Is silver going lower for longer or headed higher? Here's a look at both sides of the debate...by Gary Christenson via SilverSeekSILVER PRICES OPTIMIST:DEMAND: Silver demand increases every year and will push prices higher. Our modern world depends upon electronics, computers, missiles, fighter jets, cruise missiles, technology, communication devices and more. Each new application adds to silve...Read More

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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best informationA frequently trotted-out rule in investing is when there is blood in the streets, it's time to take a stock position. When it comes to senior, mid-tier and junior gold stocks, the blood is definitely flowing, despite gold rising 4% year-on-year and 12.5% throughout 2017. The reason for gold stocks' current...Read More

RememberLIBOR? The interest rate which soared during the global financial crisis? It’son the rise again, but almost no one is paying adequate attention to it. We are– and we will analyze for you what this means for thegold market. Hello LIBOR,My Old FriendSimon and Garfunkel sang about darkness, the oldfriend. We can refer these words to LIBOR which has come to talk with us again.I bet...Read More

(Kitco News) - There are no visible triggers that could put a cap on the gold-silver ratio, ICBC Standard Bank said in a report.The gold-silver ratio has been trading at around 80 recently, nearing two-year highs on silver’s underperformance.“[The ratio] has not [traded] sustainably [above that level] since the early 1990s,” analyst at ICBC Marcus Garvey said in a report publishe...Read More

Maurice Jackson:Welcome to "Proven & Probable", where we focus on metals, mining and more. I'm your host, Maurice Jackson. Joining us for a conversation is Mickey Fulp, the Mercenary Geologist, to discuss trade wars and how you may benefit. Mr. Fulp, welcome to the show, sir.Mickey Fulp: Thanks a lot, Maurice. Always my pleasure to be here.Maurice Jackson.: Always a pleasure to have you on...Read More

Analyst Jayant Bhandari explains why he's bullish on gold right now and shares his tips for investing in junior resource stocks.Read full newsRead More

Last Thursday, the Dow Jones fell 724 points. It followed up with a 424 point decline on Friday. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq fell 2.43% Friday.Most analysts blamed the plunge on fear of an all-out trade war between the US and China. But the Federal Reserve rate hike on Wednesday also likely played a part in the stock market decline. The markets don't like the prospect of having their easy-money punch...Read More

Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with over 29 years experience as an exploration geologist searching for economic deposits of base and precious metals, industrial minerals, coal, uranium, and water in North and South America and China. Mickey has worked for junior explorers, major mining companies, private companies, and investors as a consulting economic geologist fo...Read More

Has silver's time finally arrived? This week Mike Maloney links to several pieces of news and data that show a massive shift in the silver market, as well as a gigantic nail in the coffin for the US Dollar Standard. Be sure to read the accompanying articles and watch the video Mike mentioned for some excellent in-depth analysis on why now might be the time for silver. Links to articles:David Stock...Read More

The markets plunged last week, and investors were flocking to hedge against a market downturn. In times of uncertainty, gold is a proven safe haven for investors. This makes sense, as gold and market crashes are negatively correlated. Need proof? From May 10, 2011, to October 3, 2011, the S&P lost 19% of its value, while gold gained 9.4%. During the last financial crisis, the S&P lost 5...Read More

Full Article/Video: You Want a Gold Rally? you're Going to Get it.By: Doug CaseyFor gold investors patiently awaiting a gold rally, Doug Casey's right-hand man says the time has come. "This is exactly the time, that something unrelated sets off a gold rally. The charts say it's time and the gold/silver ratio says its time, but it's not going to come from where you think, it's going to come from le...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was gold, up 2.50 percent. Gold traders are the most bullish they've been since January 26, according to Bloomberg's weekly survey. Gold is headed for its largest gain in five weeks after the Fed projected three interest rate hikes in 2018, easing concern that they would be more aggressive with four rate hikes for the...Read More

In a January post, I showed how the price of gold rallied in the months following the 2015 and 2016 December interest rate hikes-as much as 29 percent in the former cycle, 17.8 percent in the latter. Gold ended 2017 up double digits, despite pressure from skyrocketing stocks and massive cryptocurrency speculation.I forecast then that we could see another "Fed rally" this year following the rate hi...Read More

Gold continues upward on the trend reversal following the 2016 election.The outlook for increasing deficits and debt is bullish for the precious metal.Geopolitical risks are rising as Trump replaces administration diplomats with "hard-liners".Meantime, China's new yuan based oil futures contract could put more pressure on the American "petrodollar". Source: APMEX The outloo...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1352.90+$7.20Silver$16.69+$0.16XAU82.50+1.22%HUI178.97+1.19%GDM626.21+1.46%JSE Gold1129.86-1.40USD89.05-0.40Euro124.54+0.98Yen95.00-0.70Oil$65.55-$0.3310-Year2.846%+0.034T-Bond144.5625-0.15625Dow24202.60+2.84%Nasdaq7220.54+3.26%S&P2658.55+2.72%  The Metals: Gold climbed $10.10 to $1355.80 in late morning New York trade before it edged back lower into th...Read More

(Kitco News) - The only investment traders can safely bet on going up is gold, said Eric Sprott, billionaire precious metals investor and founder of Sprott Inc.“What’s going up? One thing — gold. And silver. That’s what we would expect to happen. It’s impossible to tighten monetary policy with the situation the [Fed] left us in,” Eric Sprott said during Sprott M...Read More

Via The Startup Societies Foundation“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”– Charles H. Duell, 1899“We will never make a 32 bit operating system.”– Bill Gates, 1989Do these quotes seem silly in retrospect? No doubt. However, there exists seemingly bulletproof wisdom of the ages that recent developments may end up overturning:“Financial advice?...Read More

Tesla is scrambling.BMW and Volkswagen are following suit.And the "Apple Effect" is swinging into full force.Just after Apple announced it was in talks to secure its future supply of cobalt, Samsung has said it is pursuing its own negotiations with a mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).It's going to pay a hefty price for it, too.Now that cobalt is considered a "strategic m...Read More

One of the first comments about the economy from Larry Kudlow after his appointment as Trump's chief "economic" advisor was to advise anyone listening to "sell gold." But why? Gold is irrelevant in the United States. Very few Americans care about silver and even less care about gold. So why bring attention headline attention to gold?The simple, if not obvious, answer is that gold is the...Read More