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US Stocks Go Parabolic

The metals eased as markets accepted the official coronavirus numbers, with gold lower to $1,565 and silver to $17.80. A RBA rates hold pushed the AUD higher to 0.673 and...

06 February 2020

Worrying Trend for Aussie Retail

Gold continued higher on coronavirus concerns to $1,577 with silver reaching $17.90 while also sending the AUD/USD lower to 0.671c - resulting in an all-time high AUD gol...

31 January 2020

Davos: Green Swans and Inequality

A slow and steady week for the metals with gold tracking sideways to USD$1,560, silver falling back to $17.80 and platinum pulling back to $1,000. Australian prices also...

23 January 2020

5 New Year Investment Resolutions

After an earlier sell-off, gold recovered back above $1,550 with silver trading just under $18. An Aussie dollar close to 0.69c gives gold and silver some stability aroun...

16 January 2020

Gold Spikes on Iran/US Escalation

Over the holidays, the metals broke out and Iran/US tensions put a rocket under that. Gold is holding above the crucial $1,550 level with silver getting dragged along to...

09 January 2020

2019 in Review

With the end of 2019 quickly approaching in this last update for the year we look back at 2019 for the events that caught our eye across the precious metals, financial ma...

19 December 2019

Debt Jubilees Good for Gold

A volatile week saw gold trade to a $1,486 high before a smack down to stabilise at $1,470 with silver at $16.95. Australian prices ended up much lower at $2,129 and $24....

12 December 2019

Addicted to Lowe’s Love of Low Rates

Another quiet week with gold holding firmly above the key $1,446 level at $1,458 and silver trading just above $17. The Aussie continues its long-term downward trend, sup...

28 November 2019

Housing Debt Double Century

A relatively quiet week for precious metals with gold trading lower to $1,466 and silver at $17.10 and local prices largely unchanged at $2,160 and $25. This week we disc...

21 November 2019

Gold Bounces Back from Oversold Levels

Volatility in precious metals prices continued this week with gold dropping as low as $1,446 before rallying back up to $1,470 at time of writing, with silver recovering...

14 November 2019

What Backs a Dollar?

This week saw a significant pullback in precious metals prices, with gold dropping 2.9% to USD$1,468 and silver dropping 5.5% to USD$17.10 per ounce, mainly on the back o...

07 November 2019

Record Diwali Gold Demand

Gold bulls had a win in the ongoing battle for the USD$1,500 level with a break north to $1,512 and silver following just above $18. Local prices were somewhat unchanged...

01 November 2019

Gold is Under-Owned

Gold and silver continued to trade in a tight range and are holding within the pennant formation we noted last week.

25 October 2019

Gold - An Anchor of Trust

Not a very volatile week for precious metals prices in USD terms with gold trading into a tighter range this week, currently above $1,490 and silver $17.50, unchanged fro...

17 October 2019

Focus on Silver Fundamentals

The battle for gold to hold above the psychological USD$1,500 level continued this week with gold whipsawing around that level after failing to hold it convincingly. Bull...

10 October 2019

Rates and IPOs - Approaching Zero

It looked like we were about to see a more sustained pullback in precious metals prices this week when gold traded lower into to the USD$1,460-$1,470 range, but this was...

04 October 2019

Gold Holds Purchasing Power – In Beer

Gold held within its $1,480-$1,550 channel during a headline driven week. The metals were initially supported with weak manufacturing data out of Europe and then Boris Jo...

26 September 2019

Helicopter Money Gaining Altitude

Gold opened the week strongly with a flight to safety following the weekend attack which cut Saudi Arabia’s oil production by half. The market was range-bound during the...

20 September 2019

Endgame: Monetary Debasement

This week saw the metals falling on choppy trading, particularly yesterday following the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting. While the ECB’s multiple aggress...

12 September 2019

Government’s Financial Repression Toolkit

This week, gold had another crack at the $1,550 level on the back of negative manufacturing index figures, the continuing saga that is Brexit and commencement of tariff h...

05 September 2019

Fear and Uncertainty Drive Gold

A constructive week for precious metals. After trading between $1,490 and $1,510 last week, gold jumped $30 Friday US time on tit for tat tariff increases from both the U...

29 August 2019

‘Zero Has No meaning’

We saw some consolidation in precious metals prices this week with gold drifting back below US$1,500 and silver pulling back to $17.00 an ounce. It seems that short-term,...

22 August 2019

Cash Ban Coming

The gold price consolidated this week with trading bouncing off $1,500 but being capped at $1,525. There was one sell-off mid-week in reaction to better US CPI figures an...

15 August 2019

A Perfect Storm

Well, what a week! After consolidating during July between $1,380 and $1,450, this month, gold has made another break going above $1,500 (and holding) on more trade troub...

08 August 2019

Go, Aussie Debt, Go!

Just when you think gold prices are going to pull back and have a breather, Trump comes back into the spotlight with some fresh tariffs on Chinese imports, spiking gold t...

01 August 2019

Desperately Seeking Inflation

Gold pulled back to USD$1,417 this week on the back of a stronger US Dollar, with silver shining brightest at present, adding USD 10c since last week and trading at $16.4...

25 July 2019

Silver Spikes 7% - Here’s Why

We talked last week of gold consolidating in a range with a break up through $1,440 as potential indication of the next leg higher. We saw this on Thursday night with gol...

18 July 2019