Precious Metals
Will The Federal Reserve Clobber Gold?
The Federal Reserve will release another announcement today or set of notes, depending on how you want to look at it. Either way, it will probably be a critical day for gold. First, let’s see where we are. Gold has basically been going sideways for about 2 months now, trending sideways after a local high. […]
Gold: The Great Diversifier
It’s no secret to you that I am still more bearish on gold than bullish. And it’s no secret to me that a lot of our subscribers still like gold and feel that it is still a safe haven and a good store of value long term. Despite having argued that gold was one of the largest bubbles […]
This Week’s Thoughts On Gold Investing
Your sleepy Gold Enthusiast woke up bullish this morning for no apparent reason. Yes, gold is hovering along between 1480 and 1500 in a bullish flag chart formation, and Yes, Russia admits they’re accumulating gold to help steady their economy. As all countries should probably be doing… But as the morning coffee kicks in, it’s more than that. The real […]
A Simple Way to Trade Silver
Is there a simple way to understand silver? Yes indeed, silver analysts – including your friendly Gold Enthusiast – do sometimes prattle on about this and that factor, and how the silver markets are paying attention to this right now, that a bit later. What if you just wanted a really simple way to trade silver? We’d […]
When Will We Run Out Of Valuable Metals? It’s Sooner Than Expected!
Valuable metals have a long history in human civilization, being recognized as sacred objects in ancient times, playing pivotal roles in ancient culture, existing as cornerstones in the industrial revolution and maintaining their high demand in modern periods. Today, valuable metals such as gold, aluminum, copper, silver and co. have gone beyond their investment demands to fulfill […]
Economic Uncertainty Means A Bullish Trend For Gold And Bitcoin
According to the World Uncertainty Index (WUI) quarterly reports, the first and second quarter of 2019 has had the highest levels of uncertainty in global trade since 1996. The latest IMF projections also indicate that amid Economic uncertainty the growth of the global economy is set to slow down from a 3.6 percent growth in 2018 to a 3.3 […]
Will Silver (SLV) Prices Keep Sliding?
Silver’s impressive run-up came to a halt last Thursday when some good news about the US-China trade war hit the Twitterverse. (We’ve given our opinion on that already, so we’ll just move on.) You’ll remember our adage about drops hitting 3x as hard as rises – well it wasn’t true in this case. The last 3 trading days brought a drop […]
4 Triggers That Could Kick Gold Into High Gear
Here’s why the current gold rally will keep going “Gold will never produce anything,” Warren Buffett once declared. “Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative.” And yet, this “lifeless” asset often springs to life at the exact moment when many investors are eulogizing it. In fact, gold usually finds its […]
Why Gold Is Just Getting Started
Despite the best efforts of price manipulators and even new forms of money, gold just won’t go away. In between articles about the ongoing trade war between the US and China, Trump’s latest twits, and central bankers trying to make everyone happy about the economy, there is still a good old-fashioned sense that something is truly wrong with the world […]
Gold And Silver Boosted By First Fed Rate Cut Since 2008 Crisis
Silver is set to outperform gold based on gold/silver ratio, silver mining companies present excellent entry points. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday (July 31, 2019) for the first time in more than a decade. It was trying to keep America’s record-long economic expansion going by insulating the economy from mounting global threats. August 1, 2019, just […]
