WHAT’S NEXT FOR GOLD?

By Howard S. Katz, The Gold Speculator This past week was a scary time for gold bugs.  But do not be afraid.  I am going to look into the future and tell you what is next in the gold market.  Last week we studied the art of speculation and concluded that speculation was a zero-sum [...]

LAST TRAIN FOR THE COAST

By Howard S. Katz, The Gold Speculator All aboard, dear gold bugs.  The train is slowly picking up speed and is leaving the station.  It is your last chance to get aboard at a price reasonably close to $1,000/oz.  Now you may not agree that $1,250 is reasonably close to $1,000, but when you see [...]

The Long Term

By Howard S. Katz, GoldSeek In the short term, gold bugs are in pain.  The last 3 weeks have seen a pull back to the Dec. 22 low of $1,075 and have created a lot of short term anxiety.  We have two possibilities.  Either gold will continue down to the $1,000 support level, or it has already made [...]

Peter Brimelow: Gold bugs say it’s not over

By Peter Brimelow, MarketWatch.com NEW YORK — Gold grinds to new highs — but the gold bugs are still optimistic. On Friday evening, Australia’s The Privateer headlined the link to its (free) long-term $US Gold 5 x 3 Point and Figure chart: “Latest update November 13, 2009 — Gold closes above $US 1115.00 — new all [...]

Apocalypse postponed – gold bugs please note!

A refreshing look at gold and the latest happenings in the financial marketplace in the U.S. from Sara Patterson, regular commentator on Kitco.com where this article has already appeared. Read more….

Brand Disloyalty

The Daily Reckoning The US dollar is a sort of monetary brand. And like any other brand, it can fall out of favor. Even iconic brands can rapidly lose their “must-have” caché. Sometimes, a brand can disappear entirely, as did Pan American Airways or “Members Only” jackets. But there is always something else waiting to [...]

Gold Soars to an All-Time High

The Daily Reckoning What a day for gold, yesterday! WOW! In case you were trapped in a cave and didn’t hear the news… Gold, which I said yesterday morning looked like it was going to take out its all-time high, did take out its all-time high, and not just take it out! Gold pushed past [...]

Expecting Gold to Sell Off – Temporarily – in October

Mark Brown submits: Gold traders and investors have been waiting for a clean break above gold’s nominal all-time high, recorded back in March 2008, but the process has been anything but sure and swift. Having risen approximately 300% since the start of its bull run in 2001, gold has far outpaced the investment gains in [...]

Why Gold, If Deflation Is the Threat?

Rolfe Winkler, CFA submits: Alice Schroeder wrote a great column for Bloomberg yesterday that I’m just getting to. The best stuff comes at the end, where she describes why some people are buying gold even though inflation doesn’t seem to be a big risk. (Apologies in advance for block-quoting lots of stuff in this post, [...]

Inflation is Our Future

The Daily Reckoning On one hand, the deflationists are claiming that given the extremely high debt levels in the West, further inflation is impossible. On the other side of the argument, many proponents of inflation are calling for Zimbabwe style hyperinflation. In this business, everyone is entitled to their opinion; however it is my contention [...]

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