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The price of gold dropped $29 and the price of silver dropped $0.27. We'll get back to where we think the prices are likely to go in a bit. In recent reports , we've looked at the elevated bid-ask spread in gold (though not nearly as elevated as some goldbugs would have you believe) and the...

Fundamentals We are seeing a lot of volatility because of some recent fundamental news that just came out. US jobless claims soared past 30 million. Europe is also reeling. The crisis is unmatched since the 1930s. There is growing pressure to lift restrictions that are choking the economy....

Gold: A Safe Haven or Risk-On Trade? The arguments for holding gold in a portfolio are compelling today. The first reason is that investors prefer hard assets in a crisis period. Historically, in a crisis periods, real assets tend to hold their value better than financials assets. This is ...

Video Transcript Hello and welcome to Asset TV. The coronavirus health crisis has led to historic sell-offs and a flight to safety. Joining us today to discuss gold is Joe Foster, Portfolio Manager at VanEck. Joe, thanks for being with us. Joe Foster: Hello, Jenna. It's nice to be h...

We met with Nick Barisheff, CEO of BMG Group, and fellow Seeking Alpha author, for his thoughts on the economy and the major investment asset classes . Our conversation included the following key topics: Investment Classes: Discuss how GLD fund shares do not provide real claims on gold...

Options are valuable but wasting assets. A put option appreciates when the price of an asset falls, and a call option’s value moves higher when the underlying market rises. The beauty of options is that they give market participants choices. Options can serve as price insurance or specu...

What a few weeks it has been in the commodities markets. Crude oil fell 50% from early April to its current price while gold has continued its march higher. Looking longer term, we had to adjust our y-axis on the continuous prompt-month WTI chart below as the May contract collapsed below $0 ...

After a more than 50-year bear market in gold stocks, things are coming together to create virtually perfect conditions for gold stocks. Gold prices are at (or near) all-time highs in most currencies, and will likely continue to rise over the coming years. Commodity prices are at lows and st...

Sound money advocates have been proclaiming that “the Fed can’t print gold” pretty much since the end of the last gold standard in 1971. But no one outside our little echo chamber paid attention, fixating instead on what the Fed could print: trillions of dollars ...

Now that the bullion banks are covering their decades-old short gold derivatives positions, it's time to buy gold. If the banks don't want to be short, it's time to go long. The recent blowout of the COMEX April 2020 futures contract price above the London spot price is evidence of this action...