⛏ Bear Trap or Buying Opportunity?

Gold & Silver “Crash”: Bear Trap or Buying Opportunity?
No bull market goes up in a straight line. Along the way, healthy corrections eliminate speculative froth before the next leg-up. On Friday, that’s exactly what happened with gold and silver. Read on »

Peak gold
The concept of peak gold should be familiar to most readers. Like peak oil, it refers to the point when gold production is no longer growing; It reaches a peak, then declines. If gold is indeed becoming scarcer, prices have only one way to go and that’s up, so long as demand for the precious metal is constant or growing, which it is. Read on »

Record volatility is not what gold buyers signed up for
Gold is essentially a cumbersome rock with high storage costs that pays no yield. But it's also long been considered the world's safest asset, attracting buyers seeking a store of value, a hedge against inflation, a haven during periods of volatility, portfolio diversification or a mix of all four. But the extraordinary price moves of late call these assumptions into question. Read on »