IN GOLD WE (STILL) TRUST
The precious metal market has been under pressure again this week, with the price of gold dropping back below USD $1200oz, whilst silver is back below USD $16oz.The major...
25 June 2015
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Gold Rallies as Star Fund Manager Heads to Cash
Gold posted strong gains overnight as the price of the yellow metal reclaimed the USD $1200oz mark. Currently sitting at USD $1202oz, the yellow metal was up close to $20...
19 June 2015
Gold: Are We Wrong About China?
Precious metal prices have retreated again this week, with the price of the yellow metal now trading below USD $1180oz, down just over 1%. Silver is also down for the wee...
05 June 2015
Exter’s Pyramid and where to from here?
Gold prices have been in retreat this week, giving up some of the gains from their recent break above USD $1200oz. After closing out last week at USD $1220.50oz (London P...
22 May 2015
Gold and silver break out of their trading range
After weeks of consolidation in and around the USD $1200oz level, gold prices finally broke to the upside this week, currently sitting at USD $1222oz. Silver has also ral...
15 May 2015
Why Aren't Australian Businesses Investing
With the Federal Budget set to dominate the news this week, we thought we’d pen a note regarding the outlook for business investment in Australia, and why, despite the lo...
12 May 2015
Australia Hits the Terrible Two
Another week, another battle for USD $1200oz gold, as the market continues to trade just below this key level. After dropping below the critical mark last week, gold clim...
08 May 2015
Gold: Sell in May and go Away?
‘Sell in May and go Away’ is a famous stock market saying, meant to protect investors from seasonal declines in equity markets by encouraging them to lighten up on their...
01 May 2015
Gold: Bears Take Control Again
Up until last night, it was shaping up as yet another slow week in the precious metal market, but a wild night on Wall Street and a rise in bond yields dented demand for...
23 April 2015
Gold: The Second Anniversary
The battle for USD $1200oz raged on this week, with prices oscillating around the key point again. The trading for spot gold can be seen in the chart below, which shows w...
16 April 2015
Gold: Easter Bounce Fades
In last week’s report we discussed whether or not precious metal investors would receive a golden egg over the Easter weekend. Good Friday’s very bad non-farm payroll rep...
10 April 2015
Gold: All Eyes on Payrolls Again
After running up to the USD $1220oz level at one point last week, the gold price eased back, with the yellow metal settling in around the USD $1180-USD$1185oz range earli...
01 April 2015
Gold: Back Above USD $1200oz
It’s been a good few days for precious metal investors. After dropping below USD $1150oz on the 18th March, we’ve seen a more than USD $50oz rally in the gold price, with...
26 March 2015
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...
20 March 2015
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...
13 March 2015
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...
06 March 2015
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...
26 February 2015
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...
18 February 2015
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...
12 February 2015
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...
10 February 2015
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...
05 February 2015
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...
28 January 2015
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...
27 January 2015
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...
22 January 2015
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...
14 January 2015
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...
22 December 2014
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...
11 December 2014