On the morning of January 11, 2012, there was a repeat of twin lessons for long investors in gold and silver miners. First it pays to understand the condition of mines. And second that the money is often made on the short side. Established in 1891, Hecla Mining /quotes/zigman/229110/quotes/nls/hl HL
As gold and silver continue a steady move up from recent lows they face a cluster of resistance. The cluster has been formed by the convergence of a number of popular moving averages. Most charts show jagged price movement. The jaggedness makes it difficult to get a good
Added to short position in GLD at $158.58. Please see ZYX Short Sell Change Alert for follow up on this position in Real Time.
Took a short position on gold (GLD) at $158.19. Please see ZYX Short Sell Change Alert for follow up on this position in Real Time.
The key to generating wealth over a long period of time is to identify when one macro cycle ends and a new macro cycle begins. In economics, a macro cycle is defined as a cycle of big picture economic performance, structure, and behavior. No bell is rung at the end
Kim Jong-Il, the dictator of North Korea has died. North Korea is the most militarized nation in the world with nukes. North Korean troops are staring American soldiers from a few hundred feet. This event may have major implications, especially for gold and silver. Technically, North Korea is still at
 This article contains the following tickers: GLD, SLV, ZSL, GDX, GDXJ, AG, CDE, HL, SSRI, PAAS, ABX, NEM, AEM, SLW, and GG I have a long proven track record of calling twists and turns of the gold and silver markets correctly. Some of the credit goes to the adaptive
ETFs mentioned in this article include GLD, IAU, SLV, DGP, UGL, and AGQ. Gold fell $54 Thursday. Most gurus were expecting gold to go up due to increasing instability in Europe. Spain conducted a dreadful bond auction, in which it was forced to pay 6.975%, just shy of the 7%
This article includes stock on gold (GLD), silver (SLV), Coeur d’ Alene Mines (CDE), (GLL), and (IAU). My long time readers are well familiar with the accuracy of my calls on gold and silver. These calls are well documented here. As a background for the new readers, I
It turns out that Mario Draghi is Super Mario. Mario Draghi is an ex-central bank governor of Italy who just took over from Jean-Claude Trichet the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB). In a surprise bold move, Draghi announced that the ECB is lowering its main rate from 1.5%