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Gold’s Getting Trendy

Precious metals tiptoed higher this week, despite USD strength remaining. Gold in USD held the all-important psychological $1,200 handle successfully and has climbed to U...

23 November 2018

Where to Next for Gold?

It’s been another volatile week for precious metal prices, with gold at one point falling below USD $1,200oz, before rallying to current levels around USD $1,215oz. Silve...

16 November 2018

Bitcoin Forks and Crypto Carnage

If you think it’s been a tough week for equity markets and commodity bulls, spare a thought for those with their money in cryptocurrencies.

15 November 2018

Silver is Cheap!

Last trading just above USD $14oz and below AUD $20oz, it’s been a tough few weeks for silver, which is now down almost USD $1oz, or 5% since the start of November. The d...

14 November 2018

Bank of Japan Assets Exceed Japanese GDP

Whilst Japanese economic output has grown over the last five or six years, it’s been very slow going, unlike the assets on the BOJ balance sheet, which have exploded sinc...

14 November 2018

US Deficit Hits $100 Billion in October

President Trump’s tax cuts and fiscal stimulus were always going to provide a sugar hit for the economy, with higher levels of growth than would otherwise have been seen....

14 November 2018

Australian Housing: Crash Risks Building!

Whilst the government is making noises about encouraging the banks to lend more freely, and surveys of Australians suggest they think it's the best time in three years to...

14 November 2018

Oil Bulls Ravaged as Crude Sinks!

It’s been a savage few months for oil bulls, with the price of West Texas Crude (WTI) falling from approximately USD $76 per barrel to USD $56 per barrel in barely a mont...

14 November 2018

Buying Opportunity as Gold Slips Below AUD $1,700 per Ounce!

Precious metal prices for local investors have eased this week, as a bounce in the value of the Australian dollar helped pushed gold down toward AUD $1,686oz, whilst silv...

08 November 2018

AUD Rallies as Bitcoin turns Ten!

Precious metal prices have recovered from their correction earlier in the week, with gold currently sitting at USD $1,234oz, whilst silver last traded at USD $14.84oz. Th...

02 November 2018

This is Why You Own Gold!

Precious metal prices have held their ground this week as global stock markets continued to crater. Gold is currently sitting at USD $1,233oz whilst silver is at USD $14....

25 October 2018

Gold Consolidates as Markets Continue to Wobble

Precious metal prices have consolidated last week’s strong gains, with gold currently trading at USD $1,225oz, whilst silver is sitting at USD $14.55oz. In Australian dol...

19 October 2018

Gold Flies as Markets Crash!

Gold prices soared overnight, with the price of the yellow metal last trading at USD $1224oz, whilst silver is now sitting at USD $14.66oz, with the yellow metal now on t...

11 October 2018

How Low Can The AUD Go?

Gold continues to battle the USD $1,200 level this week and we saw Silver catch a bid and hold the US$14.00 level comfortably. Eyes are on the Australian Dollar as it fel...

05 October 2018

The Warning Signs Keep Building

Until last nights price action, gold and silver had remained largely stuck within its recent trading range, and on track to a record a flat monthly return for September....

27 September 2018

10 Years Since Lehman Crashed

Gold is currently trading at USD $1203oz, whilst silver is at USD $14.30oz, with the precious metal market continuing its recent consolidation. In Australian dollar terms...

14 September 2018

What’s Up With Silver?

With the recent dramatic sell-off in the silver spot price, we no doubt have many investors scratching their heads as to what is happening in the silver market, and quest...

06 September 2018

Will the Yield Curve Save a “Dying” Gold Market?

The gold price in USD fell by 3% in the first half of August, declining below critical support at USD $1200oz, though it has since bounced back above this level. The sava...

26 August 2018

Is Gold Dying?

Depending on how you look at it, given what’s happened to precious metal prices in the past five weeks, as a gold market commentator, I either picked the very best or ver...

23 August 2018

Metals Capitulate on Flight to USD

Precious metals have had a volatile week with the gold price in USD breaking south of 1,200 per ounce and absolute chaos in Forex markets saw the AUD/USD plummet to aroun...

16 August 2018

Gold Oversold! Here's what it means

Gold remained heavily oversold this week with a favourite long-term indicator well and truly in the buy zone with gold in the $1630 range. The longer-term chart in AUD is...

09 August 2018

Gold Sell-Off, When Will It End?

Despite the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates on hold, Gold prices continued to ease this week, with further falls in our currency providing somewhat of a floor for...

02 August 2018

Venezuela Trumps Weimar

In news this week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the inflation rate in Venezuela could top 1,000,000% by the end of the year, as the country is in...

26 July 2018

China and Commodities Crunched

Gold prices have fallen by over 1% this week, re-testing the USD $1240oz level, whilst silver has also declined, trading closer to USD $16oz, as renewed selling pressure...

13 July 2018

Has Gold Bottomed?

Gold prices have rallied this week, with the precious metal complex possibly having completed its multi-month corrective period. The yellow metal, which had fallen by app...

05 July 2018

Gold Soft as Trade Tensions Escalate!

It’s been a difficult two weeks for precious metal bulls, with gold failing to hold support at the all important USD $1,300oz level late last week, before plunging to USD...

21 June 2018

Podcast: Free money is the enemy of free markets

David Stockman, director of the Office of Management of Budget under President Reagan and master of mazy budgetary arithmetic, joins Jim Grant for a scintillating discus...

18 June 2018