Precious metals news

"If the value of government-guaranteed debt is ever called into question, gold is the only practical way of hedging such a development."

"An eventual break of $1,525 will set the stage for a move to the old 2011 highs, perhaps as soon as..."

The single most important bond in the world is the US 10-Year Treasury bond. According to modern financial theory, this bond, with a duration that is meant to cover a full economic cycle, is generally considered the “risk free” rate of the return for the entire financial system. Corporate debt, mortgage rates, auto loans, even

the purchasing power of the dollar with regards to these assets has been purposefully demolished by the Fed’s monetary policies...

SD Midweek: The short-term gold & silver charts are already looking pretty ugly, and the pressure could be increasing all day long...

"So Jerome Powell has a decision to make, be a Janet Yellen clone, or show markets that a new sheriff is in town and that he means business."

Can someone show me the "Trump Boom" please? Looks like more of the same.

U.S. regulators have moved to crack down on the industry after the emergence of various companies or people raising money through an ICO, or initial coin offering, with no apparent business behind it.

Higher oil prices could knock the global economy​ off course, analysts have warned, as the price has jumped by more than 50pc since its most recent low point in June 2017.

Euro zone inflation slowed further in January, underpinning the European Central Bank's caution in removing stimulus any further as even a surge in crude oil prices is keeping consumer price pressures muted.

BOJ should maintain current policy as long as it is not sure of the effects of other possible options.

Gold prices rose on Wednesday from one-week lows hit in the previous session, as the dollar fell against a basket of major currencies and traders awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.

The dollar fell by a quarter of a percent on Wednesday, putting it on track for its biggest monthly drop in nearly two years as U.S. President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address failed to offer any comfort to ailing dollar bulls.

Captain Ewave says this rally could still extend further and challenge the 1378.00 high before it's all over. Here's the details...

"From our perspective it begins and ends with gold and silver. If these monetary metals are brought back to the table we will..."

Stewart Thomson says there may be some big news for the gold market this Thursday. Here's the details...

Peter Schiff recently attended the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. While he was there, he did an interview with Daniela Cambone of Kitco News.
Peter and Cambone talked gold, and Peter said he thinks the yellow metal is set to soar, despite the sentiment that Federal Reserve Rate hikes will hold gold down.
Gold has not really rallied. It's been going up, right? But it's been creeping higher. Now, everybody expected it to fall. Everybody believed that as soon as the Fed hiked rates, gold's gonna tank. And it didn't tank. It rallied."

Jim Rickards has been talking $10,000 gold for a while. This seems like an absurd number, but Rickards insists the dynamic exist to push gold to that level - when the world financial system collapses under its own weight.
Rickards has been making the rounds again lately, saying gold is in the midst of its third bull run and has plenty of room to go.
In my view, we're in the third bull market of my lifetime. The first one was 1971 to 1980. Gold went up over 2,000%. The second one was 1999 to 2011. Gold went up 655%. We're in a new bull market that started in December 2015. Gold's up 27% since then. Gold was up in 2016-2017. First back-to-back year of gold gains since 2011-2012. So, 2018 will be a breakout year ... we're actually in the third year of a bull market with a very long way to run."

On the surface the MSM articles appear to be "pro-gold", but under the surface, there's an "anti-gold" agenda. Check out this latest example for more...

Banks started showing cracks back in 2007 and before long they started breaking support and fell hard. The current bank trend remains UP at this time. The