Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices stayed on an upward trend on Friday December 11, despite environmental restrictions being imposed on steel mills in the steelmaking hub of Tangshan, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $160.13 per tonne, up $3.55 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $160.41 per tonne, up $3.62 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grad...Read More

In Part I of this research article I highlighted the incredible rally in Gold related to a 2020 Anchor point and how that rally in Gold compared to the QQQ and SPY.  In this second Part I am going to highlight the price appreciation in the QQQ and SPY in comparison to Gold since 2009.  It is important to understand how the equities/stocks have rallied in comparison to Gold because the ra...Read More

The price paid for seaborne low-volatile pulverized coal injection (PCI) material in the fob market rose on Friday December 11 due to tight supply, sources said. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $103.04 per tonne, up $0.15 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $179.63 per tonne, up $1.03 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $92.97 per tonne, up $0.41 per tonneHard...Read More

Is silver really going to languish much longer in the low $20s while everything else in the ENTIRE WORLD is TOTALLY SKYROCKETING in price?(by Half Dollar) I think they're going to crash the stock market.The sheeple do need a good fleecing, and you can only really let a few of them win the lottery anyway.And right now, in the rigged casino known as Wall Street, EVRYONE thinks he or she is a winner....Read More

Gold may have comeoff the boil a bit after rising beyond $1,900 an ounce in the aftermath of theUS election, but the precious metal will do well under a Biden presidency, anAhead of the Herd analysis has found. The main factors aredrastically increased government spending, leading to even more unsustainableUS debt levels than currently; dovish monetary policy as the Fed continues toadvocate &ldquo...Read More

Precious metals markets got off to arocky start this week as Wall Street celebrated promising developments on thevaccine front. On Monday, stocks surged while gold and silver soldoff hard. That selling didn’t bring downside follow through, however. Themetals held trading range support levels and pared some of their earlier lossesheading into this Friday the 13th.A metal we don’t often...Read More

Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony, cofounders of Seabridge Gold, look at the macroeconomic factors they believe will move gold higher. The gold market entered a period of increased volatility during the third quarter, usually a positive indicator for the metal. A growing number of investors and analysts recommended the accumulation of gold as it began to move out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Gl...Read More

My research team and I went off on a wild tangent trying to identify how the markets could react to the recent spike in price activity on Monday, November 9, 2020.  This is the day that Pfizer announced a 90% effective rate with its new COVID-19 vaccine, causing the US stock market to skyrocket higher before the opening bell in New York. As with most pop-and-drops, this incredible upside spik...Read More

Is silver leading Bitcoin or is Bitcoinleading silver? Well, it depends on which time framing one is looking at.On this chart comparison below, silverappears to be leading the way higher compared to Bitcoin: I have marked out points (A to C and 1 to 5)on both charts to show how patterns on both silver and Bitcoin could besimilar. Point C represents the lows for both silver and Bitcoin in March oft...Read More

Peter Krauth looks into what Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine efficacy announcement could mean for gold and silver. Believe it or not, the big deal for precious metals this week was not the U.S. election.It was news that Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine was over 90% effective in preventing the virus, and would likely be among the first to receive FDA authorization.Monday was massively...Read More

We last wrote to you roughly ten days ago.We concluded, “It appears GDX and GDXJ will test their September lows at $37 and $52 reasonably soon. Should GDX & GDXJ break those lows to the downside, then we should get ready to buy.”GDX and GDXJ did break their September lows but only for a day. They closed below those levels on October 29 and then gapped down the next day. But as...Read More

Below is a chart (source) showing a 10-year history of silver prices. The prices are adjusted for inflation… As you can see, the price of silver today is well below its peak price in 2011. At $24 per ounce, silver is down fifty-six percent since August 2011. When the silver price collapsed almost forty percent in just a few weeks earlier this year, its price briefly broke below $12 per ounc...Read More

Brace yourselves, winter is coming!This is what Ned Stark in the Game of Thrones told his people to prepare themfor the leaner times he saw coming. While one of the biggest threats in GOTwere the White Walkers, in our reality, the pandemic is again the greatest danger. As the chart below shows, the second wave of the coronavirus infections is no longer a mere possibility – it’s happeni...Read More

The currency markets have just announcedwhat is coming for silver. This was explained in my previousarticle.The USD/ZAR ratio has now broken down. Thissets silver up to finish the year with a very strong rally: Although silver has been strong since thepeak of the USD/ZAR ratio in April, this breakdown means that we are likely tosee an acceleration in price increases.This breakdown also means that...Read More

The elections are behind us. However,the official results are still not definite. What does it mean for gold prices?Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Presidentof the United States is… still unknown! The election results are not available,as some states are still counting the votes. The race is very balanced, withfew states remaining too close to call. At the moment of writing this report,Joe Bi...Read More

In Monday’sanalysis , I wrote that the market situation is likely to becomemore specific right before, during, and perhaps shortly after the U.S. presidentialelections . And by “specific”, I mean that the markets could beginmoving against their previous trends.Well, that’s precisely what we’vewitnessed so far. The overnight volatility is significant as the markets try...Read More

Peter Krauth explains why he believes gold will be the biggest winner in the election.There's no shortage of prognostications or conjecture about the U.S. election.Of course, everyone has an opinion.Some like red, some like blue, some like neither.Last week's volatility in stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities is a clear signal that markets are uneasy. They hate uncertainty.If the election's o...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Growing US crude production – particularly in the midcontinent and Rockies regions – is upending traditional Gulf Coast pipeline routes.The result? An unprecedented great American oil pipeline build-out. The shale revoluti...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Speaking after ConocoPhillips announced it will take over Concho Resources in a $9.7 billion all-stock deal, Robert Clarke, vice president, Lower 48 upstream, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “The combination is remarkable. Just in scal...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Big Oil is on the move, feeling its way into a changing energy world. There are two sides to adapting: how to decarbonise oil and gas and how to build a sustainable business around zero-carbon technology. Valentina Kretschmar, VP and...Read More