With the price of gold surging $30 and silver up 40 cents, and the Dow down 400, here is a look at what is driving the rally in the gold market outside of the ongoing Trade War between the US and China. Within hours KWN will be releasing an important audio interview with James Turk about today’s big surge in gold and silver! Until then… Gold/SilverAugust 23 (King World News) – Alasdair Macleod:  “What matters for gold is on LME Precious, indicated yield one-year forward is 1.9%. With negative ra...

As the silver price rally continues, mine supply from three of the top producing countries fell significantly this year.  Peru, Chile, and Mexico all reported declines in silver mine supply in the first half of the year, with Peru suffering the largest dropoff.  With these three countries accounting for 45% of total global silver production, a reduction in mine supply can impact the overall market.According to the mine supply data reported by each country, Peru’s silver production is down 10% in...

President Trump just gave a direct order to American companies, also including ordering ALL mail carriers to search mail for Fentanyl… There is still a lot of day left to go in what is turning out to be a rather spectacular day for both Trump’s unloading on the Fed and China. Recall from moments ago: Assuming “Powel” means “Powell”, President Trump isn’t sure which one is worse. Still, President Trump is not happy with China one bit. Again from Twitter, moments ago: ….better off without them. ...

Gold & Silver are taking a liking to Jerome “Sustain The Expansion” Powell even if President Trump wants MOAR! Jerome Powell began speaking a 10:00 a.m. at Jackson Hole. After the standard prep the metals going into a Fed Head speech, gold & silver are responding quite well: Not a bad little move. Of course, it’s also a continuation move from the earlier announced escalation in the Trade War by China: Silver is up some $0.30 from just a few hours ago. More on Fed Dove Powell, from Bloo...

Powell will be more hawkish than markets are anticipating, and that that’s not good news for gold bulls. Here’s why… by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits The 2019 Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole has begun! Today, we’ll hear Jerome Powell discuss the latest monetary policy shifts. How will it affect the gold market? Jackson Hole 2019 Has Begun This week is rather light in terms of incoming economic data, with the minutes from the last FOMC meeting being the only exception. Now, investors aw...

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China has just announced two more waves of tariffs, and the markets are reacting. Here are the details… From Zero Hedge Just over an hour after the Global Times’ Hu Xijing warned that China would announce retaliatory tariffs on certain US products, adding that “China has ammunition to fight back”, that’s precisely what happened when China’s Ministry of Finance said in statement posted on website late Friday that it would levy retaliatory tariffs on another $75BN in US goods with rates anywhere b...

In an economic move that everyone except the mainstream media can get behind… by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan In an economic move that everyone except the mainstream media can get behind, President Donald Trump is considering reducing the heavy taxation burden on Americans to help boost the economy.  Lower taxes means less is stolen from the producers and flowing into the hands of the parasites.  No one should care how much money the government will lose. Theft is theft whether it’s done by the governm...

Is silver about to finally play catch-up to gold? by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money While we’ve been on the record since January in predicting that 2019 would see the best annualized gains for the precious metals since 2010, we’ve also been concerned that COMEX gold might pull away from COMEX silver in the short term. Now? Maybe not so much. Two posts from earlier this year that you should review before continuing: • This from January: https://www.sprottmoney.com/Blog/gold-and-silver-2… • This fro...

With the price of gold getting more attention in the media, here is an important look at what’s next for the gold bull, plus the temptation to take profit. Gold/SilverAugust 22 (King World News) – Ole Hansen, Head of Commodity Strategy at SaxoBank:  “It’s been a relatively quiet week so far in precious metals with gold being stuck in a relative tight range around $1500/oz. The focus, apart from Greenland, has been squarely on the gathering of central bankers at the Annual Federal Reserve Policy ...