Precious Metals
Could Silver Hit $100? These 3 Standout Stocks Are Set to Strike It Rich
Gold’s meteoric rise in 2025, with prices soaring to a record $4,200 an ounce, has dominated headlines, often eclipsing silver’s own remarkable performance. Yet silver is having a standout year, with prices climbing above $52 an ounce, outpacing even the S&P 500’s stellar returns this year. This surge suggests silver’s upward trajectory isn’t over — some analysts […]
Gold Miners Are Crushing Gold: UBS Says Grab These 5 Cheap Picks
In 2025, gold-mining stocks are generally outperforming the price of gold, driven by high gold prices and improved operational efficiencies. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX), a key benchmark for gold-mining stocks, surged 52.7% year to date through July 2025, compared to gold’s 25.35% gain. The case for gold and gold miners is compelling for […]
Gold’s Rally Is Real, But The Smart Money Is On Silver
Gold just pushed through $3,300 per ounce. Silver is still dramatically undervalued, trading around $35, but that may not last much longer. For simplicity, I will use the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) as a proxy for physical silver. SLV shares gives investors direct exposure to silver by physically holding silver bullion. When you buy SLV, […]
Will Gold Hit $4,000 Per Ounce In 2025? Experts Weigh In
It seems like the price of gold just keeps hitting record after record. In March, gold prices surpassed the $3,000-per-ounce mark for the first time ever. Now, they’re sitting around $3,300 per ounce — and climbing. The reasons are many, but economic uncertainty, geopolitical instability, and unpredictable market performance are all part of it, driving consumers to safe-haven assets that protect their […]
Gold Prices Are Forecast To Rise Another 8% This Year
The price of gold has surged more than 40% since the start of January 2024, repeatedly shattering records. Goldman Sachs Research forecasts the rally in gold will continue amid demand from central banks. The price of the precious metal is predicted to climb a further 8% to $3,100 a troy ounce by the end of […]
Will Gold Prices Hit Another All-Time High In 2025?
Gold prices climbed to fresh record highs early in the year, surpassing the previous all-time high set in October, following President Trump’s focus on tariffs and rising trade tensions between U.S. and China. The precious metal surpassed multiple record peaks in in 2024 and broke through the $2,900/oz for the first time in February, […]
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 […]
