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  This chart by itself shows how much investors’ sentiment about the gold miners has reached a peak of pessimism not seen since 1943. Miners selling so cheap in relation to gold is a sign of historical capitulation all over the sector. Their valuations, in terms of P/E and business value,...

Until 2011, each time gold seemed to be surging up there would be a correction, which is the mark of a sound bull market. On the other hand, from a fundamental point of view, or from a portfolio allocation or psychological point of view, gold was far from filling the criteria of a bubble.

The Fed has started tapering its QE. From $85 Billion a month, the monetary press slowed down to $75 Billion a month, last month, and then down to $65 Billion a month. Ben Bernanke might have left his successor with a poisoned gift

The Fed was created by private bankers for the benefit of private bankers and today, 100 years later, they have been more successful than they could ever have imagined in 1913.

JPMorgan owned $65.4 billion, or just over 60% of the total notional ($108.2 billion) of all gold derivatives in the US

Some recent charts by Nick Laird on the OCC Precious Metals Derivatives. All PM Derivatives & Gold Derivatives in Tonnes - All Maturities

The Gold/Silver Ratio - Gold, Silver, and their Relationship; Gold Wars; Physical Gold, the Safest Asset in an Unsafe World; Crisis in Emerging Countries : After So-Called Global Recovery, Back to Harsh Reality; Argentina Gold Going Crazy; Precious Metals Manipulation Worse Than Libor, Bafin Says...

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so let us analyze this relation between gold and silver with some graphs. Gold and silver have their own markets; they sometimes converge and they sometimes diverge, but there is always an important correlation between the two.

The specter of a crisis in emerging countries is back. A veritable tsunami is sweeping through their currencies : The argentine peso has lost 20% to the US dollar since the start of the year, the turkish pound has lost 30% over the last twelve months. The mexican peso, the brazilian real and the...

Charts by Nick Lair: Open Interest vs Total Stocks, Open Interest vs Registered Stocks, Open Interest vs Eligible Stocks

Egon von Greyerz discusses the demise of the dollar and other currencies as well as the coming 90% fall of stock markets versus gold

Charts by Nick Laird. Gold vs Argentine Pesos, Gold vs Turkish Lira & Gold vs Syrian Pound

Gold Wars, Gold Price Manipulation: How and Why ?, Physical Gold Shortage Goes Mainstream, Bull Market Ahead, Gold Spikes To Highest Since November, Jim Rickards: The Fed Wants Gold To Rise Orderly, Demand Physical Gold As One Day Paper Price Manipulation Will End Catastrophically, Free ebook to...

Rates on the debt of Italy and Spain have reached high levels in 2011 and 2012, even 7% at times, a rate considered as « mortal », because it could snowball into quick defaults. But in 2013 and the start of this year, these rates have been around 4%, in the midst of weak volatility. Does that mea...

We are aware of the currency wars, but we are a lot less familiar with the gold wars raging between the East and the West and, more particularly, between China and the United States.

The evidence of gold price manipulation is clear. In this article we present evidence and describe the process. We conclude that ability to manipulate the gold price is disappearing as physical gold moves from New York and London to Asia, leaving the West with paper claims to gold that greatly ex...