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Record lease rates are a primary driver for the near historic sell-off we have experienced but, when negative gold lease rates drop like they are now doing, the underlying tension in the supply and demand for gold as a source of liquidity collapses suggesting that the gold sell- off is likely coming to an end. That said, the next time we approach the previous thresholds..it will likely indicate that another gold-derived liquidity rubberband "breach" is imminent. [Let me explain further so you won't be "had" next time.] Words: 1054

History has shown that investors who stick to disciplined, fundamental-focused strategies give themselves a good chance of beating the market over the long haul and James O’Shaughnessy has compiled data that stretches back to before the Great Depression...back-tested numerous strategies, and has come to some very intriguing conclusions. [Let me share some of them with you.] Words: 1325

Stocks and commodities are under pressure from the rising dollar. We have already seen a sizable pullback but there may be more to come in the next few trading sessions. While my negative view on stocks and precious metals will rub the gold and silver bugs the wrong way, I just want to point out what is unfolding so everyone sees both sides of the trade. Let’s take a look at some charts and dig right in. Words: 222

If you are tired of spending hours each week surfing the net or even visiting your up-to-now favourite financial site looking for articles that are extremely informative, relatively brief and very well-written, then go no further than munKNEE.com. Here is a sampling of articles posted on the site this past week related to what is happening in the gold market …

Our work with Gold is based on a “Model” off the late 70’s Gold Bull that has been replicating nicely since we started the Fractal Work with Gold back in 2002 and 2003. Short-term volatile moves in Gold, as we have seen over the past weeks, do not affect our projections based on the model, leaving the expectation of a move in Gold up to $3,000 into mid-year intact as outlined in our previous article entitled Gold Tsunami: on the Cusp of $3000+? Words: 996

I believe that the price of gold will... reach... $3,000, $4,000, and even $5,000 [per troy] ounce...during the course of this long-lasting bull market, a bull market that still has years of life left to it...[although] prices will remain extremely volatile - with big swings both up and down along a rising trend...The future price of gold is a function of past and prospective world economic, demographic, and political developments [and in this article] I review some of these developments and trends - so that you can come to your own "golden" conclusions. Words: 3800

According to my 2000 calculations, if interest rates and inflation stay constant over the next 2 years, we could expect to see (with 95.2% certainty) a parabolic peak price for gold of $4,380 per troy ounce by then! Let me explain what assumptions I made and the methods I undertook to arrive at that number and you can decide just how realistic it is. Words: 740

With the present major correction in gold, silver and the mining sector it is important to look at the big picture and see what the charts are saying from a technical fractal relationship with what happened back in 1979 when the last truely major bull run occurred. To date the situation is, frankly, no different than it was back then unfolding just as it should. As a result we can expect MAJOR upward price action in physical gold and silver and in their mining (producers, developers, explorers and royalty streamers alike) in the next few months on their way to their respective parabolic peaks in the years ahead. Read on. Words: 1604

There’s no corner of the market more emotional than gold investing and, with bullion down more than 10% this month and 20% since early September, a war of words has broken out among North America’s most influential bullion investors. [For an understanding of who said what, please read on.] Words: 1315

With what is happening with the price of gold these past few days it is imperative to take a look at the long and short of it all (the trends, that is). In doing so it shows that we are still very much in a long-term bull market but in a short-term (yes, short-term) bear market. Let's take a look at some charts that clearly outline where we are at and where we could well be going. Words: 625