Gold

For as much as we favor - and expect - eventual higher prices for gold and silver, the charts do not indicate it will be any time soon. The following charts show you why.

Every investor should have a minimum of 10% of their portfolio in physical gold – coins or bars. Here's why.

Investors wisely seeking exposure to precious metals must deliberate between the convenience of buying shares of an electronically traded fund (ETF) and the ultimate security of owning physical gold and silver bullion. We tasked ourselves to take a closer look at each to understand their important distinctions.

Below are 6 factors, illustrated in chart form, that favor gold in the current environment.

A decisive break above $1,400 an ounce could be just around the corner and, to my mind, would signal the start of gold’s next major advance.

Despite all the bullishness about gold and silver and the mining industry, I’ve maintained for quite some time the view that this first leg up will be dramatically retraced with a crash heading into October.

Today's infographic guides you through the largest physical gold trading market in the world, China.

You can be 100% assured that acquiring both or either metal is the smartest move one can make to escape the certainty of the Western world financial calamity that is destined to follow. Keep buying as much gold and silver as possible, and we continue to prefer silver over gold, for now.

A remarkable but little noticed development has occurred behind the scenes of the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) over the last 3 years. This development concerns the very high level of executive staff turnover at World Gold Trust Services, the New York based ‘Sponsor’ of the mammoth gold GLD gold-backed Exchange Traded Fund that is listed on the NYSE.

The low of $1,310.70 in gold last week appears to have marked the cycle bottom. With the Fed meeting behind us, gold prices are primed to rise through August - and likely into September - where they will form the next intermediate cycle top.