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Gold: It’s Worse than it Looks!

Precious metal prices have consolidated this week, with gold still battling to decisively reclaim the USD $1,300oz level. Silver has had a better time of it, rising nearl...

07 June 2018

In Gold We Trust - 2018 Edition

Incrementum AG this week released their 12th annual “In Gold We Trust” report, titled “Gold and the Turning of the Monetary Tides”, a must read report for any follower of...

01 June 2018

Aus Property: You Don't Need a Catalyst For a Crash

In any discussion of the Australian housing market, it’s impossible to avoid discussion of a catalyst. “We see no immediate catalysts for a crash,” has become the cry of...

30 May 2018

'Major financial crisis' could be on horizon, warns billionaire

A surging US dollar and a capital flight from emerging markets may lead to another "major" financial crisis, investor George Soros said, warning the European Union that i...

29 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 25 May 2018

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27 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 16 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 15th

15 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 14 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 11thCOMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS:A mixed bag on Friday as the week drew to a close. Europe took XAU/USD up to technical resistance at th...

15 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 11 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 10th COMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS: A mixed day’s trade saw the US dollar weaken, US equities strengthen, crude oil prices dip before rec...

14 May 2018

The Stockmarket Superbowl - and Why Buffett is Wrong

Long dubbed ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’, or the Stockmarket Superbowl as we prefer, last weekends Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting offered plenty of insights for investo...

10 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 10 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 9thCOMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS:The fallout continued yesterday from Tuesday’s decision by US President Trump to abandon the Joint Compr...

10 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 8 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 7th COMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS: A quiet start to the week with a UK Bank holiday impacting liquidity and markets holding station withi...

08 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 7 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 4thCOMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS:Gold stayed away from its week’s lows on Friday after the eagerly awaited US Bureau of Labor Statistics...

07 May 2018

Has Gold Hit a 10 Year Low?

Gold prices have largely stabilised around USD $1310oz this week, arresting a slide that has seen the yellow metal pull back from the USD $1360oz region over the past thr...

03 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 4 May 2018

Softer US Treasury yields, a softer US Dollar and weaker US equities on concerns surrounding the ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and China, assisted...

03 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 3 May 2018

Precious metals firmed on modest shortcovering ahead of the anticipated US Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement. Prior to its release however, was the release of...

02 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 2 May 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: May 1st COMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS: Thin, illiquid markets resulting from May Day / Labour Day holidays spanning China and most of Europe,...

01 May 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 30 April 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: April 27th COMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS: Asian markets were the first to receive the breaking news on Friday that (following on from news a...

29 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 27 April 2018

PRECIOUS METALS RANGES - Trade Date: April 26th COMMENTS / HIGHLIGHTS: US 10 Yr Treasuries continued to lead gold by the nose, as yields at first rose above 3% before ret...

26 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 24 April 2018

US 10 Yr Treasury yields nudged 3% overnight, propelling the US Dollar Index higher again which weighed upon US equities and precious metals values.News from the US Treas...

23 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 23 April 2018

US Treasury yields continued firming on Friday as President Trump Tweeted about Russia, China (currency manipulation and trade skulduggery), amongst other things. The US...

22 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 20 April 2018

A spike in US Treasury yields overnight on increasing expectations of a fourth interest rate hike by the US central bank in 2018, lent support to the Greenback, drove US...

20 April 2018

Gold - Time to Break Out?

Gold prices have rallied this week, with the price of the yellow metal currently trading near USD $1,350oz. Silver, which has slightly lagged gold since the beginning of...

20 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 19 April 2018

A sterling performance from silver saw the white metal marginally edge out palladium as the star performer from amongst the precious metals complex on the day, as sanctio...

18 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 18 April 2018

Gold and silver were buffeted around within recent ranges predominantly on headline risk. Weakness during the Far Eastern and European sessions was largely reversed by th...

17 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 17 April 2018

Precious metals were sent lower at the open of Far Eastern trading on Monday on a “buy the rumour, sell the fact” reaction, after a coalition comprising France, the UK an...

17 April 2018

Precious Metals News Update - 13 April 2018

Ladders and snakes – ladders give, snakes take. Gold and silver gave up the entirety (and a touch more) of Wednesday’s gains yesterday, as expectations of the US and its...

12 April 2018

Gold Faces the Music!

Gold prices pulled back sharply overnight, with the yellow metal declining back toward USD $1330oz. Earlier in the week, gold had briefly pushed through USD $1360oz, thou...

12 April 2018