Via Energy and Gold.com: Realized volatility in gold has dropped by 50% in the last month and is at the lowest levels since last October (just before gold fell nearly $100/oz):  GLD rolling 7-day average true range (ATR) at bottom has fallen 50% in just the last month! The recent range defined by $1190 on… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Not much has been talked about palladium recently, but weak supply growth and strong demand from auto-producing countries has ignited a powerful breakout in this white metal:  The breakout above $820 from a 6-month base initially targets $860 followed by the August 2014 high of $913.  The supply shortfall for palladium… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: It’s official, the two largest economic zones have moved into deflation and the trend isn’t indicating that things are going to change anytime soon: The euro area deflationary trend has been fairly steady, whereas, the US has seen a sharp spike in the deflationary pull during the past few months. There… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note has surged 50 basis points in the past few weeks and in turn gold has fallen nearly $100/oz. The negative correlation between yields and gold has been strong for the last 6 years and this correlation has become even stronger in recent weeks:  Since… Continue Reading

In the good old days of Howe Street, venture stock-brokers would act as an intermediary between junior mining companies and investors. This is a somewhat murky ethical practice of the brokers having two masters, both the companies they were helping to get off the ground, and the clients with which they were to serve. Investors… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Some market commentators like to post bold headlines that make outrageous claims such as “Stock Set to Double in 3 Months” etc. While I do expect the junior resource sector to trade at multiples of current levels over the coming years, I prefer to deal in the reality of the next… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Silver broke out in impressive fashion from a 4-week old falling wedge on Friday: It’s no coincidence that the measured move from the falling wedge breakout targets the $18.50 area which also happens to be major long-term support/resistance. Lets take a look at the weekly chart to put the major test… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Regardless of how one would like to look at things, the eurozone and ECB are driving the global markets bus for the time being. The ECB took the bold step of launching a $1 trillion+ quantitative easing program last month and now the focus has shifted squarely to Greece and how… Continue Reading

Our partner site Energy and Gold.com recently had the opportunity to sit down with legendary precious metals blogger and investor Bob Moriarty. Go and read the entire interview now!!! Here is an excerpt: CEO Technician: Has there ever been a worse bear market in the junior mining sector than the recent 2011-2014 (?) cyclical bear?… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Better than expected jobs growth during January and a strengthening trend in non-farm payrolls sent gold futures tumbling lower this morning: The warning signs for gold have been mounting in recent days. First it was the large spike in speculative long interest according to CFTC data, then it was the series of… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: The gold miners are represented by the GDX have vastly outperformed gold thus far during 2015: This impressive display of relative strength has developed into a near perfect symmetrical triangle on the daily chart of GDX despite a relatively messy recent consolidation between $1252 and $1297 in gold itself: I believe… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: During January the GLD exchange traded fund experienced the largest monthly increase in its gold holdings since summer 2012: The August/September 2012 GLD inflows had a lot to do with the Federal Reserve’s ‘QE3’ announcement which occurred on September 13th, 2012. Much in the same way the recent GLD inflows probably have… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: We have hand picked the 5 most promising charts in the junior resource space – presented in reverse order: 5. Red Eagle Mining (RD.V)  After a blistering 60%+ rally during the past several weeks, shares of RD.V have cooled off a bit in the last several days. However, this “2 steps forward,… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: One of the biggest stories of 2015 has been the surging price of gold in euro terms: Gold in euro terms has soared nearly 20% in the last month, however, there are mounting signs that a pullback/correction is due:   (Chart of gold priced in USD divided by EUR/USD which equates… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Since forming a double-top at $1307/oz last week gold has formed a bearish technical pattern that could result in a move lower back down to the $1250s: A breach of the $1275 support level would set up a pullback to the $1250s. Such a scenario would also follow the August/September 2012… Continue Reading