Market Updates

Gold: All we need is Patience

Gold prices have rallied this week, with the price of the yellow metal trading at USD $1171oz at present, up USD $20oz on last Friday’s London PM Fix.The bounce has fed t...

Gold: Bears Win Again!

In last week’s market report, titled Gold: Calm Before the Storm, we noted that there was a good chance gold prices would soon move sharply, with the non-farm payroll rep...

Gold: Calm Before the Storm?

It’s been another quiet week for the precious metal complex, with gold oscillating around the USD $1200oz mark, and silver sitting just above USD $16.30. This is down a t...

Gold: The Worst Investment in History?

It has been a relatively quiet week in the precious metal space, with gold and silver largely unchanged from last Friday. As it stands, it’s been a poor February for the...

Gold soft again as Fed sounds Dovish

Gold prices have eased again this week, as markets increasingly anticipate a benign end to the 'Grexit' drama, and equity markets show continued strength.As it stands now...

Gold eases after strong US jobs growth

Gold prices broke lower this week, as a stronger than expected headline US jobs figure dented demand for the precious metal.Last Friday night Australian time, the United...

AUD Gold Looks Good for SMSF Trustees

Australian dollar gold investors have had a great start to the New Year. Underlying strength in the precious metal market, predominantly driven by safe haven buying in re...

Gold gets technical as RBA joins rate cut circus

AUD gold at one point pushed toward $1700 an ounce earlier this week, as the Reserve Bank of Australia joined the global interest rate easing cycle, cutting the local cas...

Special Report: Australia - The wealthiest country on earth but no longer the lucky country!

Australia: The Wealthiest Country on Earth but No Longer the Lucky Country! is a look at the current state of the Australian economy, as we enter 2015. It looks at the ma...

Superannuation - 2015 Outlook

Since the start of the year gold has risen strongly, as uncertainty around the Greek election, lower bond yields and European QE have all led to increased demand for safe...

Switzerland and Europe – no Jolly Rogers!

Poor Roger Federer. The Swiss maestro tennis player, arguably the greatest of all time, has taken a massive haircut in the past week on any future earnings he’ll generate...

Cop that - Gold investors, welcome to 2015

Calendar year 2015 is but 15 days old and already markets are in turmoil, with commodities continuing to tumble, equity markets volatile, Bitcoin on the ropes and bond yi...

The Great Gold Debate of Late 2014

What follows is an entirely fictitious account of a debate that never happened, but probably should have!It was a warm night in mid December, and the Amphitheatre was fil...

AUD Gold investors get XMAS bonus as price consolidates above $1450

It’s been another solid week for precious metals, with both gold and silver climbing higher over the past five days. Gold has put on nearly USD $30oz, rising to USD $1225...

Gold shrugs off Swiss Referendum and turns higher!

If nothing else, this week’s price action in gold proves that the market sure has a sense of humour. Many observers were sure that the failure of the Swiss referendum ove...

Market Update: AUD gold back above $1400oz as Switzerland heads to the polls!

The Australian dollar price of gold has reclaimed $1400oz, up 4% for the year, as weakness in the local currency, which has fallen to just USD $0.85 cents, buoyed prices...

Amazing Superannuation Statistic

The Superannuation industry in this country is huge.So huge, that it’s set to hit the $2 Trillion mark by early 2015, truly extraordinary for a country of only 22 odd mil...

Market Update: Gold - All eyes on Switzerland!

Gold prices eased overnight, falling as low as USD $1175oz, as the latest poll out of Switzerland suggested just weaker support for their upcoming referendum regarding in...

Market Update: Gold rallies as physical buyers step into markets

After falling as low as USD $1130oz on Friday the 7th November, gold staged a massive reversal, rallying some USD $50oz to close out the week just below the USD $1180oz m...

Market Update: The Fed ends QE3

Gold prices pulled back overnight, as the Federal Reserve announced the winding up of its current round of Quantitative Easing. Whilst this announcement was expected, the...

Market Update: Gold - searching for a bottom

After a solid three weeks, and a strong bounce of the USD $1180oz level in early October, gold prices pulled back overnight, and are currently trading at USD $1232oz, dow...

Market Update: #HeartofGold & Gold Symposium Update

Last week, ABC Bullion was delighted to attend the 7th annual Gold Investment Symposium, which was held at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel. As we have for the past few...

Market Update: Gold - Was that a triple bottom?

A strong headline non-farm payroll report out of the US last Friday saw gold prices finally break below USD $1200oz. This weakness continued into the early part of this w...

Chief Economist, Jordan Eliseo's extended interview with The Business

Market Update: Gold – What is in store for Q4?

Gold prices bounced around overnight, with the final quarter of the year shaping up as critical in where the metal heads moving into 2015.After a very disappointing Q3 re...

SMSF Trustees and Physical Bullion – a Growing Trend

Over the last decade or so, there has been a veritable explosion in the number of Australians setting up Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs), and taking control of this key...

Market Update: Gold - is there no end to the pain?

If you were to make investment decisions for your portfolio based on the weight of reporting one sees in the financial news, then there’s almost no question that the gold...