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Gold surges, inflation cools, crypto crumbles

The surge in gold and silver prices that we’ve seen over the past five trading days has excited precious metal bulls, with signs that the two-year corrective cycle the me...

11 November 2022

The longest losing streak

Central bank policy decisions dominated the financial landscape this week, headlined by the US Federal Reserve, who raised benchmark interest rate by 0.75% to 3.75-4.00%...

04 November 2022

Dr Doom talks Gold as Inflation Accelerates

Markets have rallied over the last five trading days, with equities, precious metals, cryptocurrencies, commodities and large parts of the fixed income universe all seein...

28 October 2022

Pivot to gold coming?

Gold prices have continued to fall in the past week, with the precious metal looking like it may test the USD $1600oz level at a minimum in this corrective cycle. Since t...

21 October 2022

Markets bounce as inflation comes in hot

Markets have been in correction mode for most of this week, after stronger than expected jobs data out of the United States on Friday 7th October, which showed the unempl...

14 October 2022

Markets Surge as Central Banks Blink

Financial markets staged a huge rally over the past few trading days, as investors treated recent central bank activity as a sign that the rapid pace of interest rate inc...

07 October 2022

Gold Yields as Gilts Trip

Asset markets suffered some of their wildest swings over the past five trading days, as a widely ridiculed mini budget delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwar...

30 September 2022

The death of gold... again!

Interest rate increases have dominated financial market headlines and investor positioning this past week, as central banks around the world continued their policy tighte...

23 September 2022

Gold and the inflation conundrum

It’s been another tough week for global asset markets, as US inflation data, which came in hotter than expected, sparked a widespread sell off, with stocks, cryptocurrenc...

16 September 2022

Gold holds key support level as rates rise

Gold prices bounced off key support levels near USD $1680 oz this past week, trading up toward USD $1,730oz at one point, while silver was an even stronger performer, up...

09 September 2022

Markets fall down the (Jackson) hole!

At last week’s Jackson Hole Symposium, Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell took just 8 minutes to confirm that the Fed is unlikely to pare back the aggressive pace...

02 September 2022

Investors brace for Fed announcement while markets lull

Investors brace for Fed announcement while markets lull: all eyes will be on U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech for any indication of the Fed’s interest ra...

26 August 2022

Australians vs Inflation: Gold’s role

With Australians’ earnings not matching rising inflation, it is more important than ever to consider investment options that can hedge existing wealth against volatile ec...

19 August 2022

Strong Aussie Dollar Gives Investors A Boost

Following new data on the US Consumer Price Index, we investigate the influences on its decrease and analysts’ projections on the Fed’s inflation management strategy, as...

12 August 2022

What the end of Q2 says about the future of gold

Following last week's late strength, gold rose a further 2.07% this week, with all precious metals following suit and Palladium showing a steadying pace. This week, we lo...

05 August 2022

Precious metals make strong recovery amidst housing price fall

Gold, silver and platinum are all up, despite a tough month of consistent lows. The national median house price has fallen for the first time in two years, whilst the ECB...

29 July 2022

Did RBA contribute to current inflation?

Gold maintains its position as a safe haven for wealth in times of concern and with new quarterly CPI data being released next week, investors and homeowners are rushing...

22 July 2022

Gold heads south for the winter

Thursday’s trading session saw the yellow metal shed US$25 per ounce, with gold nearly 2% lower overall for the week. Inflation in the US shows no signs of slowing, with...

15 July 2022

Gold hits six-month low as interest rates rise

Gold’s dramatic sell-off this week has brought out the bargain hunters. A strong US dollar continues to put pressure on gold, as the Euro gets closer to parity this week…

08 July 2022

Gold supported as US Treasury yields dip

Spot gold is marginally lower this week. The yellow metal has been largely forming a consolidation pattern over the past two weeks. Federal Reserve Bank rate increases ar...

01 July 2022

Gold stays calm under pressure from Fed

Gold is down overall this week, lower by 0.66% to US$1,822. Despite falling, spot gold is holding its ground against the Federal Reserve Bank’s warnings of further aggres...

24 June 2022

Markets dive and gold proves its mettle

After a bumpy week, gold is back to the important psychological level of US$1,850. The Federal Reserve Bank shocked the market this week, raising rates 75 basis points in...

17 June 2022

Gold treads familiar waters

Gold treads familiar waters this week, sticking around US$1,850 ahead of the June FOMC meeting. Silver jumps, platinum retreats, and central banks become more bullish on...

10 June 2022

All precious metals rally this week

Gold rallied this week and remains above US$1,850, as a weaker than expected US jobs report put pressure on the US dollar. Platinum has its best week since the start of M...

03 June 2022

Will a US recession drive gold higher?

Overall spot gold rose 2% this week to US$1,853 per ounce, with an intra-week high of US$1,869.68. The May Federal Reserve minutes contained no surprises, with more aggre...

27 May 2022

Gold steady as default and stagflation risks grow

Gold rose 0.50% this week to US$1,842, likely driven by technical buying as the US dollar fell from its two-decade high. Major US indices have had some of their worst fal...

20 May 2022

The three things needed for a gold bull market are already here

Gold continued its fall this week, down 3.15% in total, though Au lost 1.6% in trading on Thursday night. Investors are seeking refuge in gold as equity markets are hit m...

13 May 2022