By Jeff Clark, Casey Research We’ve been saying since September that gold producers are undervalued, and here are some data that show just how extreme the undervaluation is. The following chart measures the stock prices of major and intermediate gold producers against their Net Asset Value, based on the daily price of gold. In the simplest terms,...

By Eric McWhinnie Despite having a rather stable performance last week, gold and silver are declining sharply Monday.  Gold fell below a key support level at $1,680, while silver dipped below $31.  There are several global factors contributing to the decline in precious metals today. A European summit deal to tighten fiscal rules in the eurozone...

By Jeff Clark, Casey Research If you’re bullish about the long term for gold and silver, it’s mouthwatering to watch them undergo a major correction after taking earlier profits that added to your deployable cash. For a little historical perspective on pullbacks, consider the following charts. The current 15.6% gold decline, while considered...

By Jeff Clark, Casey Research A young woman – let’s call her Andrea – inherited some money from her father in late 1997. She was only nineteen at the time. Not knowing the first thing about investing, she kept the money in stocks and bonds as her father had, wanting to hold on to it until she really needed it. She played it “safe.” She...

Earlier this week, Standard & Poor’s placed Germany, France and 13 other eurozone nations on negative credit watch, saying “continuing disagreements among European policy makers on how to tackle” the region’s debt crisis risk is damaging their financial stability.  Furthermore, S&P warned that the European Financial Stability Facility...

Gold is higher by 20% this year but the large cap gold stocks (GDX) are down 6% while the junior gold stocks (ETF) are down 25%. With Gold higher by 20%, we’d normally expect the gold stocks to be up 50% and more. Needless to say 2011 has been a difficult year for gold bugs. Its been a near disaster for most junior gold stocks. That being said, there...

By Eric McWhinnie Last week, gold futures for December delivery increased 3.6%, while silver futures gained 5.1%.  The catalyst for the gains came from central banks agreeing to make dollar borrowing cheaper for the euro zone.  Currently, gold and silver are holding onto gains as investors wait for another catalyst. Investor Insights: Why is Gold...

David A Banister- www.MarketTrendForecast.com Back in August with Gold running to parabolic wave 3 sentiment induced highs, I warned of a major top and multi-month correction.  We all know that the fundamentals for the shiny metal are stronger than ever, but you must keep in mind that the market prices all that in well l in advance.  Coupled with...

I think you will admit that we are in the middle of one major crazy financial mess.  The part that makes things really crazy is that it’s not just in the United States anymore but rather serious global problem which if not handled properly could change the way we live our lives going forward or possibly even spark some type of war, hopefully things...

Thus far in 2011 the overall stock market movement has been much different from what we had in 2010. This year we have seen nothing but sideways to lower prices with wild price swings on a day to day basis. There just has not been any really solid trends to take advantage of this year. Instead we had to actively trade the oversold dips and sell into...

Gold Scents I have decided to post the weekend premium report to the blog this week. In this report I’m going to take a look at what has transpired and what is likely to come, as the third leg down in the secular bear market begins to intensify. Back in April of this year I warned investors to get out of stocks in their 401(k) accounts. At the...

By Bud Conrad, Casey Research Though late to the party as usual, the proverbial man on the street – along with members of mainstream media and Wall Street heavyweights – is finally waking up to the decade-long, 700% increase in the price of gold, joining a growing buzz around the monetary metal. From questions whether gold is in a bubble to predictions...

Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT  | In bull markets, corrections and consolidations are needed to periodically cleanse the market of extreme optimism and an overbought condition. After a market has strong run it inevitably reaches a point of resistance. This is where there are more buyers than sellers.  A market can correct in two ways. Either it declines and...

By JW Jones – OptionsTradingSignals.com The current trading environment is one of the most difficult that I can recall in recent memory. Risks abroad regarding the European sovereign debt crisis is keeping market participants on edge as headline risk seemingly surrounds traders at every turn. In addition to the risk posed by Europe, the market’s...

Over the recent couple months the precious metals charts have made some sizable moves. Most investors and traders were caught off guard by the sharp avalanche type selloff and lost a lot of hard earned capital in just a few trading sessions. Gold dropped over 20% and silver a whopping 40%. The crazy thing about all this is that these types of moves...