Both metals have soared past their earlier highs in after hours access trade in reaction to the fed’s statement. At the time of writing gold is over 2% higher from today’s close and has reached as high as $859.35 while

A foremost authority on the precious metals markets and a leading expert on commodities markets, CPM Group founder and Managing Director Jeffrey Christian brings some holiday cheer to The Gold Report readers. In this exclusive interview, he debunks doomsayers who

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett joins top-level representatives from government, development agencies, UN agencies, and civil society as the first invited private sector representative to the high level Education For All meeting hosted by UNESCO and the Government of Norway. Barrett's

ABS turbo compressors for supplying compressed air to aeration systems are known for their high efficiency and low maintenance costs. It is no wonder that these turbo compressors are highly successful in the market for biological wastewater treatment. To intensify

Over the past several days the dollar has gone into a severe decline, and this drop does not look like a reaction within an ongoing uptrend, as was the case in September, for as we can see on the 6-month

I think it's a good time to put things in perspective when it comes to the "Run on the COMEX Gold/Silver". As I have stated before, the "Authorized Warehouse" reported inventory as well as the CFTC reported "delivery notices" are

The Fed is sending a message that it will print money to an unlimited extent until it starts to see the economy expanding. This is very positive for gold and silver in the medium term to long term. The big

Gold, stocks and T-Bond futures are closing fast on targets we’ve been drum-rolling in Rick’s Picks for the last couple of weeks. The targets could be reached more or less simultaneously, and although we won’t pretend to know what this

As the bear market ends and a new cyclical bull market begins with the bottoming of the 6-year cycle, we continue see the lagging effects of this year’s seismic volatility on almost a daily basis. For although the stock market

Oddly enough, there is no statistical offset for people like me, who are the nation's over-employed, which is to say we are chronically lazy, worthless and undependable louts who SHOULD be unemployed, but who actually have jobs!

As the multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Wall Street insider Bernard Madoff unravels in the media spotlight, the nation is being presented with a rare opportunity to understand the true nature of many of our most cherished financial structures.

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