DGZ News and Press, DB Gold Short ETN due February 15 2038 From 05/11/21

It would appear that we have hit the bottom of the range on the 10-year Treasury yields and are getting ready to move back to the top of the recent range for yields, which is now 1.77%. I think Treasury yields will rise this week with resulting implications for the stock market, which...

A rising trend in the money-supply growth rate leads to increased consumption and investment spending, ushering in the boom phase of the cycle. Once a boom is set in motion by creating lots of money out of nothing, a painful bust that eliminates all or most the boom's apparent gains i...

Higher lows since March - A breakout in May. Gold is an inflation barometer. The consolidation was healthy. Buying gold on dips has been a winning strategy for over two decades. Gold mining stocks tend to outperform on the upside. Time to get back in GDXJ. For furthe...

Banks have begun to withdraw credit from non-financial sector borrowers, meaning they will lack the finance to process and deliver goods to meet increasing demand. Commodity prices are now rising strongly, which so far is believed by market optimists to indicate recovering demand and,...

Strengthening consumer demand mitigated the impact of ETF outflows as global economies continued to recover. Following the shock of 2020, jewellery demand recovered in Q1 but remained subdued compared with previous historical levels. Healthy growth in retail investor buying met wi...

Bitcoin is the best performing asset class in the 2010s, while gold has been a store of value for thousands of years. Each asset has distinct advantages and disadvantages, and both are hedges against a decline in the value of the US dollar. Why I think Bitcoin and gold are complem...

Concerns of a rising U.S. dollar may pose a hindrance to initiating commodity exposure from outside the U.S. The launch of new non-U.S.-dollar-denominated S&P GSCI Single Commodities Indices could help commodity exposure seekers gain access while alleviating the external currency ...

Current economic data is certainly strong - although not universally so - but the bond and currency markets may be pointing to some weakness ahead. The copper to gold ratio which peaked in early March, leading bond yields by a full month, has recently resumed its uptrend. The comm...

Equity markets have relentlessly rallied over the past 12 months, pushing valuations to extreme levels based on traditional metrics. Real economic growth in one year is limited, but nominal growth due to inflation is not. When inflation peaked in the early 1980s, gold had outperfo...

OPEC+ production is down because OPEC decided to do so. The price crash in 2020 resulted in a production decline already in 2020, as some producers came close to cash costs. The European Union adopted a regulatory framework with a dual mandate that not just targets fuel economy bu...