If the East has gained control of the gold, and the West is essentially insolvent to its core, why aren’t gold and silver finding a higher level that, at a minimum, would reflect a simple adjustment for inflation for the past few decades? The answer is really quite simple: the "Rothschild formula" is is alive and well. Let me explain just what the Rothschild formula is and how it is influencing the price of gold.

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What the gold & silver charts have been saying since the highs of 2009 and 2011 is that there is little reason for trading from the long side, if one wants to maximize potential results...

Here's the best reason to buy and hold gold and silver, at any price, and especially at these artificially suppressed prices.

One can take the facts from charts and draw one's own conclusions but the problem is that many do not understand them, including a lot of technical analysts who misuse them and, as a result, the message gets lost. This article provides an interpretation of what the charts are saying about the current (and near-term future) trends in gold & silver.

The takeaway all the charts is that a strong rally in either gold or silver is not imminent. In fact, we are more likely to see more of the same. The potential for positive change always exists, but until we can see such change developing on the charts, more sideways activity will continue.

There does not appear to be any hint of a change in the ongoing downside pressure for gold and silver. Confirmation of a change in trend will only come after a higher high above 1300 from 2016, as seen in this weekly chart below.

…The paper markets…have had a surprising rally over the past month, one that has taken us by surprise, but we are not convinced it will continue.  The only caveat in making that assessment is the fact that, at some point, gold and silver will not look back and will do nothing but accelerate in price.  However, that condition should exhibit …

This article is a brief, but totally accurate, depiction of what money is. People prefer to believe in the lie, that lie being the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, Federal Reserve Notes, debt instruments accepted as real money. Fiction takes precedence over reality.

The charts, for us, are the best framework for depicting where price is headed, or not headed, for PMs. Eventually, there will be a breakout, but no time soon, as the charts below so clearly illustrate.