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Regular updates on global precious metal market movements.

Stay up to date with weekly price movements and the key financial, geopolitical, and economic factors shaping global and local precious metal markets.

These essential reports are ideal for first-time investors though to SMSF trustees and financial intermediaries allocating to gold on behalf of their clients. They are available via our website or can be delivered straight to your inbox. Subscribe here.

A billion reasons to buy silver as gold joins the party

Gold prices surged to all-time highs this week, with the price breaking out above USD $2,150oz. The 5% rally in USD gold now sees the precious metal trading 18% higher th...

07 March 2024

Gold vs Bitcoin, here we go again!

Precious metal prices have continued to trade in a narrow range over the last week, with gold edging to the upside, and again looking like it may push back above USD $2,0...

01 March 2024

Precious metals steady as markets melt up!

Precious metal prices are essentially unchanged over the past month, with gold trading just above USD $2,000 and just below AUD $3,000oz. Silver is also flat, trading jus...

22 February 2024

Precious metals bounce back as silver set to surge!

Precious metal prices moved sharply higher this week, with both gold and silver rallying by 2% in USD terms, with gold currently trading above USD $2,050oz. The move high...

01 February 2024

Silver: A once in a lifetime opportunity

Precious metal markets continued to confound investors in the last week, with gold at one point charging above USD $2,050oz and looking like it was set to break out.It th...

19 January 2024

Go for gold: The time is now

Gold and precious metal prices eased this week, falling by 1% and 2% respectively in USD terms. The price action is a continuation of a corrective or steadying period tha...

11 January 2024

Precious metals rock solid in 2023

With Christmas fast approaching and the New Year just over a week away, it looks like being another good year for the precious metal sector, with gold up 10% for the year...

21 December 2023

Key levels to watch as gold holds USD $2,000

Precious metal prices have steadied over the past five trading days, with the market rebounding from a pullback earlier in the week that had seen gold and silver temporar...

14 December 2023

New highs for gold before market consolidates

The gold market started this week on extremely strong footing, with news of a Houthi rebel attack on a US Warship in the Red Sea causing the precious metal to temporarily...

07 December 2023

Silver breaking out as metals rally!

Precious metal prices strongly rallied this week, led by silver, which surged by 7% in USD terms, and is now trading back above USD $25oz.This recent price move puts mome...

30 November 2023

Gold and the moment of truth!

Precious metal prices steadied this week, with silver unchanged in USD terms, while gold was +1%, and last trading just above USD $1,900z.With December fast approaching,...

23 November 2023

Bull market indicators and betting on gold

Gold prices eased this week, with the precious metal falling by 2% in USD and AUD terms, Silver was also impacted, declining by 3%.

09 November 2023

Central banks drive demand as gold steadies

Gold prices were unchanged over the week, with the precious metal pulling back after a brief run above USD $2,000oz.

02 November 2023

The case for gold grows stronger!

Gold was stronger again this week, with weakness in equity markets, and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East helping drive the price back above USD $1,975oz.

27 October 2023

Australian dollar gold hits all-time high!

Gold prices have surged in the past week, with the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, a spike in the price of oil, and a sell off in risk assets all supporting th...

20 October 2023

Gold rallies as markets bounce!

The spike in the gold price over the past five days has encouraged a significant boost in turnover, with retail clients as well as SMSF trustees and HNW investors all add...

13 October 2023

Gold and Struggling Safe Havens!

Precious metal prices broke to the downside this week, with gold and silver falling by 3% and 7% respectively in USD terms. The weakness was driven by the continued spike...

05 October 2023

Buying opportunity for gold as yields to peak?

Precious metal prices broke to the downside this week, with both gold and silver falling by 3% in USD terms. For Australian dollar investors, the pullback was more modest...

28 September 2023

Boredom and Bull Markets

Precious metal markets rallied this week, ignoring both a spike in bond yields that saw two-year US treasuries hit a near two decade high above 5% and warnings from the U...

21 September 2023

Strong core stabilises gold!

Gold has continued to trade above USD $1,900oz this week, with the precious metal essentially flat over the last month in both USD and AUD terms.

15 September 2023

Why Aussies are Investing More in Gold

Gold eased this week, with the precious metal falling by 1% to USD $1,919oz. The pullback, coming after a strong bounce back in the last two weeks of August, was not unex...

08 September 2023

Silver shining as gold rallies

Gold prices have continued to rally in the past five trading days, with the precious metal at one point pushing up toward USD $1,950 per troy ounce (oz).

01 September 2023

The battle for $2,000 gold

Gold has enjoyed a solid week performance wise, with the precious metal rallying by 1% to USD $1,916oz. Silver has also rallied, increasing by 6% in USD terms and is once...

25 August 2023

A golden buying opportunity!

Precious metal markets continued to trade lower this week, with gold not only falling below the USD $1,900oz price level, but also below its 200-day moving average (200DM...

18 August 2023

Gold: A taste of what’s to come!

Gold prices remained on the back foot this week, with the precious metal last trading below USD $1,915 per troy ounce (oz).

11 August 2023

Gold eases as bond yields soar

Precious metal prices continued to correct this week, with gold -1% in USD terms to $1,933.30oz, while silver was -6%, last trading at USD $23.60oz.

04 August 2023

Gold and the last bear

Precious metal prices have eased over the past week, with an overnight sell off driven by better than expected increase in US GDP eliminating the price strength seen in t...

28 July 2023