Precious Metals
Gold Prices May Reach $1,500 By This Time Next Year
Ever-climbing stock prices have kept a lid on gold prices for most of this year, but that could be about to change. Fund managers from Incrementum believe we have entered the early stages of a new bull market for gold, although they don’t expect an easy path upward. In their annual “In Gold We Trust” report, Ronald-Peter […]
COT Report Predicts Silver Going Down
Every precious metal trader has been enthralled by the recent run-up in both silver and gold. It’s brought back talk of a “silver surge”, especially with regard to the ratio of silver to gold, which remains very close to the highest ever. This has moved some analysts to call for investors to abandon gold in favor of silver. […]
Gold vs Bitcoin: Which One Is The Big Winner?
The debate over gold vs Bitcoin rages on. We’ve talked about this before, maybe it’s time for an update. As you probably know, Bitcoin fell off the cliff back in November (2018) and spent the first quarter of 2019 in the toilet. Recently it’s made a comeback and is now trading around 8000 USD. Needless to say, this […]
Through Its Purchase Of Gold, China Is Sending The U.S. A Major Warning
China announced yesterday that they increased their central gold reserves by 480,000 oz (approx 14.9 tonnes) in April, noting that this is the fifth straight month of increases. The announcement also noted this brings Chinese reserves to 61.1 million ounces with a value of $78.35 billion USD, as of the end of April. This is an old story to regular readers […]
4 Reasons Why Silver Has Been Dropping
Silver bulls have been confounded lately by the metal’s inability to get up off the floor and run. There are lots of reasons why silver should go higher. After all, we are at prices only slightly higher than they were after fallback from the Hunt brothers trying to corner the silver market back in 1980. You’d think […]
Gold Dropped Below 1280 & Appears To Be Staying There
International gold prices dropped below 1280 on April 16. We’ve been pointing at the 1285/1280 price area as important support for a long time, as history shows it is significant time and again. This is the 1-year chart of GLD, with the red line indicating the GLD equivalent of the 1280/1285 price. You can see […]
Is Buffett Wrong About Gold?
If you asked 100 random people today who in their opinion is the most known investor, probably 70 would mention Warren Buffet, the icon of investing in stocks. The legend that has been built around the “Oracle of Omaha” over the last 40 years is indeed impressive. While I very often agree with his views regarding, […]
Gold Retakes 1300 Amid Rising Uncertainty
As you know, gold dropped down through 1300 two weeks ago. That gave gold bulls a mild heart attack because the story for gold rising includes a little bit about “rising.” Not “falling.” A touch of a difference there. And 1300 is a key pivot point for gold; it can’t go up without staying above 1300 (just to drive […]
Palladium – More Precious Than Gold!
In 1803, a bright and ambitious chemist disrupted the world by discovering a rare and lustrous silvery white metal. This man was W.H Wollaston, and he named this metal Palladium, after the asteroid of Pallas that was discovered two months prior to his discovery. Palladium has been used as a precious metal in jewelry since […]
The Reason Why Silver Is In ‘No Mans Land’
Today marks a moment in history for your friendly Gold Enthusiast. Due to increasing requests, we’re starting coverage of the world of silver as well as gold. Because we want to make this as easy for you as possible we’ll be covering gold Monday – Wednesday – Friday, and silver Tuesday – Thursday. So if you’re only […]
