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This Past Week in Gold

Jul 13, 2013 at 06:28

Summary: Long term - on major sell signal since Mar 2012. Short term - on mixed signals. Gold sector cycle - continues to whipsaw.

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Bernanke's Comment

Jul 12, 2013 at 20:09

Somehow the Fed has succeeded in making unstable global markets even more so.

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Mother Nature Pre-empts the Fed

Jul 12, 2013 at 16:05

One can't help but note that comments on gold are virtually opposite to those on lowergrade bond markets in April. Ironically, both conditions have something to do with ambitious government.…

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You Can't Jawbone a Bungee Jump

Jul 12, 2013 at 15:25

Incredible to me, as well as to many others I am sure, is the fact that the words of one guy, Chairman Bernanke, who is leaving office soon, carries more…

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Abelications

Jul 12, 2013 at 14:51

There's a three year downward trend in Chinese imports underway. The chart below, from Nomura Global Economics, shows the trend quite clearly.

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How to Beat a Gold Shortage

Jul 12, 2013 at 14:02

Gold is sold out! Or so you might think if you miss the true nature of coin supply. Over the last few years, during the great investment demand for gold…

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Gold's QE3 Anomaly

Jul 12, 2013 at 13:23

Gold's biggest psychological overhang this year has been the fate of the Fed's third quantitative-easing campaign. Gold futures traders hang on every word of Fed officials, extrapolating them into a…

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Money Talks and Those With the Most Money Have the Most Control?

Jul 12, 2013 at 11:58

Is this True of False? "Money talks and those with the most money have the most control". In the Stock Market, the group with the most money are the Institutional…

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Inflation - The Real Thing

Jul 12, 2013 at 11:47

Although everyone knows prices are rising fast, there has not been, in general, a rush to get rid of dollars, as there was in the 1970s. The rush was to…

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Did Gold Start to Trade Along With the Stock Market?

Jul 12, 2013 at 10:03

It seems that everybody's hanging on the Fed's every word. Yesterday the S&P 500 index climbed above the closing record of 1,669.16 reached May 21 and closed at its record…