Mining

This week, we will look at an index of major gold mining stocks, HUI, and see that while the index does a nice job of identifying gold peaks and bottoms, mining stocks generally have not provided the positive leverage to the metals that precious metals investors sometimes claim.

Gold will probably continue to rise until ETF outstandings reach their highest levels, which is still a long way off. Especially as demand for physical gold remains very strong. Despite the high price of an ounce of gold, central banks continue to buy precious metals on a massive scale.

China, the world leader in the production of photovoltaic panels, is driving up demand for silver metal, causing prices to rise. Silver stocks have fallen drastically, and forecasts indicate that industrial demand will far outstrip mining production, leading to a major deficit.

In 2024, with almost one in five ounces now dedicated to the photovoltaic industry, tensions on the silver market are mounting. Against this backdrop, the price of the grey metal would be headed for good prospects. While the breakout from the $26/oz level has now been confirmed, analysis of the beha...

The New Gold Playbook reflects changing market dynamics driven by central bank actions, geopolitics, and the rising importance of noninflationary assets like gold and Bitcoin.

Gold is once again the preferred investment in Asia, to the detriment of the stock market and real estate. In the West, we're not seeing a gold rush, but rather a rush into technology stocks.

Two of the world's largest silver mines, located in Mexico, closed their operations. Silver stocks on the Shanghai Future Exchange are falling. Andrew Maguire says that wholesale silver is not trading at the COMEX silver price or the LBMA fixing, but at a much higher price.

In this article, we analyze gold's monthly performance. First of all, it appears that "minimal" monthly variations account for the vast majority of gold price variations. In other words, most of the time, the price of gold follows a channelled, low-volatility pattern.

Some people know the story of the Gold Rush from the Charlie Chaplin film, others from TV shows or books of all kinds. At the very least, historians consider this period to be one of the most significant of the 19th century. Both fascinating and structuring, it is particularly revealing of American...

In addition to discussing the Fed’s total failure in controlling inflation, in this article I will also stick my neck out in the climate debate before I go on to the likely disastrous effects of debts, deficits and inflation will have on investment markets.