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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

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