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Will 2022 be good for gold?

Santa brings a gold rally: Gold popped overnight, up 0.26% to US$1,804 at the time of writing.

23 December 2021

Fed sets out a plan and gold agrees

Gold’s leapt higher overnight in a surprising move. Some media outlets initially attributed gold’s rally to the Bank of England increasing rates (more below) however what...

17 December 2021

Australians, your moment to buy gold is here!

Gold is clearly consolidating, after the November plunge it’s now hugging previous support. This is a positive sign.

10 December 2021

Gold consolidates as Fed admits they’re wrong

The Federal Reserve Bank drops ‘transitory’ from their language, pushing gold down. Though the yellow metal appears to be consolidating and looking for support. This week...

03 December 2021

Gold Down but not out

After last week’s rally extending all the way up to an intraday high of US$1,877 last week, gold has pivoted at high speed and went straight back to familiar support at U...

26 November 2021

Did big money just bet on gold?

Gold pauses this week after last week’s rally. While the yellow metal did give the US$1,870 price level a nudge on Wednesday, it’s dipped back to US$1,859 at the time of...

19 November 2021

Patient gold bulls are rewarded this week

The world’s favourite precious metal did what it does best this week, rewarding patient investors with an incredible rally on the back of critical economic data. This new...

12 November 2021

Fed tapers but gold stays firm

The Australian dollar did a sharp U-turn during the week, falling from 75 US cents to 73.88 US cents at the time of writing. This 1.5% drop lifted the Australian gold pri...

05 November 2021

Time for gold to pop

Gold’s trading range continues to narrow. This week the yellow metal has barely moved US$30 per ounce. The good news is that gold has managed to hold onto some of last we...

22 October 2021

Inflation runs hot and bids up gold​

Gold has broken higher and meets some pas resistance.A strong move up this week. Perhaps it's time for some cautious optimism...

15 October 2021

Gold hugs key price level

Another week of minimal price action. Gold continues to hug the key price level of US$1,750. The yellow metal appears reluctant to budge until the markets receive the US...

08 October 2021

Gold finds support – can it hold?

We’re looking at our third rough week for the spot gold price. The US dollar continues to strengthen. The hawkish tone coming from the Federal Reserve Bank is snuffing ou...

01 October 2021

Three reasons gold could rise

Fed lays out tapering schedule, All isn’t lost bulls,Outliers that may spark a gold rally, Gold versus the global money supply,

24 September 2021

Demand for precious metals will triple says expert

The yellow metal continues to demonstrate its sensitivity to the US economy, rather than emerging problems in the financial system. Gold’s dip overnight now puts the pric...

17 September 2021

The Precious Metal Outperforming Gold and Silver

Gold giveth then taketh away. The yellow metal was buoyant on the back of Jackson Hole. Not long after we hit the publish button, gold got its second wind from disappoint...

10 September 2021

Gold Price Heading Up

Jackson Hole was anticlimactic. Comments from Federal Reserve Bank chairman, Herome Powell were unexpectedly dovish.

03 September 2021

Gold at the mercy of Fed

The gold market is paused this week awaiting news from the Federal Reserve Bank meeting at Jackson Hole this month.No news is expected until early Saturday morning Austra...

27 August 2021

Gold Recovers: Where to Next?

Gold remains resilient. The flash crash didn’t drive gold below the key support level of US$1,680, which means this likely the floor for this price cycle. The near 8% fal...

20 August 2021

Gold dips as the bulls take a breath

Gold dropped but the long term fundamentals hold. US NonFarm numbers were significantly higher than expected. Good US domestic data does not mitigate broader global conce...

13 August 2021

Silver price up as jobs data went down

Overnight the US ADP pay roll data (non-government statistics) was weaker than anticipated. The US post-recession economic recovery is being called into question, and the...

06 August 2021

Gold versus government debt

After a slow news week last week, we’ve got lots of market titbits to cover today.The markets have been chewing over what the Federal Reserve Bank did or didn’t say…The U...

31 July 2021

Aussie dollar falls give gold a free ride​

>What do we want: A gold rally! When do we want it: Now! If you’re based in Australia, we are getting a rally in gold. It just happens to be a gold rally denominated our...

23 July 2021

Two steps forward one step back: The worst is over for gold

On Monday, the US dollar price of gold eked above US$1,800. Last Friday’s end of week rebound held…and persisted throughout this week. Gold’s up, platinum’s up and even s...

16 July 2021

The battle of the taper talks​

We’re two weeks on from the Federal Reserve Bank’s meeting that sparked the ‘taper talk’.

11 July 2021

Is gold about to run with the bulls

The question most people want an answer to this week is: what is the direction of gold, up or down? Are we strapping in for bigger falls, or is it time to get excited abo...

02 July 2021

Gold price fall a gift from the market

The rumblings began a few weeks ago. Basel III changes are soon to be implemented. People wanted to know, what do they mean for gold?Rather than listen to the echoes doin...

25 June 2021

Why gold made this unexpected move

Well, that’s one way to get everyone talking.What was meant to be another routine Federal Open Committee Meeting (FOMC) for the month…ended up giving the market the jitte...

18 June 2021