at what the last year has delivered for silver investors, and what the future of silver investment might hold. Read on for more on what Professor Roy Jastram called “the restless metal”. Silver has been its normal restless self this last year, but … Continue reading

GDX gained by 3.03%  while GDXJ gained  3.63% and SIL gained 1.81% Here are today’s best  performing Silver and Gold stocks:

Once again, someone famous and once again Warren Buffet is dismissing Gold. In comparing it to the bubbles in housing and Internet stocks, he feels he’ll ultimately be vindicated. In his annual letter to shareholders, Buffet trashed Gold as a bubble that is being driven by fear of other asset classes. He believes that those … Continue reading

Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 19th February 2012. Although it is a long way from being a mainstream view, over the past two months we’ve read several comments along the lines of: the financial world will soon be immersed in another 2008-style crisis, only worse. In some cases … Continue reading

Based on the February 17th, 2012 Premium Update. Visit our archives for more gold & silver analysis. We like Warren Buffett. We respect Warren Buffett. We’d love to sit and have lunch with him one day. As an investor, Warren Buffett is in a class all of his own. But the Oracle of Omaha just … Continue reading

 GDX gained by 2.63%  while GDXJ gained  2.14% and SIL gained 1.30% Here are today’s best  performing Silver and Gold stocks:

While the gold stocks have enjoyed a decent recovery, they have certainly lagged the broad market which has almost broken out to new highs. Should you be worried that a major shift is in place? Hardly. The fact is the broad market is in the latter stages of its a cyclical bull while gold stocks … Continue reading

 GDX  fell by -0.39% while GDXJ fell by -0.14%  and SIL gained  0.08% Here are today’s best  performing Silver and Gold stocks:

There is a study published by the Credit Suisse and the London Business School that says that gold prices have been too volatile to play a reliable role as a hedge against inflation over the past 112 years.