Michael Swanson

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• Runaway Spending Fueling Gold

  Published 19 September 2005 | viewed 4,630 times

  When gold broke 450 last week it made a key breakout. For the past nine months, 450 has been resistance on gold. The move up…

• New XAU Bottom in the Making

  Published 31 August 2005 | viewed 4,593 times

  On Tuesday gold briefly dipped below $430 an ounce today and the XAU fell below 93. The correction in gold that started two weeks ago…

• Phase Two of the Gold Bull Market Begins!

  Published 04 August 2005 | viewed 6,427 times

  You are witnessing history. This is day one of phase two of the gold bull market. Yesterday the XAU gold stock index blasted through its…

• Second Gold Stock Breakout Attempt Coming

  Published 25 July 2005 | viewed 6,332 times

  Two weeks ago the XAU gold stock index attempted to breakout and begin a run to its 52-week highs. After bottoming in May, the XAU…

• Four Reasons Gold Stocks Are About to Rise

  Published 08 July 2005 | viewed 4,692 times

  Are you uneasy about gold stocks? After the Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week, gold fell 19 points. We found out on Friday that…

• Monetary Cap on Gold to Be Lifted!

  Published 14 June 2005 | viewed 6,784 times

  Gold is going up again, but it is no surprise. The commitment of traders report for the end of May showed that commercial traders covered…

• Three Signs of a Gold Bottom

  Published 25 May 2005 | viewed 6,346 times

  For several weeks now, I have been on the watch for a gold bottom to use as a buying opportunity. We are seeing three technical…

• Why Gold Stock Correction Near an End

  Published 05 May 2005 | viewed 5,759 times

  It has been a tough road for gold stock bulls. Believe me I know. The most remarkable thing the past six weeks has been the…

• Gold To Rally in 2005

  Published 19 April 2005 | viewed 4,866 times

  No earnings rally. The DOW got smashed last week and we don't think we are at a bottom yet. We're close. But not close enough.…

• What Insiders Think of the Dollar

  Published 11 April 2005 | viewed 7,217 times

  One thing I referred to in the October issue of WallStreetWindow Monthly is an article by Peter Peterson that was published in Foreign Affairs, the…

• When Will the Gold Correction End?

  Published 28 March 2005 | viewed 5,333 times

  Last week almost every index and market, except the dollar index, fell after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and admitted in its accompanying statement…

• The Gold Bottom Is In

  Published 14 February 2005 | viewed 4,558 times

  Last Thursday, the XAU closed above 91 to break the downtrend line that has acted as firm resistance on the gold stock index since November.…

• Is A Gold Bottom Imminent?

  Published 31 January 2005 | viewed 4,970 times

  Back in the final days of November I warned that a correction was probably about to begin. I did not give up on the gold…

• What the Next 6 Months Holds For Investors

  Published 25 January 2005 | viewed 6,723 times

  Looking Back at 2004 and the Impact of Hedge Funds on the Market Last year the S&P 500 returned 8.99% while the DOW rose 3.14%…

• This Is Not the Time to Panic Out of Gold!

  Published 03 January 2005 | viewed 3,369 times

  Some gold bugs are being foolish. Gold stocks have been under performing the price of gold now since November. Gold stocks tend to lead gold…

• The Coming Bottom in Gold Stocks

  Published 20 December 2004 | viewed 3,416 times

  Last Wednesday, the Treasury Department reported that foreigners bought $48.1 billion in securities in October. This was down from the $67.5 billion they purchased in…

• Is A Gold Correction Coming?

  Published 06 December 2004 | viewed 3,832 times

  On August 15 of this year I sent out a special bulletin to my subscribers recommending the purchase of gold stocks. I believed at the…

• A Golden Wall of Worry

  Published 22 November 2004 | viewed 3,119 times

  Gold is hopping and the gold stocks are on fire! Gold hit a new 16-year high last week. This past Wednesday also marked the launch…

• Wave 2 of the Gold Bull Market Begins

  Published 09 November 2004 | viewed 3,351 times

  On Friday, gold closed at 432.90 and the $XAU closed at 106.86. Friday marked the highest one day close for gold in 16 years and…

• Traders Bet on the Election

  Published 02 November 2004 | viewed 3,705 times

  Above is a chart of the futures contracts for the Presidential election that trade under the University of Iowa "Electronic Markets." Since created, these contracts…