December 18, 2025

Precious Metals vs. the Broader Markets

By Bob Brogan

Since February 20, 2024, we can clearly see how Gold Futures made numerous technical tests of its own lower 200-dma and finally crossed above this rigid barrier above while unwinding Gold Futures and finally took…

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December 15, 2025

Gold futures continue to confirm a structurally bullish regime

By Bob Brogan

Gold futures continue to confirm a structurally bullish regime, as reflected in the attached chart, with price holding firmly near 4,380 after another push higher and remaining embedded along the upper ATR band. The advance…

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December 13, 2025

Bob Brogan, CMT — Market View — Thursday, December 4, 2025

By Bob Brogan

Over the past 30 years of increasingly experimental monetary policy—from Japan’s zero rates and early QE to the Fed’s post-2008 balance-sheet expansion—central banks have deployed more than $12 trillion to create durable growth. Instead of…

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December 12, 2025

Owning physical gold has become essential in a world

By Bob Brogan

Owning physical gold has become essential in a world defined by extreme public debt, financial repression, and rising geopolitical fragmentation. Policymakers no longer view private wealth and public liabilities as separate; they increasingly see the…

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December 11, 2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year — and please, with care, pass me my trusty gun!

By Bob Brogan

Yes sir, it’s that time of year again, but here’s a little secret: Santa’s carrying a very big grudge this season, so don’t rub him the wrong way—more paperwork, more quotas, more dollars for the…

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December 10, 2025

Equities Stretched, Dollar Stabilizing, Gold Leading: Today’s Key Signals

By Bob Brogan

The DJI Mini Futures sit pressed against the upper ATR band, a zone that has repeatedly capped prior advances and produced meaningful retracements back toward the lower volatility boundary. The confluence of stretched price relative…

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December 10, 2025

Why the U.S. Dollar Remains Irreplaceable

By Bob Brogan

The Mohs–Purvis paper re-articulates the long-standing structural pillars of U.S. Dollar dominance and reminds readers that, despite periodic “de-dollarization” narratives, nothing in the global monetary system has emerged as a credible substitute. Their argument centers…

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December 9, 2025

What is to be expected in 2026?

By Bob Brogan

The U.S. market enters December under visible strain as economic momentum weakens against still-stretched valuations. Manufacturing has contracted for nine straight months, consumer sentiment is near historic lows, and labor-market softness is accelerating—ADP showing a…

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