The Looming Eurozone Crisis could Spell more Gold

May 7, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– The price of gold took a slight dip in the wake of Europe’s election mayhem on Sunday. Regardless, there was a telling uptick in safe-haven demand for the metal. Look no further than Europe to realize why that might be. Europe is in tatters, to say the very least, and there are growing signs [...]

The Bipolar Market: Recession, Optimism and Consumer ADD

October 14, 2011 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—It’s Friday and stocks are green (so far):  what’s the deal? I’ve gotten used to bloody week-enders, where the markets crash and burn on news that ends up being declared mere rumour on Monday. Then, on Tuesday perhaps, reports come out that somehow the world is solving its problems—stocks go up. The next day, news [...]

Silver and Gold Fear: How Scared Do They Want You to Be?

October 3, 2011 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

COMMENTARY – ProspectingJournal.com – It’s unclear as to what gold and silver bugs have to complain about recently.  The market has given them two, count’em, TWO big discounts with which to start buying in with both hands this year, and yet the recent kaboom in silver prices from a couple weeks ago has many heading [...]