We’ve already posted our opinions on the agreement which is expected to create a TARP-style program to prop up Europe’s weak banks. In our view, the proposal is not big enough and…
The financial world has been waiting for the decision from the United States Supreme Court on Obamacare and the reaction depends upon which sector and asset class you are following. We have…
With commodities on the retreat and with preliminary inflation running very low, you can imagine that the gold and silver markets are trading softer again. Gold is down 1.3% at $1581.50 per…
The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (AMEX: GLD) is off about -0.2% at $156.89 in a 52-week range of $143.97-$185.85. The iShares Gold Trust (AMEX: IAU) is off about -0.1% at $15.76 in…
Gold and silver are finally acting in the manner they should be again. For months and months, gold (and silver as a more speculative gold trade) investors and speculators were having an…
Of the top 25 price gainers today, 15 are gold or silver miners, most are the juniors, and all are up about 9%-12%. Recent weak US employment news and a pricey dollar-euro…
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 the day,…
Jon C. Ogg 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 the miners…
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 tidbits when…
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 there are…
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 own sector. …
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 at least…
What happens when the Federal Reserve Chairman acts less optimistic and less as though he is ready to endlessly hit the quantitative easing button? It might not be the same as a tightening move,…
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) under its…
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 will remain…
