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Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Later in today’s program, we’ll hear a fascinating interview with Greg Weldon of Weldon Financial. Greg breaks down the recent move in silver, a move off of a breakout point he called spot on on this pr...
China has added nearly 100 tons of gold to its reserves since it resumed buying in December, as government purchases accumulate bullion to help diversify their reserves amid a rally in prices and the drag of the trade war with the U.S. More news on: SPDR Gold Trust ETF, VanEck Vectors Go...
Gold has been in a bull market since the early 2000s. In 1980, the yellow metal reached a high at $875 per ounce. In early 2008, the price moved above that level for the first time. In 2011, it reached its peak at $1920.70 per ounce in dollar terms before a correction took the price to a low a...
Originally published September 5, 2019 The stock market is rallying and precious metals are correcting sharply today. The prevailing trade is risk-on once again. The prevailing trade is risk-on once again. The main driver is news that the U.S. and China said they would hold talks in Washin...
By SchiffGold Gold-backed ETFs added another 122 tons of gold globally in August and total holdings are nearing all-time highs. Total told ETF gold holdings have reached 2,733 tons. That’s just 52 tons away from the all-time high reached in 2012 when the price of gold was 9% high...
The defensive posture that investors have embraced all summer is still evident, and it still favors owning gold as a hedge against global market risk. As I’ll explain in today’s report, the market’s “risk-off” mentality will continue boosting gold prices well...
A unique situation is emerging in the gold market now, which means either the complete elimination of the well-established dependencies between the price of gold, the U.S. dollar and the level of the U.S real interest rate, or that the price of gold is critically overestimated at the moment. ...
One of the main drivers of gold prices recently has been the plunge in long-term interest rates. Gold is very negatively correlated to the change in real yields: when they fall, it is bullish for the gold price and when they rise, not so much. (Please note I'm not referring to nominal interest...
A paradigm is a mental framework. It has a both a positive pressure and a negative filter. It structures one's thoughts, orients them in a certain direction, and rules out certain ideas. Paradigms can be very useful; for example, the scientific method directs one to begin with facts, explain t...
The fast food world gave us an interesting case study in supply and demand last week. By now you’ve no doubt heard about The Chicken Sandwich, the surprise superstar menu item from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen ([[QSR]]) that’s launched 1,000 blog posts, op-eds and thought pieces. Ac...