Michael J. Ballanger

About the Author

Originally trained during the inflationary 1970s, Michael Ballanger is a graduate of Saint Louis University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in finance and a Bachelor of Art in marketing before completing post-graduate work at the Wharton School of Finance.

Precious metals are in alignment for a major ascent

Michael J. Ballanger
March 30, 2017
Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses silver's recent price performance and why he believes precious metals are in alignment for a major ascent. "Every stock market bull out there whether in New York or London or Mumbai or Beijing is in a drunken myopia of elevated expectations and deviated denial scrambling and scratching and pleading for assurances that 'it is truly different this time.'"

No surprise in recent moves in gold and silver markets

Michael J. Ballanger
March 8, 2017

Given the big down move this week in the precious metals, it would certainly follow that the activities of the Commercials would be no surprise.

Assessing the short-term outlook for the precious metals and the miners

Michael J. Ballanger
October 4, 2016
Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger assesses the gold-silver ratio and its ramifications for the market. I want to go on the record and state categorically that, in my opinion, technical analysis is of limited value when trying to predict the short-term movements of precious metals.