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After hitting the US$1361 target, gold tested the US$1301 support at the Weekly Standard line on the Ichimoku/the base of the Daily cloud, and recovers.Targets: medium te...
12 March 2018
Precious metal prices are on track to end this week largely unchanged, having pulled back from mid-week highs. Gold is currently trading at USD $1318oz, where silver is a...
08 March 2018
Hello everyone, Where to begin? Markets have been roiled over the past few days by a handful of events but arguably the one causing the most consternation amongst investo...
06 March 2018
Gold and silver continued their pullback this week, with the price of the metals declining to USD $1315oz (gold), and USD $16.50oz (silver). Overnight, the yellow metal f...
01 March 2018
Hello everyone. The markets’ verdict on the prepared Testimony and subsequent Q&A of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before the House Financial Services Committ...
27 February 2018
Hello everyone. Precious metals commenced the week with price action driven by the US dollar which itself was hoofed around like a football, initially on comments from B...
26 February 2018
Gold prices have corrected slightly this week, with the price of the yellow metal falling 1.5% to the USD $1330oz level. Silver has been affected too, with a similar fall...
22 February 2018
Chinese New Year and US Presidents Day holidays have impacted market liquidity during the early part of this week.The return of US investors on Tuesday saw the precious...
20 February 2018
Precious metal prices have rallied this week, with both gold and silver up by close to 3% in USD terms, trading at USD $1354oz (gold), and USD $16.96oz (silver). In local...
15 February 2018
14 February 2018
Hello everyone. Since the last missive a week ago, extremely choppy ‘rinse and spin’ price action has been seen across the precious metals complex (particularly gold), as...
14 February 2018
To bastardise Hemingway, Jacob Zuma’s political demise appears to have come about “slowly, then all at once”. Years of the ANC governing as the party of liberation, and t...
08 February 2018
Precious metal prices have held their ground this week, with the price of gold in AUD again challenging $1700oz, whilst silver in AUD is trading above $21oz.Australian in...
08 February 2018
Hello everyone. Precious metals remained under the cosh on Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recouped 1,500 of the (approximately) 2,200 points it had shed si...
08 February 2018
Hello everyone. “Ladders and snakes. Ladders give, snakes take.” The ongoing carnage in US equity markets (and associated volatility indexes like the VIX and the XIV) on...
06 February 2018
U.S. stocks plunged the most in 6 1/2 years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking more than 1,100 points, and the S&P 500 down more than 4% overnight, amid risi...
06 February 2018
Hello everyone. Violent moves were seen across the gamut of financial markets spanning stocks, interest rates, currencies and commodities, as the week commenced. Yesterda...
06 February 2018
Gold and silver had a steady end to January 2018, closing out the month with an increase of 4% (gold) and 2% (silver) in USD terms. For local investors, returns were cons...
01 February 2018
30 January 2018
Hello everyone. Gold and silver ripped higher on Thursday as the US Dollar was given the baby seal treatment by investors after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin comme...
24 January 2018
Gold prices have continued their march higher overnight, currently trading near USD $1355oz. Silver has also rallied, continuing the impressive run in precious metal pric...
24 January 2018
Hello everyone, The three day US government “shutdown” concluded prior to the commencement of Far Eastern trading yesterday, after the US Senate voted (81-18) to pass fun...
24 January 2018
Hello everyone. Precious metals closed out last week on a firm footing, most likely resulting from end-of-week booksquaring / profit-taking / shortcovering. Over the week...
22 January 2018
It’s not yet three weeks old, but 2018 is already shaping up as an interesting year in financial markets. Stocks have flown out of the gate, and bond yields are rising, w...
18 January 2018
Good morning everyone.The precious metals, having spent their time since mid-December shrugging off regular record highs in US equity markets and instead taking their cue...
17 January 2018
16 January 2018
08 January 2018
