IAUF News and Press, iShares Gold Strategy ETF From 09/18/19

I've written a couple articles this year here on Seeking Alpha about why, in addition to investing in a variety of normal equities, I began allocating a portion of my portfolio into gold and gold stocks starting in the autumn of 2018. And in my most recent article, Recession Obsession , I e...

Last week it was brought to my attention recently—in a tweet by Charlie Bilello, director of research at Pension Partners—that the yellow metal has also outperformed arguably the greatest living investor, Warren Buffett. For the 20-year period, gold has returned more than 485...

In 2018, the US Federal Reserve increased the short-term Feds Fund rate by 25 basis point four times. Coming into last year, the central bank had told markets to expect three one-quarter of one-point increases. Economic growth and the lowest unemployment rate in a half-century led the Fed to t...

All that is gold does not glitter. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Gold and gold related stocks have had a tremendous run for the past year. Gold as measured by the SPDR Gold ETF ( GLD ) is up 24% over the past 12 months. The Van Eck Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ) ha...

In 2004, the price of gold began moving higher to above the $400 per ounce level. However, it was not until 2006-2008 that the price began its trek to the upside that took the price above the 1980 peak at $875 per ounce. A look back at the price action from 2004 through 2011 when the yellow me...

Gold reversed hard last week after blasting higher for a month, leaving traders wondering why and what that portends. The answers are found in gold’s dominant short-term driver, speculators’ collective trading in gold futures. Their positioning has grown excessively bullish, they...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on September 10, 2019. [This blog post is an excerpt from a commentary published at TSI on 1st September 2019.] It’s well known that the US$ gold price often trends in the opposite direction to the US real interest rate. This...

After a sizzling summer rally which saw gold stocks soar by an average of 35% over a three-month period, mining shares are finally experiencing a “correction.” In the last few days, gold mining stocks have declined sharply as investors book profits in the wake of short-covering i...

Currencies Japanese Yen - The Japanese Yen’s decline triggered a momentum-based short sale under .9425. Commercial traders were once again heavy sellers in the Yen. Our short sale is protected with a buy stop at .9647. First support is around .9230. The bigger question is, “W...

The Fed's dovish pivot may have precipitated a historic rise in equities, but history suggests that a slowing economy and inversion of the yield curve are likely a portent of a stock market correction. In lieu of contracting manufacturing PMI levels, less aggregate capital expenditures, and sl...