May I explain for a moment why American stocks are so overvalued compared to gold?Ok, let's start with the basic premise of stocks.A stock is a fractional ownership of a business, the goal of which is to make money. If the business can make money, then the stock might be worth something, in theory, if everything goes right. If money is defined by gold, then all the businesses in the world can...Read More

Usury.Lending at interest (usury) is the bane of our era, the highest crime of the ages, condemned by prophets, regulated by God, and ignored by modern man. God said no usury, unless you loan to other nations, but every seventh year is supposed to be a time of debt forgiveness, thus, it's a plan to teach the nations about God, yet abused instead to enslave people into perpetual bondage. Usurer...Read More

I get a lot of emails from people who fear an economic collapse that could come after a complete and catastrophic failure of the dollar. These people own silver and gold, but fear that might not be enough. They feel they should not be dependent upon trade for survival, but that they should be completely self-sufficient. In fact, my own wife, and my readings of other "doom and gloomers" insp...Read More

We have opened a new precious metals silver and gold store in Oakland, California. Monday, was the opening day. Oakland Silver and Goldhttp://www.oaklandsilverandgold.com/3929 Piedmont Ave.,Oakland, California 94611 osg2010@gmail.com See the silver and gold on display in a 45 second video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg8U1dyvScUWe are selling gold and silver at prices that are way, way, w...Read More

Many people today are cashing out their CD's to buy silver and gold. Why?The obvious. The CD's pay next to zero interest, and gold and silver continue to head up by 20-30% per year. Most of our gold and silver buying customers have completely lost faith in the government's ability to "run" the economy, but more than that, there is a real fear of the government today, that it will turn dram...Read More

Welcome. Thank you!I'm very honored to be here. My name is Jason Hommel. I'm the Editor of the Silver Stock Report. This last year, I started dealing in silver, selling silver, at www.jhmint.com and I learned a lot more about the silver trade. My speech today is on why silver is money, even though no nation on earth uses silver as money.In other words, my speech is on why 99.9% of human...Read More

CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGESilver, Gold and the Commodities Index (below) have struggled to move higher since they peaked back in 2011. Could Silver be about to end its 7-year bear market? Are commodities about to enter into a long-term upward cycle?The chart above looks at Silver over the past 40-years. It is possible that it is forming a bullish multi-decade "Cup & Handle" pattern.Silver currently...Read More

Below looks at the Silver/Gold ratio over the past 30-years. Silver "AND" Gold bulls want to see this ratio heading higher, as when it does, historically both are moving higher.Over the past 20-years when the ratio was hitting a certain level, Silver rallied at least 20% each time.CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEThe trend is in the ratio has been lower since it hit the top of 30-year trading range back i...Read More

Certain price zones for all assets come into play where bulls would not want to see selling get started. Below highlights one of those points for Gold Bulls.The left chart looks at Gold over the past 20-years and the right chart zooms in to look at just the past 4-years.CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEFor nearly 20-years, Gold has created a series of higher lows above the line (A) in the left chart. The...Read More

CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEThe chart above highlights that the Thomson Reuters Equal Weighted Commodity Index has spent the majority of the past 20-years inside of rising channel (1), reflecting that its long-term trend is up.Over the past 7-years, this index has struggled big time after hitting the top of this channel in the spring of 2011, creating falling channel (2). Since topping in 2011, the i...Read More

Gold investors have enjoyed a strong start to 2018. After a brief pullback into early February, the shiny metal has charged higher once more.The question now: Is a major breakout on the way for gold and precious metals bulls?Looking at the chart below, you can see that a strong base has been built in both Gold prices and the XAU Index (Gold and Silver Miners). These bases look very similar and hav...Read More

The 6-pack below updates chart patterns from the Gold and Steel sector that we share often on this blog. It is shared weekly with our Metals and Premium Members.The 6-pack below looks at Gold, Gold Miners (GDX & GDXJ), GDXJ/GDX ratio, Gold/US$ ratio and Steel ETF (SLX).CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEOver the past year, Gold, GDX & GDXJ have created a series of lower highs. "Lower highs" are being tested...Read More

The past 11 and 7-years respectively have not been kind to the Euro and Gold, as each has created a series of lower highs and lower lows for years.The dual chart below looks at the Euro and Gold and the long-term bear market each has been in-CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEThe Euro has experienced a historically strong rally over the past 56-weeks, as it is up 18%. Seldom has the Euro rallied this much i...Read More

From 2011 to late 2015, the Thomson Reuters Equal Weighted Commodity Index lost nearly half its value as the Gold, Grains, and Energy industries worked their way through bear markets.Since bottoming in late 2015, commodity prices have made a comeback of sorts, chopping their way higher. Couple this with a U.S. Dollar that is in the throws of a deep correction, and there's reason to be bullish....Read More

Silver and Silver ETF (SLV) has NOT been a good asset to buy & hold since the 2011 highs, as they have declined around 66% in the past 7-years.Could the long-term trend downtrend in Silver be about to end? Below looks at Silver Futures over the past 8-years-CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEOver the past 3-years Silver has created a series of flat bottoms around the $15.80 level. As the same time, it has c...Read More

Below looks at the ratio of Silver to Gold over the past 30-years. Metals bulls historically receive a bullish message when this ratio is moving higher. Back in 2011, the ratio hit highs that took place in the early 1980's and its been downhill for Gold and Silver ever since. Could the long-term trend in metals be about to change?CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEThe decline in the ratio now has it testing...Read More

In 2011 the Power of the Patttern suggested that Gold could be flat to down for years to come. See post HERE Since that post in 2011, Gold finds itself down around 30% and Silver is down over 65%.2011 saw extremes in prices. After nearly 7-years of lower prices, could the trend in metals be about to change?Below looks at chart of Gold and the US Dollar over the past 27-years-CLICK ON CHART TO...Read More

Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) has been reflecting actual and relative strength of late compared to the S&P 500. On December the 20th the Power of the Pattern shared that GDXJ had hit an important support line and was experiencing a short-term breakout. See 12/20 post HERE.Below compares GDXJ to the S&P over the past couple of weeks-CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGEGDXJ has been strong of late, gaining 12%...Read More

The past 6 years have been difficult for gold bulls. After the 2011 market top for precious metals, gold experienced a waterfall decline followed by a "lower low" and more sideways price action.Every rally seemed to stall out. Every hope was met with "not this time".That type of price action is grueling and tends to grind out weak hands. To put it mildly, it's very difficult to hold an asset that...Read More

CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGESenior (GDX) and Junior Miners (GDXJ) have had a rough go of it the past year, far underperforming the broad markets. No doubt about it the trend remains lower for each.This decline over the past 14-months has taken GDXJ down to line (1), which has been support/resistance several times over the past two years.GDXJ hit line (1) three weeks ago, where it created a small/bull...Read More