Hubert Moolman

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Hubert Moolman

I am a qualified Chartered Accountant from Cape Town, South Africa. I am a self-taught gold and silver analyst. I am the author of a newsletter specializing in the fundamentals of gold, silver and money as well as fractal analysis.

I also have a website (http://hubertmoolman.wordpress.com) that publishes educational articles on gold, silver and the dangers of fiat money.

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Silver is emulating gold’s post-2024 rise

(Kitco Commentary) - The silver and gold market presents itself as a paradox when we get declines during bull markets that are normally associated with bear markets.

May 14, 2026 - 11:07 AM

An interesting development on the silver chart

(Kitco Commentary) - It is normal for volatile reactions to happen at key levels (or a short time after), like previous peaks or upward-sloping resistance lines. Often these reactions (or consolidations) can have a similar shape or structure.

Feb 23, 2026 - 11:31 AM

Gold and the final phase of the US bank run

(Kitco Commentary) - The US dollar banking system is coming to the end of its current and biggest bank run. Since the inception of the gold standard in 1879 in America, gold has continued to be the ultimate measure of its banking system.

Feb 19, 2026 - 9:41 AM

Again: The US dollar or silver?

(Kitco Commentary) - Over the last 55 years, there have been virtually no significant silver rallies during a period when the US Dollar Index (DXY) was rising (as shown here).

Jan 26, 2026 - 9:49 AM

Why silver continues to be a must-buy

(Kitco Commentary) - Buying silver today with US dollars is a lot like buying silver in 1972. Below, is a chart that shows the silver price relative to the monetary base (currency in circulation plus reserve balances)

Jan 20, 2026 - 1:54 PM

The silver melt-up in charts

(Kitco Commentary) - The gold/silver ratio appears to be in free fall. There is a fractal setup on the chart similar to the 2010/2011 silver rally:

Jan 06, 2026 - 11:33 AM

Random thoughts on silver (young people do take note!)

(Kitco Commentary) - When silver hit $50, many were worried about a 1980 scenario where silver collapsed in the months that followed. This was an incorrect comparison, as silver at $50 in 2025 should rather have been compared to 1973

Dec 17, 2025 - 10:54 AM

Update: tracking the silver bull market | key channels and fractals

(Kitco Commentary) - Even with the successful breakout of the $50 level, silver is still cheap, as pointed out in the chart below.

Dec 08, 2025 - 2:33 PM

Silver: The big winner during debt collapse

(Kitco Commentary) - After major interest rate turnarounds (bottoms), silver is usually the big winner. The reason is clearly explained here. What it comes down to is simply that interest rates reflect the value that the market places on money.

Sep 29, 2025 - 4:45 PM

Silver price forecast: hurtling towards jubilee and sovereign debt defaults

(Kitco Commentary) - Previously, I showed how the silver chart has formed two remarkable, similar patterns over a period of 125 years.

Sep 22, 2025 - 2:44 PM

Gold’s mania phase, debt collapse and war

(Kitco Commentary) - The current gold bull market continues to track the one of the 1970s and appears to be in the mania phase.

Sep 11, 2025 - 10:26 AM

Silver and the potential for monetary reform

(Kitco Commentary) - We are creeping closer to the potential for monetary reform previously pointed out. Interestingly, the famous $50 level for silver could represent the risk area for this expected reform.

Jul 15, 2025 - 10:58 AM

How Financial Collapse is Manifesting on the Gold Chart

(Kitco Commentary) - The gold bull run of the 1970s started with a default when the US defaulted on its gold obligations in August of 1971. The current gold bull market will likely end closer to major debt defaults.

Jul 02, 2025 - 12:53 PM

How the stock market signals a major silver rally

(Kitco Commentary) - The most significant Dow peaks in the last 100 years were in 1929, 1966, 1973 and 1999. The 1929 peak was a nominal major peak as well as a major peak as measured in terms of gold (Dow/Gold ratio peak).

Mar 28, 2025 - 8:34 AM

Gold and system collapse: Charting the bank run of the mighty US dollar

(Kitco Commentary) - The US dollar banking system is in the midst of a bank run by the measures that I will illustrate here.

Mar 19, 2025 - 9:49 AM

At these levels, buying silver is like getting it at $5 In 2003

(Kitco Commentary) - The current setup on the silver chart is a lot like the start of the silver bull market of the early 2000s. In those days silver was under $5 and considered cheap.

Oct 28, 2024 - 10:44 AM

Silver is stepping up to monetary restoration

(Kitco Commentary) - Just like the gold chart, the yearly silver chart appears to be close to going parabolic. Whereas gold is stepping up to monetary dominance, silver is stepping up to monetary restoration.

Oct 14, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Unlike the great financial crisis this will be the end for fiat money

(Kitco Commentary) - During the 2008 Great Financial Crisis (GFC), the monetary system faced a significant challenge. In a gigantic effort to contain the financial crisis, large amounts of U.S. dollars were created by increasing the monetary base.

Oct 01, 2024 - 4:58 PM

Gold is stepping up its monetary dominance

(Kitco Commentary) - The gold chart appears to be going parabolic, based on a solid structure that has been setting up since the 1800s.

Sep 23, 2024 - 11:05 AM

Silver is very close to a sustained multi-year rally

(Kitco Commentary) - Gold is one of the most reliable and accurate financial measures one can use. Historically, the Dow/gold ratio has provided a very good signal for silver bear and bull market cycles.

Jul 16, 2024 - 11:56 AM

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