As investors await the incoming Bidenadministration and the uncertainties that a transition of power may bring, preciousmetals markets regained some ground through Thursday’s close but have pulledback again on Friday, especially silver and platinum. Preciousmetals prices and financial markets haveseemingly been unaffected by recent political turmoil. Investors have beennonchalant in the face...Read More

Hurray! The disastrous year of 2020, which brought about the COVID-19 pandemic , the Great Lockdown , and the economic crisis , is over! Now, the question is what will 2021 be like – both for the U.S. economy and the gold market.To provide an answer, below I analyze the most important economic trends for the next year and their implications for the yellow metal. 1.Society gains herd immunity...Read More

Gold/SPX indicated the excess and the gold miners are correcting that excessIn and around the August time frame we noted (in NFTRH) high risk to the gold miners because the price of HUI had gotten a million miles ahead of gold’s ratio to the stock market. That was typical bit in the mouth enthusiasm by the gold “community”, as even Warren Buffett bought a gold stock (and signaled...Read More

The price of gold remains at $1,850, and the key drivers are higher bond yields and a stronger risk appetite.Last week, the yellow metal tanked below $1,900 again, and it hasn’t rebounded since the plunge – instead, the price of gold has stayed at around $1,850. What happened? The main driver of the recent weakness in the precious metals market has been the Democratic victory in the Ge...Read More

What a week! First gold soared to almost $1,960, but then its price (London P.M. Fix) plunged to $1,863 on January 8, as the chart below shows.This is quite strange (and bearish) behavior, given what happened last week. First, there were violent pro-Trump protests in Washington D.C. The rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. During these riots, five people died. Given the chaos in the capital, gold, wh...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger ruminates on how the storming of the U.S. Capitol has affected both America's reputation and the precious metals markets, as well as on the value of "value."The events of this week are dominating the news cycle, with a sitting president days away from being replaced while Congressional and Senatorial leaders debate whether he should be impeached immediatel...Read More

Below is our long term goldforecast, it continues to be bullish on a monthly basis, despite the turbulenceof 2020 gold has performed well and a pause for a few months is entirelyreasonable given the speed of its initial acceleration. As you can see from our monthlychart, gold is clearly at significant levels - hovering around the 2011 highs, theunderlying structure of the market is still very posi...Read More

In this first trading week of 2021, a new investment theme appears to be emerging. That theme can be summed up in a single word – reflation.A resurgence of inflation is being priced into asset classes across the board. Stocks are rallying to new records. Shares of Tesla and alternative energy companies are going to the moon. Marijuana stocks are suddenly back in vogue. Bitcoin is going bonke...Read More

2021 started off well for gold. It’s not surprising, as January is usually positive for the yellow metal, but the Georgia runoff results may constitute an additional bullish factor in the longer term.What a start to the new year! Gold has begun 2021 very well : as the chart below shows, the price of the yellow metal (London A.M. Fix) increased from $1,891 on December 31, 2020 to $1,947 on Ja...Read More

If you follow our research, you already know my research team and I have authored multiple articles related to how Metals and Miners are poised for a big rally in 2021 and beyond.  But do you understand what this means for other market sectors and assets?  Are you ready for one of the most dynamic investing environments we’ve seen since 1945 or earlier? Gold and Miners are showing...Read More

The thing that most likely raisedquite a few eyebrows this week was – in addition to gold’s recent move byitself – the fact that gold rallied mostly without the dollar’s help. Yesterday(Jan. 5) I wrote that one swallow doesn’t make a summer and that a singlesession rarely changes much.We didn’t have to wait for long – thesituation seems to be getting back...Read More

Peter Krauth discusses the confluence of factors that points to the gold bull market having plenty of upside ahead. In investing, as in life, perspective is everything.To some, gold at $1,525 as we started out 2020 seemed expensive. Today, it's trading at $1,940, producing a 27% gain.And yet, from several viewpoints, gold still looks cheap at current prices. Debt, easy money and geopolitical risks...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses the dollar's fall and what it means for gold. We now have a very rare setup for gold which is in position to "go ballistic" as the dollar collapses. The dollar is being intentionally destroyed by the Fed, which is creating dollars in vast unprecedented quantities in order to buy up distressed assets on the cheap and in order to pave the way for the new "digi...Read More

Gold ended 2020 at $1,891, partially thanks to monetary policy easing. In 2021, the Fed may not trigger a comparable rally in gold, but it should offer gold prices some support.Welcome to 2021! I hope that it will be a wonderful year for all of you; a much healthier, calmer and normal year than 2020 was. And even more profitable of course! Indeed, at least gold bulls could be satisfied with the la...Read More

If global elites have their way, 2021 will bethe year of the “Great Reset.”They believe now, after the coronavirus and lockdownpolicies have inflicted a heavy toll on the public, is the perfect opportunityto implement their technocratic vision.Their longstanding plans to transform economiesin the name of various “sustainability” and “equity” goals are beingaggre...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company's revenue plunged in the fourth quarter as the miner delayed sales while it negotiated a partnership agreement with manufacturer Safdico.The company did not garner any revenue from its Mothae mine in Lesotho while it concluded talks over a sales deal with the Graff subsidiary related to rough from that site. In addition, it held only one sale of goods from its Lu...Read More

RAPAPORT... The US jewelry industry continued to downsize in the fourth quarter of 2020, with 91 companies leaving the business, according to data from the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT).Only one firm went bankrupt, while 21 dropped out due to mergers or takeovers, the JBT reported last week. A further 69 closed for other reasons.The number of exits plunged 71% compared with the same period of 2019...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Women's Jewelry Association (WJA) has chosen Susan Chandler, the chief merchandising officer for Citizen Watch America, as president-elect of its international board of directors. She will serve in the position during the term of office that runs from 2022 to 2023. In her role at WJA, Chandler will help foster community, connection and collaboration within the trade, the assoc...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond billionaire Beny Steinmetz has been sentenced to five years in jail after a Swiss court convicted him of bribing officials in Guinea for valuable mining rights.He was found guilty of paying $8.5m in bribes to Mamadie Tour?? (C), ex-wife of Lansana Cont?? (C), the country's former president, to secure iron ore rights for the BSGR Group (Beny Steinmetz Group Resources).I...Read More

Although markets look strong and poised to soar higher, valuations will play a vital role this year. Stocks already at peaks with large premiums could see some pullback in the short to medium term. Here are three such TSX stocks investors must be cautious with.BlackBerryThe Canadian software company BlackBerry (TSX:BB)(NYSE:BB) has been in the news recently for all the right reasons. The stock, wh...Read More