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Regular updates on global precious metal market movements.
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On the surface, it might be hard to imagine that a group of white-collar workers operating out of an air-conditioned office in the middle of the Sydney CBD have jobs dire...
22 September 2014
Gold prices have eased back further this week, with a sharp plunge overnight taking the yellow metal down to USD $1219oz, down 1% since last Fridays London PM Fix.Silver...
18 September 2014
It’s been a disappointing start to September, typically one of gold’s strongest months, with precious metal prices weakening across the board. Gold, which started the mon...
11 September 2014
Whether it’s a golden wedding anniversary we’ve attended, cheering on an Australian to a gold medal performance at the Olympics, or describing a friend or loved one as ha...
14 August 2014
It’s nearly 18 months since the gold market witnessed its sharpest falls in three decades, with the price of the yellow metal plummeting from the USD $1600 to USD $1300oz...
13 August 2014
Just over a year on from the largest precious metal correction in decades, and in an environment where equity markets appear unstoppable, it might seem futile to explain...
13 August 2014
On the 8th August 2014, Christopher Joye wrote a typically insightful piece in the AFR, titled “Cash sacrificed on the altar of easy credit”. The article didn’t mince wor...
13 August 2014
Gold prices got their mojo back overnight, moving sharply higher as the situation between the Ukraine and Russia deteriorated, with Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoig...
06 August 2014
Irrespective of their market of choice, investors the world over got a wake up call overnight that risk does in fact still exist.In what was the most tumultuous night for...
01 August 2014
The tragic events in the Ukraine, and the ongoing and in many ways escalating conflicts in Israel, Gaza and Iraq were a sad reminder to everyone, investors included, that...
24 July 2014
Precious metal investors received a rude shock this week with gold, which looked like it was finally ready to re-exert itself, but falling roughly USD $50oz in two tradin...
17 July 2014
The precious metal market has enjoyed another steady few days, consolidating gains above the USD $1300oz level for gold, whilst silver is just above the USD $21oz level f...
10 July 2014
Whether it’s a golden wedding anniversary we’ve attended, cheering on an Australian to a gold medal performance at the Olympics, or describing a friend or loved one as ha...
03 July 2014
Gold prices have traded in a relatively narrow range again this week, oscillating between roughly USD $1315oz and USD $1335oz, as the market awaits a compelling impetus t...
03 July 2014
The precious metal market has consolidated last weeks gains in the past few days, mostly trading in a range between USD $1310oz and USD $1330oz. Silver has also stabilise...
27 June 2014
Yesterday (the 18th June 2014), my friend Greg Mckenna, who blogs daily for Business Insider on all things markets and economics, wrote an excellent piece on gold, titled...
19 June 2014
Gold prices have enjoyed a steady week, up just over $10oz from last Friday’s London PM Fix, and currently sitting at USD $1261oz. Silver is also up marginally, sitting a...
12 June 2014
10 June 2014
After a bearish break down last week, gold prices have stabilised over the past few days, as the financial and investing world looks to the European Central Bank (ECB) an...
05 June 2014
The gold bears finally won the battle. After weeks of trading in an increasingly narrow range, gold finally broke down earlier this week, dropping through support in the...
29 May 2014
22 May 2014
Another relatively uneventful week for precious metal prices so far, with both gold and silver still trading in relatively narrow ranges. Using the London PM Fix as our g...
22 May 2014
Precious metal prices have been relatively uninspiring the past few weeks. Whilst there has been some intra day volatility, the PM fix for gold has been stuck in a less t...
15 May 2014
Gold prices eased substantially overnight, as a reported pullback of Russian forces in the Ukraine dented the yellow metals safe haven demand.
08 May 2014
It’s a huge week of economic data. Not only did we have US GDP figures overnight (they were horrible – more on that below), but we’ve had the latest FOMC meeting, and non...
01 May 2014
22 April 2014
With the first three months of 2014 complete, this quarterly directions report will take a look at how the year has unfolded so far, with a look at market returns, as wel...
16 April 2014
