Barry Stuppler

GOLD After yesterday afternoon’s Federal Reserve statement on cutting back the quantitative easing, Gold quickly dropped $20 per ounce, reaching low of $1,216 (a 7-month low). Asian and European Gold demand was strong in overnight trading and the price moved up quickly to $1,226 just before the U.S. COMEX opened. At 11am PDT today, Gold is trading at $1,226.50 per...

GOLD Gold has traded in a very narrow $5 high/low trading range today, with $1,239 being the high and $1,234 per ounce being the low, on very light trading volume. There will be a breakout of this narrow range very soon and I give it a 70% chance that it will be lower. The breakout could come as soon as...

Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs has recently reiterated its negative view on gold, which it has held for the past year.

While I am in agreement with Goldman that the Fed will be the dominant force behind the price of gold, I believe the central bank will soon be back into the QE business, rather than raising interest rates and crushing the dollar price of gold . . . .

GOLD This morning Gold reached $1,242 but couldn’t find buyers to support the breakout, so it fell back below $1,238 per ounce. Gold’s inability to rally back quickly after hitting yesterday’s low of $1,225 concerns me. I believe we will test the low of $1,225 again very soon. The last two times the Gold price turned short term bullish and...

This Week’s Headlines: Gold Silver Recommended Investment Commitment and Diversification GOLD Gold decreased all five trading days last week, dropping below the important $1,250 per ounce support level; making trading a bit strange. I saw very light technical trader selling coming in to short the market. Normally, after a serious break of an important support level the margin call selling...

GOLD Gold is showing good consolidation at current price levels around the globe. After reaching a low this morning of $1,226 per ounce, Gold has shown excellent demand and price support today. At 11am PDT today, Gold is trading at $1,234 per ounce up $3 per ounce on good volume. SILVER Silver has stayed in a very tight $0.20 high/low...

GOLD Gold hit a new weekly low of $1,228 per ounce this morning in especially active trading for a Friday, before rallying back above $1,230 per ounce. The bears have control of the Gold market and they have the bulls on the ropes. I look for a turn upwards in the Gold price next week. I believe the bears may...

GOLD Gold moved back above the key $1,250 price level last night, but the bears came back and drove the price back down to $1,234 per ounce. Trading volume has not been very high considering this is a breakdown of a major support level. At 11am PDT today, Gold is down $7 per ounce, trading at $1,239 per ounce on...

GOLD After Gold rallied to $1,258 per ounce in overnight trading, the bears took control in England and sent the price back down to $1,243.80. Considering the increasing volatility in the Gold price I would have expected to see higher trading volume. At 11am PDT today, Gold is trading at $1,246 per ounce, down $5 on average volume. SILVER Silver...

Silver is playing an important, if not critical role in the growing world of wearable technology.

At the new intersection where fashion and biometrics meet, silver provides the conduit in innovative athletic clothing that transmits sought-after biometric data, such as the wearer’s real time heartbeat, to a sensor that displays the data . . . .