It’s been a boring few years for gold miners in general and junior gold miners in particular. The metal has been in a trading range, capital has been relatively scarce, and major deals even scarcer. But under the surface things are bubbling, as a handful of emerging players put up good numbers and make their […]
Jay Taylor: Under “Basel III” Rules, Gold Becomes Money!
In his latest newsletter commodities analyst Jay Taylor notes that a very important date is approaching: In 2018, central banks added nearly 23 million ounces of gold, up 74% from 2017. This is the highest annual purchase rate increase since 1971, and the second-highest rate in history. Russia was the biggest buyer. And not surprisingly, […]
The Coming Wave Of Junior Gold Miner Buyouts
Spend a little time researching gold mining stocks and you’ll notice that once you get past a handful of familiar names there’s a long list of companies you’ve never heard of. Most of these are the proverbial “hole in the ground with a liar standing next to it.” But a fair number are real miners […]
Three Junior Miners You’ll Be Hearing About
In the notoriously hype-ridden junior miner space there’s never a shortage of great-sounding stories. Most fail to pan out, which means investors who survive in this sector are first and foremost cynics. Still, some juniors do end up succeeding in a big way. Here are three that have a good chance: Great Bear Resources A […]
Robert Moriarty’s New Book Will Save You A Lot Of Money
If you’re paying attention you’re probably 1) watching gold rise along with global instability, and 2) wondering if it’s finally time to load up on precious metals mining stocks. But of course you have no idea how to do this successfully, because hardly anyone does. Robert Moriarty – veteran mining analyst and proprietor of the […]
Hello Old Friend…Gold Nears $1,350 Resistance That Has Repelled It Four Times In 5 Years
The past five years have been baffling for gold bugs. In an environment of massive central bank money creation, rising government deficits and a populist takeover of many countries’ political systems – all of which should be great for safe haven assets – gold has spiked to around $1,350 four times, only to be smacked […]
Sudden Sentiment Shift: The Mainstream Rediscovers Precious Metals
It’s amazing what a few weeks of outperformance will do for an asset class. Gold and silver, after being pretty much ignored for the past few years, are now the shiny new toys of the investment world. From just the past couple of days: Highest Central Bank Buying in 50 Years Drives Growth in Gold […]
If You Could Design A Perfect World For Gold…
Are you sick of your gold just sitting there when it was supposed to have long since made you rich? Have you been fantasizing about a world in which your gold really does make you rich? If so you’re in good – or at least numerous – company. So let’s sketch out such a world. […]
Gold Is Up Lately. Why Does It Feel So Disappointing?
Since December gold (light blue line) has outperformed the average stock (dark blue) by a nice margin. So why does this feel like such a let-down? Because the stars were aligned for a much bigger move. The structure of the late 2018 futures market had speculators historically short – which normally portends a big price […]
Jay Taylor: Gold Is The Go-To Safe Haven Of 2019
2019 is looking like one of those either/or years, where growing financial instability leads to either a 2008-style financial crash or another round of asset inflation. In Jay Taylor’s latest newsletter, he concludes that both scenarios are good for gold: Which Safe Haven Markets Will Dominate in 2019? If we are, as I believe, on […]
Gold Mining Stocks Are Going Up Faster Than Gold
The past couple of years have been brutal for precious metals mining stocks. Gold and silver went down a little while the miners went down a lot – four times as much to be exact. That’s painful but not surprising. The miners, being in effect options on the underlying metals, tend to be a lot […]
Gold Is Setting Up For A Nice First-Half Rally
Precious metals investors don’t have much to console them these days. Just about the only bright spot is the nice, though ephemeral, pop in the gold/silver price that seems to happen every January. Sometimes it persists for six or so months, sometimes it ends before the snows do. But either way it’s more fun than […]
Marin Katusa: Tax Loss Selling Season Will Produce Some “Particularly Juicy Gold Stock Opportunities”
Investors with beaten-down gold/silver mining shares in their portfolio have three choices: Dump those losers for the tax loss before year-end; hold on in the hope that they’ve bottomed and will go up next year; or take advantage of others’ tax loss selling to pick up the bargains thus created. Commodities analyst Marin Katusa recommends […]
This Is What A Paper Gold Short Squeeze Looks Like
Huge recent imbalances in the gold futures market led many to predict that speculators (usually wrong at big turning points) would be forced to close out their historically extreme short bets. Put another way, too many traders were using gold futures contracts to bet that precious metals will go down, and when those bets are […]
Gold Is Becoming Cool Again
The sentiment shift is still subtle, but it’s both real and widespread. After a few years of being ignored and/or dismissed as basically useless, gold is cool again, attracting positive press and increasing accumulation by big investors. India, for instance, imported less gold than usual in the first part of this year but lately has […]
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