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What does The Buffett indicator tell us about gold?

For truly understanding the trading and settlement processes at the infamous futures exchange in New York we need to get into the details of this machine.

Faced with a terrible threat, we can do nothing, or we can do something. In an environment of heightened financial repression and the growing likelihood of the imposition of negative […]

One more calendar day until we're through Options Expiration in gold and silver...

It may be too early to say the correction in precious metal prices, which followed an impressive run-up that ended on 11th February, is over, but gold's performance this week […]

Greg Hunter gives his analysis on some of the most important stories from the past week.

The demand for gold and silver bullion coins surged in the last half of 2015, and it has not abated so far this year, despite a rally in the price of both metals.
Last year, demand was so strong the US Mint sold out of American Silver Eagles in July. Inventory was replenished in August, but the coins were on weekly allocations of roughly 1 million ounces for the rest of the year. The mint set a record for Silver Eagle sales in 2015, with the final total coming in at 47 million ounces.
The demand for American Gold Eagles was equally brisk in the last half of 2015. The US Mint announced it had sold out of one-ounce coins in late November and halted production for the year. It sold out of smaller sized Gold Eagles earlier that month.

Despite mounting data pointing toward a recession right around the corner, many mainstream analysts continue to insist that declining stock markets and other signs of economic turmoil are just a blip on the radar and things will quickly turn around.
David Stockman appeared on CNBC’s Futures Now last Friday and blasted this bullish line of thinking, saying we are heading for a global recession and a huge crash in the financial markets. In the process, he hit those optimistic about the economy square in the jaw:
Frankly I think your traders are smoking something stronger than what I can legally buy here in Colorado."

When the New York markets run out of steam, the gold market gets hot. HRA Editor Eric Coffin has been watching the companies with the best assets, waiting for just […]

According to a press release, the management team of the Dutch central bank has requested to investigate relocating the banknotes and gold vault that is currently located in the basement of bank’s headquarter […]

After a tepid first half of 2015, demand for gold rallied during the last half of the year, despite a number of economic and external factors working against it.
According to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends Full Year 2015 a surge in demand during the fourth quarter turned around what was looking to be a bad year for the yellow metal:
Gold demand in the fourth quarter increased 4% year-on-year to a 10-quarter high of 1,117.7 tons. Full year demand was virtually unchanged…Weakness in the first half of the year was cancelled out by strength in the second half. Fourth quarter growth was driven by central banks (+33 tons) and investment (+25 tons).”

The greatest danger to America’s prosperity, is the very institution people trust most to protect us: the federal government! To be fair, their intentions are usually good. But government reactions to economic crises are almost always wrong.

All lights for gold are green, and rather than beginning a correction, gold may be poised to intensify its rally. India may cut the import duty on Sunday night. If […]

We literally saw how small the door was as people lined up to get their hands on physical gold. Now imagine, what that line will look like on a global scale […]

Central bankers want you to think they have all the answers. They talk about their policy “tool kits” as if they can just reach in and find the proper solution for any possible economic scenario.
But if you peer behind the curtain, it becomes apparent they may not really know what they’re doing after all. In fact, with a recession looming on the horizon, there are some signs of desperation among economic central planners.
The conventional Keynesian wisdom that dominates today holds that central banks need to lower interest rates when the economy slumps in order to stimulate borrowing and spending. But rates in the US hover just barely above zero. In the Eurozone and Japan, they languish in negative territory. So, what is a central banker to do when the next recession hits?

When fiat money hyper-inflates, paper gains or paper deficits will no longer matter. Owning physical gold will.

Any weakness in stocks means money will flow into metals and that is what happened on Thursday afternoon.

“This diversification will act as a hedging instrument and protect stock and bond investors from further losses. Indeed, given the inverse correlation of gold to stocks, it should reduce the […]

This is a very strange situation as history has proven that Gold & Silver tend to increase with a rising oil price.

As we've been watching closely, something is wrong with the big banks. Their shares have lost 25-33% of their market value since the beginning of the year. What's going on?