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• Precious Points: A Bounce is a Bounce

  Published 20 May 2007 | viewed 3,737 times

  "A continuation of reverses (signaling continued weakness) would most likely continue to trigger liquidation of large gold positions and put downward pressure on metals... What…

• Precious Points: Don't Fear the Repo

  Published 13 May 2007 | viewed 4,304 times

  "Even if the Fed ignites a rally on Wednesday, as it has in recent months, profit-taking, instead of frenetic new buying, is still the most…

• Precious Points: The Ennui On the Way

  Published 06 May 2007 | viewed 4,157 times

  "Not until Thursdays' productivity report is there a significant chance of domestic economics driving a rally in metals… The path upward has been reopened for…

• Precious Points: Why Not Gold?

  Published 28 April 2007 | viewed 4,473 times

  "Despite a minor struggle last week, the trend continues to be up until it's not. Weaker consumer confidence and existing home data could be the…

• Precious Points: Sailing the Seas of Liquidity

  Published 22 April 2007 | viewed 4,203 times

  "A corrective dollar rally, as short-lived as it might be, could become a hurdle for metals going forward ... When support finally kicks in, as…

• Precious Points: Got Discipline?

  Published 15 April 2007 | viewed 4,171 times

  "Whether the Federal Reserve tightens incrementally to look tough on inflation for which it is almost entirely responsible, or whether it makes a small cut…

• Precious Points: All I Really Need to Know About the Economy I Learned in Kindergarten

  Published 01 April 2007 | viewed 4,152 times

  "Bernanke's policies, in fact, represent a paradigm shift away from a past where every boom was expected to, and had to be followed by a…

• Precious Points: Have it Your Way

  Published 25 March 2007 | viewed 4,104 times

  "In the end, it's not always the facts that determine the market's reaction, but the context... The best advice for markets like these is to…

• Precious Points: Lackluster, But Not Tarnished

  Published 17 March 2007 | viewed 4,266 times

  "Even if there is a retest of support in the next two weeks, vital signs indicate this cat still has plenty of lives." ~ Precious…

• Precious Points: Nine Lives

  Published 11 March 2007 | viewed 3,491 times

  "This is not the end of the bull market in metals and the blue moving average trend lines above should roughly hold. It's still reasonable,…

• Precious Points: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

  Published 04 March 2007 | viewed 3,415 times

  "Since the yen carry trade is the primary source of the world's liquidity today, higher interest rates in Japan could hurt both the dollar and…

• Precious Points: A Perfect Storm in Metals

  Published 25 February 2007 | viewed 4,781 times

  After long fall and winter seasons of expecting only gradual upward trends in the metals, with suspicion of large, fast moves, the bias of this…

• Precious Points: The Best Risk/Reward Trade Available

  Published 18 February 2007 | viewed 3,809 times

  "The expectation therefore is that the action of a single day will not to buck the larger trend, which is for yields to continue their…

• Precious Points: Now Boarding the Flight to Quality!

  Published 11 February 2007 | viewed 4,643 times

  This weekly update has been right on every trend since we called Fed policy a "buy signal" back in October after a nasty selloff the…

• Precious Points: What's Up With What's Going Down?

  Published 04 February 2007 | viewed 4,881 times

  Regular readers know last week's update was about the forces moving the precious metals markets and what we could expect to see based on how…

• Precious Point$: Follow the Money

  Published 27 January 2007 | viewed 3,467 times

  As we mentioned last week, there are numerous factors weighing on the spot price of precious metals and this fact can make it challenging from…

• Precious Points: Rumors of Metals' Demise are Greatly Exaggerated!

  Published 21 January 2007 | viewed 4,102 times

  Even after last week's rally, there is still talk about the run in commodities being finished. If you watched CNBC, you heard over and over…

• Precious Points: A Soft Landing ... for Metals!

  Published 14 January 2007 | viewed 6,067 times

  For weeks we've been saying the prevailing economic environment would not allow a dramatic selloff in metals. Of course, that didn't keep mainstream media from…

• Precious Points: Signs of Life in the Metals Bull?

  Published 06 January 2007 | viewed 4,872 times

  For months we've been warning that precious metals would continue their price increases, but not too fast or else they would be brought back in…

• Precious Points: A New Year for Metals

  Published 01 January 2007 | viewed 5,127 times

  It's now official: the traditionally no-income asset class including gold, silver and platinum has actually outperformed the major stock market indices every year since 2001.…