The United States government is doing nothing to fight the opioid epidemic.Wait, let me rephrase that...The United States government is doing nothing to fight the opioid epidemic that will actually help the problem.For decades, the government has certainly made it seem like it was doing something to combat drug abuse. It wasted billions in taxpayer dollars on failed anti-drug programs such as D.A....Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1233.10-$0.10-0.07%Silver$14.75+$0.01+0.34%XAU67.19UNCH+3.10%HUI149.44-0.20%+3.31%GDM546.24+0.37%+2.92%JSE Gold1133.17-6.35-6.63%USD96.45+0.18+0.10%Euro113.95-0.16-0.22%Yen88.41-0.46-1.13%Oil$63.14-$0.55-4.03%10-Year3.215%+0.076+4.42%Bond137.15625-1.28125-1.59%Dow25270.83-0.43%+2.36%Nasdaq7356.99-1.04%+2.65%S&P2723.06-0.63%+2.42%  The Metals: Gol...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold will react to how Tuesday night election results come in.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort168,754155,56091,460165,857197,062426,071444,082Change from Prior Reporting Period -23,824-7,63017,5102,443-12,872-3,871-2,992Traders17593885651274194 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 48,87030,859474,941 980101-2,891 non reportable positionsChange fr...Read More

By Peter Degraaf The Price of Gold appears to have bottomed, after declining since 2011. Here is a look at the weekly trend. Gold has carved out an ABC bottom, (C above A followed by a rise above B). The breakout at the blue arrow overcame six months of resistance. Price is now tackling the 200 week moving average at the green arrow. This chart courtesy Bloomberg.com shows the number...Read More

A very significant, very loud, very nasty warning signal has been given. It is extremely important for those who choose to live in the world of reality, and not the fantasy world from the US financial markets. The Reich theme of sluggish economic recovery is a total lie, since the recession which began in 2006 has repeated each and every year since then. The deception is derived from the wrong (...Read More

Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click HereMike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Dr. Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.com, and author of the book Prosper! How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting. Chris is a commentator on a range of important topics such as global economics, financial markets, governmental policy, precious metals and the importance of prepar...Read More

Episode 9: Fall Of Empires: Rome vs USAEpisode 10: American Bread & Circus Read More

The gold miners' stocks suffered a rough late summer this year. A rare forced capitulation walloped them to deep new lows, short-circuiting their usual autumn rally. That's left this sector anomalously low as the subsequent winter rally gets underway, gold stocks' strongest seasonal surge of the year. Starting from beaten-down levels after skipping the prior seasonal rally gives gold stock...Read More

By David Brady, CFAGold remains stuck in a range, but has begun testing that range recently. On the downside, it broke 1219 support on Wednesday, the prior double bottom, and then stalled at 1214. On the upside, it hit 1246 on Monday, and following Wednesday's visit to 1214 it jumped back up towards 1240 yesterday. With 1251 being the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the entire decline from 1360 t...Read More

The "public pension crisis" is the kind of subject that's easy to over-analyze, in part because there are so many different examples of bad behavior out there and in part because the aggregate damage these entities will do when they start blowing up is immense. But most people see pensions as essentially an accounting issue - and therefore boring - so it doesn't pay to go back to this particular...Read More

By Nathan McDonaldThe trend is your friend and in this case, the trend comes tinged with a yellowish hue. As I have been highlighting recently, Central Banks around the world are finally waking up to the harsh reality that is our current geopolitical and financial situation. On the surface, things appear to be healthy, things appear to be running along smoothly, but as soon as you scrap even an...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA It has been a rough year for gold stock investors. Since Gold failed to break to the upside and the US Dollar bottomed, gold stocks have been in a strong downtrend. In September they hit two and a half year lows. The oversold condition since then has been corrected but that rebound has been quite weak. Evidence of that can be seen in the GDX advance decline (A...Read More

By Daniel R. Amerman, CFAHome buyers in every city and state have been benefiting from a powerful financial cycle for almost five years. Most people are not aware of this cycle, but it has lowered the average monthly mortgage payment for home buyers on a national basis by about $250 per month since the end of 2013.The interest rate cycle in question is one of "yield curve spread" expansion and c...Read More

By Alasdair MacleodThe next credit crisis poses a major challenge to China's manufacturing-based economy, because higher global and yuan interest rates are bound to have a devastating effect on Chinese business models and foreign consumer demand. Dealing with it is likely to be the biggest challenge faced by the Chinese Government since the ending of the Maoist era. However, China does have an e...Read More

Democrats take control of the Congress and move Trump out of the White House. Sounds unbelievable? So what is probable and what is not? We invite you to read our today's article about the upcoming US Mid-Term Elections and find out what are the likely consequences for the gold market. Elections are approaching the US again. Two years after Donald Trump was elected as POTUS, American voters go t...Read More

It's normal for the stock market to ignore a rising interest-rate trend for a long time. The reason is that while the interest rate is a major determinant of the value of most corporations, the interest rate that matters for equity valuation isn't the current one. What matters is the level of interest rates for a great many years to come. Therefore, a rise in interest rates only affects the stoc...Read More

HighlightsBob Hoye of Institutional Advisors returns with his latest market insights. The new trade tariffs.Tariffs on Canadian lumber this January pushed the mean new home price higher by over 10% as a direct result. Although the current economic system is far from flawless, solid monetary policy has solidified the global economy in the wake of the Great Recession.Low rates stimulated corporate...Read More

Cranbrook, B.C., November 1st, 2018: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. ("EPL":TSX-V, or "Eagle Plains") and Rockridge Resources Ltd. ("ROCK" TSX-V, or "Rockridge") have entered into an agreement (subject to regulatory approval) whereby Rockridge may earn a 100% interest in Eagle Plains' 100%-owned Knife Lake Project, located approximately 50 kilometers northwest of the community of Sandy Bay, Saskatch...Read More

After a volatile month, which is being called "Red October," our latest video update was released and we considered the sharp fall in stock markets globally, falling property markets in the UK and Australia and gold's safe haven gains in all currencies.Gold acted as a hedge in all currencies in October, rising 1.7% in dollars, 4.4% in euro terms and 4.2% in sterling terms. Bitcoin and other c...Read More