The market was down significantly earlier in the day with a double-digit S&P 500 drop and a triple-digit drop in the DJIA. We wanted to see some unusual gainers on ... Read Full Story »
Gold and silver have finally indicated that the free fall we saw over the last month may have at least stabilized. The markets are mixed today in the commodities and ... Read Full Story »
The World Gold Council has released its first quarter report on global gold demand. Some of the report may be as most expected, but the report also contains some interesting ... Read Full Story »
There is no point in arguing about it. Gold and silver are just the wrong trades in the current state of the markets. Hope may be near for support, but ... Read Full Story »
During some points in the market cycle, gold is a hedge against the dollar. Sometimes it is a risk-on trade that follows the stock market as though it was its ... Read Full Story »
Gold is trying to recover on Thursday as it moves back and forth between being a risk-trade asset and an end of the world trade. While gold may be on the mend or ... Read Full Story »
They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector. Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) ... Read Full Story »
Silver and gold miners just got some great news today after having lost so much luster in recent months. The FOMC has now telegraphed that it expects that interest rates ... Read Full Story »
Asking a technician or chartist about directional movement is often mind-numbing for fundamental investors. Basing future price movement prediction solely on the past without a care about the underlying fundamentals and ... Read Full Story »
Gold took it on the chin today because the Euro Zone bailout is not looking quite as robust nor as inflationary as many market participants have been hoping for. Living ... Read Full Story »
A state superior court judge in Alaska has ruled against an environmental group in a lawsuit aimed at stopping development of the Pebble gold and copper mine project in the ... Read Full Story »
In what appears to be a counterintuitive move, CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today raised its margin requirements for copper futures contracts. The requirement rose by 15%, from $6,750 to $7,763 ... Read Full Story »
The markets opened in the red this morning but have recovered after the ISM Manufacturing data favored very low growth rather than recession. There were a number of stocks getting a ... Read Full Story »
On the way up, you heard many $2,000 gold targets. On the way down, the dooms-day crowd not only gets bold but they come out of the woodwork. Monday marked ... Read Full Story »
Owning gold or silver has been tricky up until recent years. It has also been a wild ride. Now with the flourishing ETFs, investors can buy the most liquid gold ... Read Full Story »