Gold and silver declined for the third straight day as the dollar extended gains and better-than-expected U.S. jobs data boosted the case for … [Read more...]
Gold up over $20, silver rallies after dismal 2013 – Metals Stocks – MarketWatch
January 2, 2014 by
Image courtesy of marketwatch.com By Victor Reklaitis and Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO … [Read more...]
Gold under $1,200 for lowest close in over 3 years
December 20, 2013 by
Precious metals market update December 19: Gold futures sunk to their lowest prices in more than three years on Thursday in response to the Federal … [Read more...]
Fed Announces Slight Taper Plans
December 19, 2013 by
Following its much-anticipated two-day meeting, the Federal Reserve announced today that it will begin a moderate taper of its bond-buying program … [Read more...]
Copper Seen As ‘Not Too Hot And Not Too Cold’ In 2014
December 18, 2013 by
Summary: The outlook for copper in 2014 is being described as a “Goldilocks scenario” by base-metal analysts in light of mixed market news—not too hot … [Read more...]
Gold Ends Lower With Focus On Fed QE Taper
December 17, 2013 by
Gold market update for December 17: Gold futures broke a two-day gain as cautious investors await the outcome of the two-day US Federal Reserve … [Read more...]
Is investing in diamonds smart or a fool’s game?
December 16, 2013 by
Summary: When people talk about investing in precious metals, usually they mean gold and silver, or even platinum or palladium. However, the volatile … [Read more...]
Silver Bulls Taking a Beating, Need to Come Out Swinging in 2014
December 13, 2013 by
Summary: By looking at the longer-term monthly charts for Comex silver futures—which helps investors see the bigger picture and avoid all of the … [Read more...]
Prepare for Precious Metals to Lift Off
December 13, 2013 by
Summary: With the end of the year in sight, David H. Smith, senior analyst at The Morgan Report, encourages investors to get rid of the weakest mining … [Read more...]
December 12 (Weekly Flashback): Silver and Gold Fluctuates From Three-Week Highs to Record Lows
December 13, 2013 by
Gold/silver market summary for December 9-12: Despite fears of looming bond-buying cutbacks by the Feds, the week started strong as gold and silver … [Read more...]
Gold in Sharp Sell Off As Bears Reassert Technical Control
December 13, 2013 by
Gold market update for December 12: Gold prices ended solidly lower Thursday due to a lack of fresh, bullish fundamental news and mixed weekly … [Read more...]
Gold And Silver Ratio
November 14, 2013 by
Summary: The gold:silver ratio currently stands at around 60:1 - meaning, it takes 60 ounces of silver to buy 1 ounce of gold. Many though believe it … [Read more...]
US Dollar and Fed’s Next Move Continue to Tarnish Silver Prices
November 14, 2013 by
Summary: Gold's inverse relationship with the U.S. dollar are dragging silver according to this analysis from Silver Investing News. Stronger than … [Read more...]
Gold to Weaken But at Slower Pace Says CPM
November 14, 2013 by
Summary: Mu Li, an analyst with CPM Group, discusses the firm's long-term gold outlook with Kitco News. The firm believes traders are especially price … [Read more...]
Gold’s -22% YTD sentiment as poor as October 2008 prior to 2009, 2010 surge
November 14, 2013 by
Summary: This commentary from Mark O'Byrne of GoldCore compares current sentiment in the gold market to the Fall of 2008. That year, we saw a … [Read more...]
3 reasons why gold’s best days are ahead
November 14, 2013 by
Summary: As 2013 has drug on, it's been harder and harder to find a trader who's bullish on gold. Sean Brodrick of the Oxford Club, an independent … [Read more...]
PRECIOUS-Gold down on U.S. govt shutdown, low demand
October 3, 2013 by
Gold market update for October 3rd: Gold rose over 2% on Wednesday, which is its biggest gain in over 2 weeks, on dollar weakness and the continued … [Read more...]
CFTC Concludes No “Viable Basis” for Silver Manipulation Case
October 3, 2013 by
Summary: The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently concluded a very high profile, 5-year investigation into silver market … [Read more...]
Gold & Silver’s Weak Q3 Should Improve in Q4
October 3, 2013 by
Summary: Even though gold and silver performed better in the 3rd quarter, it still wasn't good enough to erase the damage done in the second quarter … [Read more...]
Bill aims to speed gold mining reviews in the U.S.
September 30, 2013 by
Summary: The Republican-led U.S. House recently passed a measure to speed up review of gold, silver, copper and uranium mining on federal lands. The … [Read more...]