Category: Gold and Silver 2015
The analysis published under this category are as follows.Friday, February 06, 2015
Silver Price Losing its Grip of the Recent Uptrend / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Though still rising (for now) amid higher-highs and higher-lows, Silver is beginning to show signs of losing its grip on the uptrend established from its December low.
After peaking at $18.50 upon brief encounter with a well-established bearish and declining 200-day average, the dollar-price of silver today is breaching its short-term uptrend line.
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Thursday, February 05, 2015
Long-term Relationship Between Gold and Crude Oil Price Challenged / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief this week after a case of the jitters the last couple of weeks. Fears over a deflationary plunge in the euro zone had sparked an increased demand for safe haven assets, including gold and silver. The decline to multi-year lows in the crude oil market as recently as a few days ago also fed into investors’ desire for safety. In the last couple of days, however, those fears have at least momentarily abated as the oil price has rallied while Treasury prices and the U.S. dollar have declined. Consequently, gold and silver safe haven demand has declined in recent days.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Marc Faber says Short Central Banks and Buy Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Faber: “Only one way to short central banks and that is to buy gold”.
Marc Faber warned at the weekend that 2015 may be the year that investors will lose confidence in central banks and that investors will “suddenly realise what a scam that central banking is”.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Gold and Silver - Playing Their Game / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
My Subscribers and I were prepared for Thursday’s and continuing assault on the Precious Metals – here is how we knew to expect a pullback:
In the long run we anticipate that gold and silver will offer reliable protection in an environment where governments are using the printing press to meet expenses.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Exponential Explosions in Debt, the S&P, Crude Oil, Silver and Consumer Prices / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
In 1913 the US national debt was less than $3 Billion, gold was real money, and a cup of coffee cost a nickel.
By 2015 the US national debt had increased to over $18,000,000,000,000 ($18 Trillion), the gold standard was called a “barbarous relic,” most currencies had devolved into fiat paper and digital symbols backed by insolvent governments, and a Grande soy cinnamon latte, double pump, triple shot, extra hot, with sprinkles cost about five bucks.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Gold Fix Overhaul as Chinese Banks Join Western Banks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
- Replacement for the near-century-old London gold fix will start in March
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London gold fix to Shanghai gold fix – still not transparent
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Stealth run on the London bullion market continuing?
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Oil surges 11%; deflation deepening
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Increasing signs of a slowdown of the U.S. economy is supporting gold
Monday, February 02, 2015
Gold Consolidating Gains / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Gold and silver prices consolidated recent gains this week, both having become overbought short-term, and they now appear to be building a base before an attempt to convincingly attack higher ground, though yesterday’s price reaction was quite sharp. The recent slightly overbought situation for gold is shown in the chart below, which is of the Comex Managed Money category net position:
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Monday, February 02, 2015
Gold & US Banks; a Critical Juncture / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
It’s all about confidence, right? Right.
In 2011, when the commodity and ‘inflation’ trades blew out, the Federal Reserve was completely discredited, with gold bugs out front poking them in the eye with taunts of “Helicopter Ben”. Markets rebelled against the Fed by sending silver to $50 and commodities in general to an all-time high.
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Monday, February 02, 2015
Gold Surges 8 Per Cent In January On Reignited Global Risks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
In January, gold surged 8 per cent in dollar terms, 11 per cent in pound terms and a very large 16 per cent in euro terms. January’s 8.4% gain for gold in dollar terms was the best month in terms of price gains in three years.
Thus once again, gold bullion performed its role as a hedging instrument and a safe haven asset in January as the outlook became decidedly more uncertain – particularly in the Eurozone.
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Monday, February 02, 2015
Gold and Silver Price Forecasting Problem / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”- Theodore RubinThe media sensation surrounding various storms of the century has been astounding. Meteorological prediction is complex science to say the least. The fact that 24 hour forecasts have become almost 87% accurate over the years is a testament to modern science – and, in particular, chaos theory.
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Monday, February 02, 2015
Gold Gets Safe Haven Bids But COMEX Has Stopping Power / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
This article is part of a series of in-depth market analyses for gold investors. Our aim is to publish this type of analysis on a weekly basis. It is not meant to be investment advice, but it should provide precious metals investors key insights about the ongoing and expected gold price trend(s).
Our focus is on chart analysis. With an average of 10 to 15 charts per article, we will cover not only the gold market but also intermarket analysis. It is our core belief that all financial assets, including gold and silver, attract bids relative to the (perceived) value of other financial assets. In other words, the attractiveness of gold is not only influenced by “internal” factors within the gold market but also by “external factors” like stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies. Makes sense probably, but a thorough and objective analysis is mandatory to identify intermarket influences.
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
Gold And Silver Price Probability for A Lower Low Has Increased / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Mention is often made that one should wait for confirmation of a particular move in futures before making a commitment, either way. Last week, it appeared evidence was mounting that November could be a possible low for the correction since late 2011. Then, we run across this graph from goldchartsrus.com which shows an inordinate build-up of short positions in silver by what we would call “smart money,” “insiders.”
These large traders do not make such overtly strong commitments to the short side without expectations that things will go their way. If anything can be said about the market manipulators, mostly the elite’s central bankers/Wall Street/Fed, it does not really matter as to accurate identity, for they hide their source[s] very well. What matters is the outcome from the effort, and to date, there has been a lot of “smashing” success in taking both silver and gold lower, at will, and with no opposition.
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Greeks Turn to Gold on Bank Bail-in and Drachma Risk / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
The Greek stock market is down 36% year to date; the risk of global contagion in the event of a Greek exit is very real. Ordinarily such a crisis would require a massive coordinated effort from global stakeholders, perhaps directed by the IMF or some other pan-national financial body. But not in this case; the rhetoric is nationally-based and biased without unity of purpose across finance ministries. Recent official soundings from the UK and German governments saying that exposure to Greece is limited only underscores the depth of denial, ignorance and lack of consensus that exists within the euro area. A Greek exit from the euro would profoundly weaken the euro experiment and create a dangerous precedent for all future crises in the region.
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Gold Price Short-Term Bottom Due, Higher into February / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
With the sharp selling in recent days, there is now the potential that another larger-degree peak has been seen in the Gold market. Having said that, this is not set in stone at the present time, and the various time cycles that I track suggest that we should be at or nearing at least a short-term bottom, with the potential for one final slingshot higher into early-to-mid February.
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Caught Inside the Crisis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
“If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!”-Mae West
A comment from my last essay, "Finding The Real Price Of Money", got me thinking about preparing for the eventual crisis.
That - and an experience I had in the ocean.
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Impending US Dollar Peak Should be Catalyst for Gold Price / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Gold has performed very well under the circumstances of declining inflation and a surging US$ index. Since 2014 the US$ index is up nearly 18% while Gold is up 3%. Since Gold's November low the US$ index is up over 10%. Had we known that at the time, we'd have thought Gold would be headed for $1000 and not the $1300 it recently hit. At present, the US$ index appears ripe for a correction or major pause in its uptrend. Given that Gold is priced in US$ and that Gold has shown strength in real terms, sustained US$ weakness could be a major boon for Gold and precious metals as a whole.
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Silver Investor David Morgan: Industrial Demand, Looper (Film), Dividends & Oil / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
How long have you been investing in silver?
Since my early 20’s, once I had a job and some sort of cash flow that was the real beginning. I did buy a few silver coins as a kid but nothing of significance.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
The Great "inflated" Expectations for Gold, Oil, Commodities -- and Now Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
There’s More to the Gold Price Rally Than European Market Fears / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
Gold was down 1.72 percent at the end of 2014, but things are looking up for the yellow metal. Last week I returned from presenting at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, where sentiment for gold was through the roof.And with good reason. Even though gold was down last year, it still ranked as the second-best-performing currency following the U.S. dollar. The metal has risen about 10 percent year-to-date, and last Tuesday, for the first time since mid-August, it broke through the $1,300 mark.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Gold's Time Has Come / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
December 1987 to March 1993: Gold fell 36% in 5.3 years
February 1996 to July 1999: Gold fell 40% in 3.4 years
August 2011 to November 2014: Gold fell 40% in 3.3 years
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