Options For Storing Precious Metals

By Catherine Austin Fitts and Carolyn Betts, Solari PREFACE In this article, we summarize some of the better-known custodial, vaulting, and digital gold arrangements available to individual investors in precious metals and provide a list of considerations for those interested in exploring these and other alternatives available to them. With prices for gold denominated in [...]

A Precious Metals Bubble?

John Browne submits: In the first few days of July, the prices of gold and silver appeared to break a five-month upward trend by drawing back about five per cent from the record June peaks. Despite many similar corrections that have occurred frequently during the long bull market in precious metals, pundits nevertheless looked to [...]

On King World News, Butler is bullish for precious metals in short term

10:45a ET Saturday, July 17, 2010 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Silver market analyst Ted Butler tells Eric King of King World News that he’s bullish on the precious metals in the short term now that the technical funds in the futures market have been nearly cleaned out by the big commercial traders. Butler [...]

Forget Technicals for Precious Metals

Kevin McElroy submits: Why technical analysis is dust in the wind Bernanke’s underwear trumps TA Benefit from the dips with this gold stock It’s always an education to look at the other side of the argument. In a July 10th article on Seeking Alpha, I found what can only be called a complicated chart which [...]

Butler, Arensberg see some commercial short covering in precious metals

11:55a ET Saturday, May 29, 2010 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold and Silver: Both silver market analyst Ted Butler and “Got Gold Report” publisher Gene Arensberg note some commercial short covering in the precious metals this week and are optimistic about gold and silver prices. Butler comments in an eight-minute interview with Eric King [...]

Precious Metals: A Lesson for Princes and Paupers

Hard Assets Investor submits: by Brad Zigler As the price of gold vacillated this year, princes and paupers found themselves oddly joined at the hip. I’m talking about traders and would-be investors in silver and platinum. Platinum started out the year trading at a $383-per-ounce premium to gold, but as the year progressed and signs [...]

Technically Precious with Merv

By Merv Burak, CMT, Precious Metals Central The saying “looks too good to be true” just seems to fit the latest gold activity.  I like the action but something just doesn’t jive.  Maybe it’s that (lack of) momentum (strength) behind the recent stock price action.  Love it while it’s there but always be on guard. [...]

Technically Precious with Merv

By Merv Burak, CMT, Precious Metals Central For week ending 30 April 2010 Except for Thursday it was a pretty good week.  So why am I feeling a little cautious?  The action behind the latest up trend in gold just doesn’t “feel” right.  With all of the world’s problems one would expect a robust advance but [...]

In Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi mentions precious-metals Ponzi schemes

2:08a ET Friday, April 30, 2010 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver): GATA is always nagging prominent journalists to look into the gold and silver price suppression story, as we did other day, calling to the attention of a dozen or so journalists and financial newsletter writers the excellent report by Vince Veneziani [...]

Precious Metals Slow Motion Lottery Ticket

By Captain Hook, Treasure Chests Is there a precious metals mania on deck directly ahead or will another deflation scare, which could curb demand for gold and silver, bail out the bureaucracy yet again. Indeed the bureaucracy seems to have nine lives in this regard, with gold and silver still trading at half their respective [...]

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