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In line with bearish bets, miners havethrown a match. Gold, however, doesn’t want to leave the ring without a fight.How long will it stay high?While gold remains relatively firmdespite stock market turbulence, rising real yields, and bearish technicalindicators, even a confluence of headwinds hasn’t been able to knock the yellowmetal off its lofty perch. However, mining stocks haven&rs...Read More

Beware, the Fed’s tightening of monetary policy could lift real interest rates! For gold, this poses a risk of prices wildly rolling down.The first FOMC meeting in 2022 is behind us. What can we expect from the US central bank this year and how will it affect the price of gold? Well, this year’s episode of Fed Street will be sponsored by the letter “T”, which stands for &l...Read More

Technical Analyst Clive Maund examines the charts for the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF, code GDX, and sees good cause to be positive about gold's future outlook.In this update we are going to do something that we haven’t done for a while, which is to examine the charts for the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF, code GDX, in an effort to figure out where it is in its cycle, and as we will see...Read More

As the gold “community” rationalizes gold’s currently low standing…As unpopular it may be, I cannot alter the truth as I see it. Marketing is fine, but never at the expense of truth, as with much financial media/analysis (with little disclaimers tucked in below the fold).In my opinion, a sizeable component of the gold ‘market’ is actually marketing; to the fear...Read More

The US Federal Reserve, whose job is to keep unemployment in check and inflation in the “Goldilocks” zone of 2%, is telegraphing three interest rate increases of 0.25% each (1% at the high end of the range) this year.Bloomberg believes the Fed might be more aggressive: “Our baseline is for the Fed to hike five times, each 25 basis points, this year, and balance-sheet runoff to be...Read More

Gold’s fate in 2021 will be determined mainly by inflation and the Fed’s reaction to it.In the epic struggle between chaos and order, chaos has an easier task, as there is usually only one proper method to do a job – the job that you can screw up in many ways. Thus, although economists see a strong economic expansion with cooling prices and normalization in monetary policies in 2...Read More

The FOMC set the stage for a March interest rate hike, which was an aggressive signal. Gold got it and fell – but hasn't capitulated yet.The Battlecruiser Hawk is moving full steam ahead! The FOMC issued yesterday (January 26, 2022) its newest statement on monetary policy in which it strengthened its hawkish stance. First of all, the Fed admitted that it would start hiking interest rates &ld...Read More

You don't have to be a fortune tellerto predict some of the precious metals’ behavior in the market. Any incomingsigns take the shape of a bear.What a signal-rich week that was! Atleast if you’re interested in forecastinggold and predictingsilver prices.The USD Index rallied, but that was theleast interesting of the important developments, as it had already reversedduring the preceding...Read More

My outlook for the gold market in 2022 suffers from manic depression: I see first a period of despair and an elevated mood later.So, 2021 is over! 2022 will be better, right? Yeah, for sure! Just relax, what bad could happen? Seriously, what can we expect from this year? I see a few key trends that are going to shape 2022, and their names are: Death, Famine, Pestilence, and War. Oh, sorry, the wro...Read More

Gold’s ‘real’ price indicates a fine ‘risk vs. reward’[edit] Since this article will be distributed to a wider viewership than nftrh.com, where regular readers know I take pains not to hype this most precious ‘value’ asset, take note that a positive risk vs. reward does not mean run out and go whole hog gold stock bull right this minute. Risk vs. reward is...Read More

The precious metals still dopirouettes on the trading floor, but they can stumble in their choreography.The bears are just waiting for it.With the GDX ETF soaring on significantvolume on Jan. 19, the senior miners had a renewed pep in their step. Withgold, silver, and mining stocks all dancing to the same beat, the preciousmetals garnered all of the bullish attention. However, with the trio known...Read More

Crude oil prices closed yesterday neartheir 7-year highs. What do you think are the main price drivers prevailing forthis surge on crude oil prices?GeopoliticalSituation Crude oil prices closed yesterday neartheir 7-year highs, as an attack on an oil site in Abu Dhabi further strainedan already tense market. The concern about the deterioration of the situationbetween Ukraine and Russia, which has...Read More

While the USD show is gainingapplause, silver has decided to present its repertoire too. Was its rally justa magic trick or a good omen for gold?Bondyields soared once again, just as I’ve beenexpecting them to for many months now. The reaction in some markets was asexpected (the USD Index soared), but in some, it was perplexing. Gold movedlower a little, miners declined a bit more, and silve...Read More

PREDICTIONS FOR GOLDThere seems to be an almost fanatical obsession with ‘fortune telling’ when it comes to the financial markets. Gold is no exception.It is worth taking a look back at some earlier predictions to help put things in perspective… EXAMPLE NO. 1 Gold Forecast $6000, And Gold Mining Analysis Through Visualization  January 23, 2012Quote: “If the...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipWest Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.The high-grade component of 156 million tonnes at 0.79% copper equivalent is within overall indicated resources of 725Mt at 0.47% copper equivalen...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining After years of setbacks, largely thanks to a protracted approvals process, it has secured a non-binding i...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Tharisa has exercised a farm-in option to invest US$27.0 million to increase its stake in Karo Holdings f...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Idaho-based Bunker Hill Mining is aiming to re-open the mine in the second-half of 2023.Read More

"There needs to be a change in the model of mining development and we want to play an important role to coordinate this to position mining in Chile as an example of being able to face localRead More