Gold & Silver

Silver has gone through many phases over the past 5,000 years making it the most dynamic of all precious metals as this infographic so clearly illustrates.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result & that is precisely what the markets are doing in gold and silver these days! Take a look.

This article takes a step back and looks at the bigger picture related to gold including long-term trends, and sets out some key characteristics of gold which are worth considering when (or if) allocating some part of an investment portfolio to the world's favorite precious metal.

In April Apple will launch a wearable smartwatch which will come encased in 18-karat gold. If demand meets expectations it will require 30% of the world's annual gold production which ought to really help gold prices move higher.

Silver is very difficult to find and is typically mined as a byproduct in polymetallic deposits with a variety of other metals including lead, zinc, gold, and copper yet was mined as the primary metal 29% of the time in 2013. This infographic illustrates which are the biggest silver mining countries and those companies that produce the most.

Though the river of gold market analysis runs wide and deep on the Internet, precious little of that content is devoted directly to the most basic rationale for gold ownership. Here we fill that void in chart form – a quick reference for the first-time investor.

The gold price will never fall to US$700, including intraday, for even one second, within the next two years. Here's why

Last week’s read of the charts accurately gave clues for what transpired this past week. Here's what the charts have to say on gold and silver for the coming week.

While the odds may favor a rally in gold and silver, the trend could very well negate that interpretation. Always go with the trend - the charts do not lie - and this is what they are saying about the current situation.

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