The Gold Informant – Not for the weak minded

In an interview with Louis James, John Hathaway discusses the US’s economic outlook and why he’s delighted by the current bearish sentiment toward gold. Louis James: Ladies and gentleman, thanks for tuning in. We’re at the Casey Research Recovery Reality Check Summit. We’re talking with John Hathaway, one of the more successful fund investors – [...]

What a week! We’ve been expecting metals to rebound from their February 28 drop for some time now. These pullbacks happen. But they never feel, no matter how much you expect them. Readers may remember our recent series on Safe Havens. Some of what we discussed there involved some pretty challenging scenarios. We mentioned that [...]

For the past few months, precious metals have mirrored the S&P 500. Of course, it’s not a perfect match but, as you can see in the chart below, they followed very similar patterns for the past couple of months. Beginning with gold’s precipitous drop on February 28th, the S&P and precious metals have walked in [...]

Greece continues to steal headlines. There’s simply so much going on that is worthy of attention. And, unfortunately, little of it looks good at this point. For the past couple of years Greeks have been pulling cash out of their bank accounts, fearing bank runs, or worse. But that was based on continuous austerity and [...]

Francois Hollande is into taxing the rich. He’s made it clear that he plans to implement a 75% tax on income of $1 million or more. Of course, for all those who make less than the $1 million mark, this is fine. It means that the country might make up for deficits, taking the pressure [...]

Today we want to take a look at silver. With all the focus on gold it’s easy to forget its monetary cousin. There’s something going on here that may surprise many, in light of recent movements. It seems that some who’ve held silver for a long time, expecting it to continue up into triple digits, [...]

Yesterday we introduced China’s new Pan Asia Gold Exchange (PAGE). Many analysts have been expecting this new market to precipitate rising precious metal prices. Due to manipulation from central bankers, the short-positions in gold and silver offer a false sense of supply. The argument goes that China’s new market will produce much more demand, squeezing [...]