Precious Metals News and Analysis

 

Gold Jumps to Record High! Now What?

By John Fisher Gold hit a record high in the New York Spot Market today in what has been described as gold’s “longest rally since… 1948” (10/06/09, Bloomberg, “Gold Jumps to Record as Inflation Outlook Fuels Investor Demand”). The dollar is continuing to suffer from inflationary concerns

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5 Reasons Why Gold Will Continue to Rise through 2009 and 2010

1. Economy How bad can things get? Secretary of the Treasury Paulson talks of the current crisis being potentially worse than the Great Depression. Alan Greenspan told Congress that the financial meltdown had left him in a “state of shocked disbelief.” Reputable economists are saying “this looks

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Caution – Avoid European Coins

Over the last few years, telemarketers have been importing European bullion gold coins dated before 1933 and claiming they, like old U.S. gold coins, would be legally beyond the reach of the government in another recall. The imported coins most commonly promoted as non-confiscateable include: French Twenty

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Gold – State of the Union

John Fisher, Fort Lauderdale, FL Gold closes $1019 Silver $17.42 Fundamentals Swiss banks are running out of secure storage space for gold bullion held by investors and institutions due to fears of inflation – and hyperinflation. In April of this year, China announced that it has secretly

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$5,000 an Ounce Gold?

RENO, NV: By Dorothy Kosich – Tuesday, September 15, 2009 When über mining investor Rob McEwen makes predictions on gold prices or appears to have developed an interest in silver mines, retail investors heed his clarion call and place their bets that the gold price is about

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$1,000 Gold in the Rearview Mirror

September 1, 2009, Franklin Sanders Today gold made its highest Comex close in history at US $1,004.90, up $9.50 for the day. It has taken gold a week to get through the resistance, but we believe it has now succeeded. Gold opened at $999.65, quickly made a

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Gold Poised for Big Breakout

Indicators suggest gold poised for big breakout by end Q3 The slow trading months of summer are usually a time when gold prices decline, but economic analysts at Blanchard and Company, America’s largest precious metals investment firm, say that indicators this year have them believing the metal

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The Fiat Currency Disease

By James Turk Yesterday the Federal Reserve completed the latest meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee. It re-affirmed its plan to purchase by the end of the year some $1.8 trillion – yes, $1.8 trillion – of US government paper, comprising of agency debt, agency mortgage-backed

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