Our Man of Year Is Mr. Market!
Source: GoldSeek, Rick Ackerman  (12/21/09)
". . .huge new amounts of borrowing are unlikely to cure an economy already suffocating from debt." More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (12/20/09)
"If this were a healthy uptrend silver would be approaching or contacting the top return line of the channel. . ." More >

Gold Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (12/20/09)
. . .Thursday's plunge involved a sharp break below our important parabolic uptrend channel, and although the break was not by a decisive margin and gold rallied Friday, this sharp drop has bearish implications. More >

Gold Trends, Hot Commodities and the Major Indexes—What's Next?
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (12/20/09)
Gold has been leading the market for almost a year. Last week gold and gold stocks were trading at support looking ready to bottom but, as you will see in my charts, both broke support on heavy volume. More >

The Eye of the Storm
Source: Louis James, Casey's International Speculator  (12/19/09)
Doug's guru-vision remains locked on the disaster channel. . .Americans are headed for a significant lowering of their standard of living. As this reality unfolds, it will send out shock waves that will impact much of the world: the Greater Depression. More >

Despite Setbacks, Gold Rally Marches On
Source: Seeking Alpha, Daryl Montgomery  (12/19/09)
"The cause of the recent volatility is Friday, December 18th's quadruple witching. . .this only happens once every three months." More >

Porter Stansberry: Gold Is "Nowhere Near the Top"
Source: The Gold Report. Interviewed by Karen Roche, Publisher  (12/18/09)
With a sea-change in the monetary system on the horizon—and drawing ever-nearer as more and more U.S. creditors turn toward hard assets and away from paper dollars—Stansberry & Associates Investment Research founder Porter Stansberry tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview that the world is approaching a return to "at least a de facto gold standard." Porter recommends bullion as "the perfect natural money." More >

Gold Climbs in London; Weaker USD, Decline Lures Buyers
Source: Bloomberg, Nicholas Larkin and Glenys Sim  (12/18/09)
"Physical buyers should keep the market supported above $1,000." More >

Dubai Debt Crisis Crimps Regional Retail Gold Buying
Source: Mineweb, Amena Bakr  (12/18/09)
". . .people don't think that this is the right time to buy gold since the price is so high." More >

Can Gold Destroy the Platinum Market?
Source: Wealth Daily, Greg McCoach  (12/18/09)
". . .what's good for gold may be devastating to other members of the precious metal family." More >

Volatility in Markets: Bad Sign for the Gold Price?
Source: Julian D. W. Phillips, Gold/Silver Forecaster  (12/18/09)
A 5% correction in one day, is this reasonable?. . .Actually, gold's reputation as a volatile market [when others are stable] is misplaced. More >

What Likely Lurks Around the Corner
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey's Gold & Resource Report  (12/17/09)
Doug Casey and the editors at Casey Research are very skeptical that we are experiencing any sort of economic recovery. In our opinion, too many economic indicators are based on faulty data and optimistic assumptions. . . More >

Stocks and Commodities Are Trading Predictably
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (12/17/09)
It's been a great week so far. Stocks and commodities are moving as expected from my weekend trading report. I like to see the market unfold in a calm collected manner. More >

Are U.S. and China Together on Gold?
Source: GoldSeek, Rick Ackerman  (12/17/09)
"Why would anyone think China is less qualified than the U.S. for pulling off a performance in price suppression where gold is concerned?" More >

Sovereign Debt Risk Aversion to Support Gold
Source: Seeking Alpha, Goldcore  (12/17/09)
"One of the FOMC statement notes may prove important for gold's outlook. . ." More >

Chicken Little Roubini
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (12/16/09)
Gold has no value. Whereas the Dollar. . .? Nouriel Roubini was 'one of the few to predict the financial crisis' reckons the Financial Times. Yet plenty of other chicken littles, amateur and professional, had long warned of trouble ahead, too. More >

$1,500 Gold Before Mid-2010–SocGen
Source: Mineweb, Rhona O'Connell  (12/16/09)
"Looking further out to 4Q10 silver carries the laurels in the metals sector overall. . ." More >

David Morgan is Interviewed by Dr. Allen Alper
Source: Dr. Allen Alper  (12/16/09)
We recently had a chance to interview David Morgan of the Silver-Investor.com—home of The Morgan Report a financial newsletter focusing on money, metals and mining. More >

Gold: The Trade of the Decade
Source: MoneyWeek, Merryn Somerset Webb  (12/16/09)
". . .this gold bull market is that it is likely to be very volatile. Why? Exchange traded funds (ETFs)." More >

Gold Near-Term Analysis
Source: Resource Stock Digest, Jordan Roy-Byrne  (12/16/09)
"Can gold hold the channel?" More >

Rare Earths Extracted from Industrial Waste Stream
Source: ScienceDaily  (12/16/09)
"Our recovery rate varies between 60% and 80%. . . " More >

What's Next for Stocks, Gold, Silver, Oil & Nat Gas?
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (12/15/09)
The past three weeks have been interesting to watch as the Dow (DIA ETF) has broadened causing traders to be shaken in and out of positions. Commodities have been under pressure as the U.S. dollar has risen. . . More >

Gold: Expecting More Downside
Source: Donald W. Pendergast Jr., ETF Trading Partner  (12/15/09)
So, we've seen a substantial correction in the Gold market over the past couple of weeks, and that means that Gold is now ready to rocket higher to fresh highs, isn't it?. . . More >

Gold Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (12/15/09)
The last update posted on the 29th November called a top in gold, which occurred just a few days later. Gold has since reacted back heavily and our task now is to decide whether this is just a reaction in an ongoing and possibly still accelerating uptrend, or whether it marks an intermediate top, or worse. . . More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (12/15/09)
A bizarre anomaly of gold's recent strong run-up was the unusually poor performance of silver, which normally outpaces gold noticeably during the middle and later stages of an uptrend. . . More >