Commentaries

The week saw the Merv (Britain’s version of the Bernank) step forward and utter excuses as to why he now expects UK inflation to ‘temporarily’ soar above 5% this year on the official CPI measure (that significantly under reports real inflation as experienced by the general population). Mervyn King in a smoke and mirrors … Continue reading

This week’s edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole extrapolated the violent changes in the gold-silver ratio into an intermediate view of macro markets.  We reviewed topping structures across various commodities and importantly, gold’s ratio to these commodities, as this is primary to the investment case for premier gold stocks, both producers and explorers.  Targets … Continue reading

1.   The smartest millionaires of 1913 watched the Federal Reserve being formed with great interest.  They sold a million paper dollars and received 50,000 ounces of gold. 2.   Today’s paperbug millionaire of 2011 barely knows what the Fed is, let alone what an ounce of gold is.  If he sells his million US dollars today … Continue reading

Interesting to watch all of the Silver and Gold Bears running out into the streets from their caves beating their chests due to the silver shellacking we just saw.

It is no longer a matter of whether or not you should buy gold and/or silver but, rather, which type of investment(s) and how much. You don’t need a lot but you do need some – and here is a primer on just what type of investment vehicles are available and recommendations on just how … Continue reading

The US dollar has been reacting very bullish to the death of Osama bin Laden, the figurehead of Al Qaeda. Short-term investors have shown a renewed interest in the US dollar (UUP) as near-term resistance and the 50-day moving average have broken to the upside.

Silver’s destiny with its 200-day moving average appears to be sealed this week as a brief bounce earlier in the week failed at the 50-day moving average.

Last week former FOMC Vice Chairman Alan Blinder gave a speech in which he said that more monetary stimulus would be needed in order to improve the employment situation in this country.  Blinder happens to be a senior economics professor at Princeton, where what’s-his-name, the current FOMC chief was departmant chairman.   Some analysts from Wall … Continue reading

Silver’s destiny with its 200-day moving average appears to be sealed this week as a brief bounce earlier in the week failed at the 50-day moving average.  From peak to trough so far this correction has run about 35%, which is still less than the 37% correction silver underwent from its parabolic peak in 2006. … Continue reading

I was interviewed yesterday by Al Korelin of the Korelin Economics Report. I discussed the technical outlook for Silver and the Gold/Silver ratio. Click Here, it is segment three.