Mark Mead Baillie

We start with this past week's highlight (or better stated "lowlight"): on Wednesday, our Economic Barometer tied for its worst one-day plunge in the 25 years we've been maintaining it. Here 'tis,...

Six weeks have passed since gold's weekly parabolic trend flipped from Short to Long (at 1745 on Nov. 10). And based on the prior ten Long trend follow-through by points, we've been remindful...

Let's start with this from the "Percentages Within Percentages Dept.": Across the past six weeks, the price of gold has risen from as low as 1618 (Nov. 03) to as high as 1823 (Dec. 05) -- what with...

When on occasion gold grabs the steering wheel as it did this past week, we're told to "Get in, fasten your belt, shut up and hang on!" Especially so when gold has just filled up with premium. For...

This past Wednesday whilst many a StateSider were preoccupied toward getting from home base to grandma's place, or worse, under the stress and duress of hosting Thanksgiving in full finesse, one might...

Following their prior robust trading week (07-11 November) wherein gold gained +5.3% across a 109-point trading range and Silver +4.2% in spanning 1.70 points, the precious metals this past week went...

In respectfully gleaning from said genetic phrase, we query: might one classify gold's seven-day +158-point move from the 3 November low of 1618 to the high yesterday of 1776 as "biblical"? Perhaps a...

How refreshing it is to see gold gain some attention. In settling out the week on Friday at 1686, it was gold's fourth-largest contract volume day in nearly four months -- and moreover for the week --...

Long-time readers of The Gold Update may remember this quip per a metro station billboard: "A Lot Can Happen Between 9 and 5" --[The San Francisco Examiner, circa 1980s]. And 'tis perfectly apropos...

In settling out the week yesterday (Friday) at 1650, gold recorded its lowest weekly close of the past four. And within the guise of the ongoing weekly parabolic short trend (as we below see), let's...