Investors who want to know what will be the main driver of $2,500 gold prices, look no further than Gold ETF demand. Yes, it’s true. While gold bar and coin demand is a significant percentage of the gold market, the surge in Gold ETF demand tends to be the main price driver and has been in the past…
The world continues to suffer from more disruption in the global energy system and markets. In this new Metals, Market & Energy Update, I show what’s happening with the U.S. and global energy inventories. I also provide information on the Global Gold ETF market and how that is impacting the gold price…
Americans are now paying a lot more for electricity and this trend will likely continue in the years to come. Why? Unfortunately, the U.S. will continue to ramp up its “Green Energy” of wind and solar, thus making power generation even more expensive. If you then add rising energy prices on top of that…
Due to the passage of the Illinois State Clean Energy Bill, two nuclear power plants facing retirement this month have been reversed. The Byron and Dresden Nuclear plants, run by Exelon Energy, were facing retirement due to operating losses from competing with lower-priced fossil-fuel electric generation…
This is a “Must-Watch” Report on the 20 Years Total Cost to mine gold from the largest companies in the world. If you want to know the total cost to produce gold over the past two decades, this video presentation provides a practical summary. I had no idea how high the costs were until I did the research…
We decided to cover both our ConocoPhilips and Continental Resources short positions due to several reasons. We were counting on a quicker correction of the energy stocks along with the oil price. However, not only has the oil price moved higher, so has the broader markets. Fortunately, we did not lose any money…