Bank of Japan Goes to Infinity and Beyond - April 5, 2013 0:57

The new head of the Bank of Japan made his mark on the markets with his first pronouncement last night.  Skipping the particulars, which if you are truly interested you can read them here, the BoJ is committed to doubling the size of its balance sheet over the next 20 months adding Â¥7 trillion per […]

Gold Continues to be Pressured by Commodity Weakness - April 4, 2013 1:12

The cover story at this point for the latest operation in the Gold market is commodity weakness today on weak employment data.  Since silver is now trading wholly along with the commodity complex when it is convenient then gold is dragged along with it.  In other words folks, there is no rhyme or reason to […]

Gold and Silver Shellacked - April 3, 2013 1:49

At this point I’ve got to say that it is becoming nearly comical the lengths to which our central planners will go to keep the world from panicking over their own profligacy.  The attack on Gold and Silver today was one of those near comical moments.  At this point what do they think they are […]

Energy Prices Rise to Begin Q2 - April 1, 2013 22:40

The first quarter of 2013 were a complete roller coaster ride in the energy space.  We saw U.S. gasoline futures de-couple from Brent crude prices on RIN speculation and natural gas prices close the quarter back over $4.00 per million BTUs for the first time in nearly 2 years.  Quietly, with the continuing saga unfolding […]

Gold Succumbs to Shorting Pressure - March 29, 2013 3:00

While we are watching record amounts of gold stand for delivery on the COMEX and the European banking system being delat irreparable body blows in the hope of re-igniting money velocity gold was relentlessly sold even though the GDP and unemployment data coming out of the U.S. was below expectations.  This should have sent gold […]

Gold Rebounds Despite Euro Weakness - March 27, 2013 23:16

When the full extent of the horror show that is the final solution to the Cyprus problem finally hit the newswires, the Euro exploded to the downside taking gold and silver with it.  The problem, of course, is that Cyprus might not even be fixed, just like Greece was never fixed.   Moody’s is convinced it’s […]

Gold Continues to Hover Near $1600 - March 27, 2013 1:00

As the fallout from the Cyprus deal continues to settle into the markets and we approach the end of the month, Gold is caught in a crosswind between the obvious demand in the physical market and the needs of the futures market to maintain order, given the unbalanced nature of the COT report at last […]

Gold Holds Serve Against Cyprus Deal and Options Expiration - March 25, 2013 20:21

The bears will never learn, because they are bearish for what amounts to irrational reasons, no matter how rational they sound.  Gold is not going to be blown out back to $1400 per ounce because of debt deflation.  If today’s price action did not tell them that it never will and they will continue to […]

Ahead of Futures Expiration Gold Falls Back - March 23, 2013 3:49

At this point you are watching a trapped set of market shorts beat a tactical retreat away from a disastrous position that if the central banks on the other side of the trade wanted to could wipe them out (all of them) in about an hour.  But, since these same shorts allowed those central banks […]