CEF News and Press, Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust Units From 10/25/19

Growing evidence of an economic downturn despite unprecedented monetary inflation since Lehman means a new credit and systemic crisis is becoming increasingly certain. In an attempt to prevent a new crisis developing, this time the scale of monetary inflation by the authorities will have to b...

The gold market has a saying - "sell in May and go away" - for a good reason: Asians like to give gold jewelry as wedding gifts and tend to hold most of their weddings in the Spring. Asian jewelers therefore have to load up on inventory - in the form of gold bullion - in winter. This demand cy...

As our subscribers know, Gold is up big since we turned bullish on it about a year ago . Now, with an impending move to either Quad 2 or Quad 3 (two economic regimes in which inflation is accelerating), the best of the returns in Gold might be behind us. However, as Hedgeye CEO K...

The digital currency markets started slowly in around 2010 when the price of Bitcoin was six cents. When I first heard about the cryptocurrency, it seemed like little more than a video game with a payoff, which I thought was a novel idea. Computer savvy people began mining for Bitcoin. Those...

Silver investors who pay attention to seasonal trends are sure to be paying close attention to how silver responds this coming November. Silver has followed both gold and the growing stash of negative yielding debt higher this year, rising 13.3% year to date. While silver's strong performance ...

We may be due for a short-term correction or continued consolidation in the price of gold. However, the long-term prospect for gold prices is still favorable due to the macroeconomic backdrop. I believe this gold rally is still in the early innings and now is a suitable entry point for those i...

Platinum is a rare precious metal. Each year, there is more than ten times more gold output compared to platinum production. Platinum is an industrial metal with the highest boiling and melting point of all of the other precious metals that trade on the NYMEX and COMEX futures market. Platinum...

By Andrew Robinson Prospects for a "mini" trade deal between the US and China leading to further progress has lifted agricultural commodities, taken the wind out of gold and left energy markets unimpressed. Turkey's advance into Syria has yet to influence safe-haven asset accumulation. ...

Introduction - another pivot Last week, the Fed surprised markets by switching its focus from cutting interest rates much more (absent an actual recession rather than fears of one) to more "printing" of money. I think this is fully appropriate and, if handled well, could be one of those Fe...

Last week I wrote that "downside risks remain" and specifically cited the chart below showing what happened to gold in 2008. What occurred then was real yields rose (TIPS fell) significantly on plummeting inflation expectations in line with the crash in the stock market, even though nominal bo...