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• Gold and Quantitative Easing: Inflation All Over Again?

  January 30, 2013, 12:35 PM

  There is a widespread notion that governments resort to printing money in order to cope with the troubles the economic crisis of 2008 brought about. It is unclear, and most probably never will be, if the consecutive rounds of what is now known as Quantitative Easing (QE) actually saved the global economy or simply hampered future growth. It is clear, however, that these rounds have left the taxpayer with a very expensive bill to pay in the years to come. In today's essay we analyze what QE actually is and what kind of impact may it have on precious metals once the rapid money supply expansion has come to a halt.

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• Bullish Implications for Precious Metals from the U.S. Dollar

  January 28, 2013, 1:15 PM

  In today's essay we provide a thorough analysis of the U.S. Dollar market, taking a look at it from three different perspectives: the short-, medium- and long-term ones, as every single one of them is helpful in predicting where the market may go in the following weeks. We then focus on the implications for the whole precious metals market.

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• Two Encouraging Mining Stock Charts

  January 25, 2013, 12:40 PM

  Mining stocks declined significantly in the past few days - but is the situation really all that bad? Read our today's essay and find out.

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• How Far Up Could Silver Go?

  January 22, 2013, 1:40 PM

  In today's essay we focus on signals for precious metals from the general stock market and the financial sector. We also show how technical tools can be applied to generate long-term price projections for silver market.

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• Will Platinum Outperform Gold in the Near Future?

  January 18, 2013, 10:36 AM

  Platinum seems to have caught up with gold after over a year of the yellow metal's dominance. Will it be a replay of March 2012, when only a small breakout, followed by a quick return to gold's outperformance took place? In today's essay we discuss this matter in full, considering both fundamental and technical factors.

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• Gold and Basel III

  January 16, 2013, 1:34 PM

  In the last few months it has been rumored that the implementation of Basel III, a new set of recommendations for central banks provided by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, would have significant impact on the price of gold. We investigate the matter and analyze what has really changed since Basel II, the previous set of recommendations, was put forward. We also discuss whether the gradual implementation of Basel III has an important place in the fundamental picture for gold.

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• Why Should Precious Metals Correlations Be Constantly Monitored?

  January 14, 2013, 2:29 PM

  In today's essay we talk about the usefulness of correlation in the precious metals market analysis but we also discuss its shortcomings and how not to fall into some traps associated with its use. We do all that in the context of the correlation between currency markets and the precious metals market and try to figure out how the current situation in euro and U.S. dollar could translate into gold, silver and other precious metals prices.

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• What do Silver to Gold and Platinum to Gold Ratios Tell Us?

  January 11, 2013, 10:26 AM

  In today's essay we discuss using Relative Strength Analysis to tell whether one group of assets will outperform the other in the future. This technique is quite universal and has been very useful on the precious metals market so far. Today we focus on the three most important precious metals: gold, silver and platinum and try to figure out which one of them will do best in the weeks to come. If you're a precious metals investor you can't miss today's essay!

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• Will Gold and Silver Stocks Follow the General Stock Market?

  January 7, 2013, 3:10 PM

  In today's essay we delve into the relationship between the general stock market and the precious metals mining stocks market. We employ correlations to see whether the positive outlook for the former could translate in any way into the latter. We also comment on the recent changes in the correlations between precious metals, stocks and currencies.

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• Gold Price in January 2013

  January 4, 2013, 12:38 PM

  Even though today's essay deals exclusively with gold, it shows a general approach that should be taken when analyzing such universal commodities as precious metals, that trade on many exchanges and in many currencies, namely that one ought not to focus solely on the price and the commodity's behavior in only one currency, as it may obscure the whole picture. This is why today we take a look at gold priced in many different currencies to figure out what its price in the U.S. dollar will be in the following weeks.

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• Gold in Fort Knox - Is There Any?

  January 2, 2013, 11:42 AM

  Every now and then gold bugs come up with theories of no gold being stored in Fort Knox. Even though there is no conclusive evidence that the amount of gold in Fort Knox is properly reported by the Treasury nor is there any conclusive evidence that the amount of gold being stored there is misreported, the topic is quite hot among precious metals investors. We delve into it and link it to our previous analysis of U.S. debt vs. gold reserves.

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• Rising Euro, Falling Dollar and… Correlations Turned Upside Down

  December 28, 2012, 11:00 AM

  The situation in the currency markets seems to be perfect for precious metals investors, but there is one "tiny" detail - the usual relationships between these markets are not present at this time. Today we delve deeper into currency markets and the reasons why the correlations are turned upside down.

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• 1980 Top in Gold as a Reference Point for Precious Metals Investors

  December 27, 2012, 10:00 AM

  We are always happy to answer questions from our subscribers whenever they feel like there's need for something to be cleared up. Today's essay has evolved from such a question about the 1980 top in gold and why we use it for comparisons if the current economic situation is quite different than the one seen back then. We discuss the economic conditions which contributed to the 1980 rally and show how this rally can be used as a reference point even though we are not living in times of soaring inflation right now.

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• A Look on Gold from the Non-USD Perspective

  December 21, 2012, 11:05 AM

  In today's essay we look at gold from many different perspectives in order to gauge the true magnitude of this week's declines and to figure out what the end of this year may bring for gold investors.

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• Where the Relationship between Gold and Oil Works and Where It Does Not

  December 19, 2012, 12:14 PM

  The relationship between gold and oil is not one that has gone under the radar of gold bugs. Nor has it escaped the attention of those traders who put gold and oil together in the "commodities" basket. But what exactly is that relationship? Or is there any meaningful relationship at all? You will find some answers in our today's essay.

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