Executive Insights

I've promised to explain why I think gold is on the verge of another bull run. As I've said in my post On Gold and Precious Metals, I’m not in the business of making short-term predictions of gold prices. I consider making short-term price predictions to be a fool’s errand because price movements are so dependent…

Read Part I Read Part II I’ll start by summarizing my last post about gold’s mid-April loss of $200+, then address the cause of another $200 an ounce loss in mid-June. What new information did the market learn that warranted a $200+ hit in April?  Did the market discover that the world economy was finally emerging…

Read Part I I concluded my last post by describing how the world’s largest purveyor of paper gold, SPDR Gold, sold more paper gold between December 2012 and June 2013 than it had accumulated over the previous four years. In fact, SPDR Gold sold more paper gold in those seven months than the physical gold…

This is the first in a series of posts in which I’ll make the case for why, even in these turbulent markets conditions, you should be considering buying physical gold. By physical gold I mean gold coins and bars as opposed to paper gold sold by exchange-trade funds, or ETFs. Your very first question might well…

I'm starting this blog during interesting and often confusing times for gold buyers and those considering the purchase of precious metals. My goal is to clear up that confusion by sorting through what's happening in the gold market, explaining why it's happening and what is likely to happen. I take a mid- to long-term perspective…