Since the late '90s, the US has increasingly financed its "growth" with debt.As a result, the amount of debt in the system, relative to GDP, has skyrocketed.The notion that we can "grow our way" out of this is ridiculous. The US Government has brought in RECORD amount of taxes since 2014... and the Government has STILL runs $400+ Billion deficits Every. Single. Year.Put another way, the US Governm...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1314.00-$6.00Silver$17.00-$0.12XAU84.95-1.55%HUI192.30-1.33%GDM647.49-1.30%JSE Gold1286.67-32.45USD92.51+0.17Euro119.39-0.28Yen88.88+0.41Oil$62.96+$1.2310-Year2.548%+0.069T-Bond150.21875-1.50Dow25385.80+0.41%Nasdaq7163.58+0.09%S&P2751.29+0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $11 to $1309 in midmorning New York trade before it bounced back higher into the close, but it still ended...Read More

Gold and silver premiums have been following the demand for physical metal lower in recent months. As investor selling ticked up, popular bullion products poured back into dealer inventories. The result has been some of the lowest premiums we've seen in a decade for items like gold and silver American Eagles.The "premium" is the amount over the market price for gold ( ) or silver commanded by a...Read More

Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and ferro-vanadium prices had a strong start to 2018 last week, with supply concerns in focus as the markets came back from the Christmas break. Chinese V2O5 prices soar with upstream constraints in focusFerro-vanadium leads the way in Europe US ferro-vanadium prices higher but spot activity 'just getting started'Vanadium prices in China jumped last week amid limited sup...Read More

Since the late '90s, the US has increasingly financed its "growth" with debt.As a result, the amount of debt in the system, relative to GDP, has skyrocketed.The notion that we can "grow our way" out of this is ridiculous. The US Government has brought in RECORD amount of taxes since 2014... and the Government has STILL runs $400+ Billion deficits Every. Single. Year.Put another way, the US Governm...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The rally in Gold and gold mining stocks easily surpassed our expectations and targets. The strength has been far more than we anticipated. The gold stocks blew past their 200-day moving averages while Gold blew past $1300/oz. Now it is time to take a technical look and focus on the key support and resistance targets. The strength of the rebound pushed the miners...Read More

Welcome to 2018. So far it looks the same as 2017. The President of the United States ended the old year and began the one with a barrage of tweets, including one threatening nuclear annihilation with the "Little Rocket Man" of North Korea. The world can only hope they keep it to each other and not involve the rest of us. Markets did well in 2017 as they have for the past eight years. Bitcoin did...Read More

MGX Minerals Announces Major Advancement in Mass Storage Battery Technology; Solves Zinc Dendrite Formation LimitationVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / January 9th, 2018 / MGX Minerals Inc. ("MGX" or the "Company") (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FKT: 1MG) is pleased to announce wholly owned subsidiary ZincNyx Energy Solutions, Inc. ("ZincNyx") has solved the long standing reliability issue caused by the g...Read More

Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. I told subscribers to expect $1320 to function as a headwind for gold on this rally, and that's happening right on schedule. To understand the nature of this headwind, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this important weekly gold chart.2. Note that the two biggest volume bars both occurred as key events in India occurred. It...Read More

The World is $233 Trillion In Debt: It's Time to Rebalance To Gold- Record level global debt level hit $233 trillion in Q3 2017- World's per capita debt now more than $30,000- UK personal debts climbed to the highest level since credit crunch, reaching more than ?200bn- US consumer credit highest jump in 2 years by 8.8% in November to $3.83 trillion- BofE warn UK banks could incur ?30bn of losse...Read More

Since the late '90s, the US has increasingly financed its "growth" with debt.As a result, the amount of debt in the system, relative to GDP, has skyrocketed.The notion that we can "grow our way" out of this is ridiculous. The US Government has brought in RECORD amount of taxes since 2014... and the Government has STILL runs $400+ Billion deficits Every. Single. Year.Put another way, the US Governm...Read More

Full Article: Gold Getting Ready To Make Big MoveBy: Todd "Bubba" HorwitzGold has had a monster rally of almost $90 over the last 19 trading days. What looked like a breakdown turned into a great buying opportunity or a short squeeze. On Thursday, gold looked like it had the final blow-off to the upside on heavy volume, making a high at $1,327.30 in the February futures. Since Thursday, gold has...Read More

By Clint SiegnerGold and silver premiums have been following the demand for physical metal lower in recent months. As investor selling ticked up, popular bullion products poured back into dealer inventories. The result has been some of the lowest premiums we've seen in a decade for items like gold and silver American Eagles.The "premium" is the amount over the market price for gold or silver com...Read More

By Gary SavageJoin me in a look at the long term trends that are currently reversing in gold, silver, dollar, euro and the yen.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comTwitter: @Davcha12January 8, 2018 "I would say Happy New Year but it's not happy; it's exactly the same as last year except colder." Robert ClarkWelcome to 2018. So far it looks the same as 2017. The President of the United States ended the old year and began the one with a barrage of tweets,...Read More

By Frank HolmesThe price of gold and gold mining stocks were very competitive in 2017. The yellow metal ended the year up a little more than 13 percent its best year since 2010 while gold stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, gained more than 11 percent. All of this occurred even as large-cap stocks regularly closed at all-time highs and cryptocurrencies invited massive specula...Read More

The World is $233 Trillion In Debt: It's Time to Rebalance To Gold- Record level global debt level hit $233 trillion in Q3 2017- World's per capita debt now more than $30,000- UK personal debts climbed to the highest level since credit crunch, reaching more than ?200bn- US consumer credit highest jump in 2 years by 8.8% in November to $3.83 trillion- BofE warn UK banks could incur ?30bn of losse...Read More

Gold and silver will see a sell off if they fail to break key resistances of $1327 and $1740. Copper needs to trade over $318.40 for the rest of the week to prevent a sell off. Crude oil looks headed for $65.00. Crypto currency volatility (I will not call it a sell off) should be positive for bullion. Chinese demand will zoom in bullion before their New Year next month. Chinese buyers will be us...Read More

Brazilian exports of carbon steel slab and billet increased in 2017, according to the country's foreign trade ministry, MDIC.Exports of carbon steel slab reached 7.3 million tonnes in 2017, up 23.49% from the 5.91 million tonnes exported in 2016, according to the figures released late last week.The US was the largest...Read More

INTL FCStone has merged its London Metal Exchange and precious metals departments, with the new unit headed by Barry Canham, the company said. In an email to the company's global metals team and seen by Metal Bulletin, INTL chief executive officer (CEO) for EMEA and Asia Philip Smith said that the move was made following the decision by Malcolm Leonard to retire after 46 years working in LME metal...Read More