Gold

By the end of this year inflation expectations will be significantly higher and industrial metals such as copper and platinum will be significantly more expensive relative to gold. Here's why.

Nearly every major correction and crash going back to 1987 was preceded by weakness in Lumber. Despite a strong comeback off the low, Lumber is turning lower again.

I remain very bullish on this sector, and the recent rally is likely just the beginning of a multi-year move higher in the gold mining space.

Many articles make reference to the price of gold costing x dollars per “troy" ounce (i.e. ozt). Why is the term "troy" used? And what do the terms "karat" and "carat" mean?

This market looks gorgeous, and has lots of upside potential in 2019.

Gold is trading at its highest level in more than 5 years and is likely on the verge of a major break out that should elevate prices of the yellow metal much higher. Here's why.

These charts tell me that, even though gold is still down from its 2011 peak, investors continue to value it as an attractive store of value.

We can use correlations to develop short term cases for various markets and this article analyzes the relationship - the correlation - between the value of the U.S. dollar and the price of gold bullion.

As a rule of thumb when the ratio is below 9, oil is relatively expensive (and gold is relatively inexpensive) and when the ratio is above 20, oil is relatively inexpensive (and gold is relatively expensive).

My long standing target for gold of $10,000 in today’s money and much, much higher in inflationary terms, is now more probable than ever but I hope it will never be achieved. When gold goes to $10,000, It will not just reflect inflation and falling currencies like in the 1970s but a much more serious or even catastrophic situation both in the U.S. and globally so let’s look at a potential scenario for the next few years. This is obviously not a forecast but more of a rough sketch of what could happen: