Precious metals news

By SD Contributor Marshall Swing: Gold & Silver COT Report 3/8/13 Commercials added a modest 265 total long contracts and covered a moderate 1,438 shorts to end the week with […]

As SD readers already knew, it appears that Rand Paul was 100% correct in his fears that incoming CIA Director John Brennan and the rest of the Obama Administration plan […]

Mining.com has released an infographic detailing the history of gold confiscation.  From Roosevelt's 1933 Executive Order, to Mussolini, to the Nazi confiscation of Czech gold, and concluding with more recent […]

Submitted by Adam Hamilton, Zeal Gold’s technical breakdown suffered in its recent capitulation selloff naturally unleashed a flood of bearish sentiment.  Traders are totally convinced gold’s woes are just starting, […]

You don't see a lot of mainstream coverage of big players who remain bullish on gold. However, Yahoo! Finance did report on Morgan Stanley's latest forecast, which sees gold's bull cycle entering a new stage of growth as countries around the world ramp up their easy money policies.
"A notable feature of the investment landscape over the past few months has been the 12 percent drop in the price of gold since September.
During that time, we've heard some incredibly bearish calls on gold from strategists at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, among other shops. Rising real interest rates are said to be the death knell for gold.
Morgan Stanley, which for a while has touted gold as its number-one investment idea in the commodity space, isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet.
In fact, according to the bank's Chief Metals Economist, Peter Richardson, ‘The reasons for owning gold may be evolving.'"

Our friend TF from TFMetalsReport has published a guest post arguing that the current backwardation in gold and silver in a falling market is signalling that bullion prices are about […]

Whats better than a Friday?  Doc says "$2.89 Over Spot for ANY Quantity of the CSW Bison" $2.89 FOR ANY QUANTITY OF THE CSW BISON FROM 3:30PM-5:30PM

In 1964, minimum-wage was 5 silver quarters per hour. Today, those 5 quarters are worth....

SD reader Battle Beagle has constructed a hypothetical silver price chart based on US Mint Silver Eagles sales to demonstrate what the price of silver might be trading at currently […]

The totally normal gold and silver market have gone vertical after their NFP release smash as the cartel HFT algos seek to trigger every stop possible, with silver rocketing over […]

Submitted by Bill Holter: Could this happen in the United States?  ...don't look now but it already has:

In the words of TurboTimmy!  Welcome to the recovery! NFP: +236,000 on expectations of + 165,000 Unemployment rate drops to 7.7% on expectations of 7.9% Gold & silver FLASH SMASH […]

The Bloomberg Chart of the Day shows silver tonnage in exchange- traded funds backed by the metal rose for four straight months, while holdings for gold ETPs dropped in January […]

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"Good evening everyone, it's time for another silver update." BrotherJohnF's latest Silver Update: Drutter Divergence

When it comes to real physical "hold in your hand" metal, there is NO ONE selling.  If no one is selling then how is it that the price could go […]

In the wake of yesterday's historic 13 hour filibuster by Rand Paul in protest of the Obama administration's refusal to answer the simple question as to whether it believed it […]

“When it becomes serious, you have to lie.” - Jean-Claude Juncker The Fed is creating $Trillions of “new money” while central bank bullion buying is at a 48 year high. […]

Legendary gold trader Jim Sinclair sent an email alert to subscribers tonight, advising gold investors: As Gold and Gold shares rise from the lows, do not sell.  As the bottom […]

As looming inflation, currency wars and a possible run on gold threaten to derail markets, Leonard Melman, author of The Melman Report, is setting his sights on the midtier and […]