Precious Metals Investing

We have seen weakness in the gold price over the past two weeks. If gold fails to break higher from its ongoing consolidation over the next 3-6 months, a significant culprit will sell amongst broad...

The Federal Reserve increased short-term interest rates on Wednesday by 0.25%. This is the fourth fed rate hike of the current cycle which began in December 2015. Short-term rates now stand at 1.00...

Gold closes higher by $14 (1.2%) to finish at $1,268 for the week. The precious metal is now close enough to its fundamental long-term 2011-2017 downtrend. We can again call this advance another at...

Let's review the primary operating motive of this series of articles. There are hundreds of fundamental factors driving the precious metals markets. (Currency debasement; potential stock market dec...

The gold market price fell $41 from a week before. $1,227 as of the final trade on the New York COMEX on Friday afternoon. This price represents a 3.3% drop from the close a week prior. A bounce is...

The gold to silver ratio (GSR) is the number of ounces of silver you need to purchase one ounce of gold. The timeline of the more aggressive move lower we were anticipating over the last several mo...

Given the turbulence in the world political scene surrounding the French election let us take the opportunity this week to update our perspective on gold in foreign currencies. There has been saber...

Gold is inching closer to a resolution of the primary pattern that we have monitored for the last six months. The decision of this pattern is going to define the trajectory for the precious metals ...