Just as the U.S. consumer is key for Chinese exporters, so too is the Chinese consumer key as an export destination for the rest of emerging Asia....

In an overly indebted world, the $2.5 trillion that China holds in foreign reserves is acting as a center of economic gravity, inexorably pulling all market participants into its orbit. ...

Uranium stands out from the other metals, having barely budged from the post-melt-down low....

If you liked it at $6, you should have loved it at $5. You could have "backed the truck up" at $4. So now what do you do with prices sporting a "$3" handle?...

Frank McGhee is head precious metals dealer for Alliance Financial ...

The promise of green energy has intrigued the Middle East, where concern about future reserves runs deep....

Rebuttal to Mr. Tustain's article....

On Monday, April 19, gold came within $4.19 of reaching our stop trigger point and had it gone below that for more than an hour we would have indeed stepped to the sidelines – calling a "payday." ...

The fact is that the lack of physical supply has been exposed and this will attract more investors to gold as rarity is again bought to the forefront for investors....

There will be plenty of newsworthy material on tap this trading day, as not only does the Fed commence its two-day ritual of interest rate and other policy-oriented discussion....

Slashed to "junk bond" status yesterday by the credit rating agencies, Greek government debt continued to fall, driving two-year yields above 16%....

To ascertain what move the government is most likely to take next, we must first assess the probabilities....

The epic economic battle of "Freedom vs. Statism". ...

While this magnitude of SLV selling is odd, it does play into a long-known tendency of silver. ...

Retail investors, politicians and bureaucrats aren't the only ones speculating on the likelihood of another financial market crash....

From all outward appearances, it seems that a grim chapter in U.S. economic history has come to an end....

6 years ago the Euro was bandied about as being the solution to the USD. Now the Euro appears fatally flawed. I also get concerned that commodities are constantly being promoted as the safe haven....