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Will The Gold Price Shift As Two Great Titans Leave Us?
For much of November gold has been on a tear and this week investors have sent it way up, punching past $2000. Will these giddy heights of over $2,000 be how gold chooses to see out month-end? At the time of writing we cannot be sure. Yesterday prices did soften ever so slightly but the […]
Gold Pops as Credit Crunch Looms
The double figure pop up in gold on Tuesday was more to do with weakening of the US dollar, than rampant gold demand itself. The significant drop in the fiat currency was largely thanks to the release of October’s CPI report. Echoing that of the previous month, the report showed weaker growth and lower than […]
Patrick Karim, Charts and Gold’s Next Breakout
I have heard it said that technical analysis is “Astrology for Men”, the inference being that it’s got about as much use as arguing something will happen to the markets because the stars say it will. Keen to dispel this myth, I decided to chat with chart expert Patrick Karim so we could explain exactly […]Gold Hits New All Time Highs
The big news in gold is two-fold right now; gold hit new all-time highs in several currencies and central bank demand for physical gold remains strong hitting a year-to date record in Q3 this year. Gold at $2,000? So whilst the headlines were all about dollar-denominated gold showing us that it’s still destined for levels […]
2024 Gold Forecasts Make Gold Shine Even More
LBMA This week I attended the LBMA’s Global Precious Metals conference in Barcelona. As usual it was a flurry of activity and discussion between cross sections of those involved in precious metals. At the end of the conference attendees are asked to give their forecasts for the precious metals markets, for the next 12 months. […]
Gold Hits Two Week High As Uncertainty Grows
Overnight the gold price hit a two-week high. One of the ‘supports’ for the gold price was the release of FOMC minutes yesterday, something that once upon a time would have done a bit of a number on the price of gold. Instead, it barely blinked. The metal also finds itself well supported on account […]
Gold Down But Not Out
Gold and silver continue on their downward trajectory this week. The US Government Shutdown Deal and comments from FOMC members appear to have boosted bets that the Fed will make space for one more hike in 2023. Prior to the last-minute debt-ceiling deal (yawn) being struck at the weekend, markets had favoured a December hike, […]
Gold: It’s Who’s Buying It That Counts
Gold has been on a bit of a losing streak this week, hitting a six-and-a-half month low. This morning the yellow metal found some (very) modest support in the face of slightly lower Treasury yields, another US government shutdown looming and concerns regarding the Chinese economy. However, it’s likely that it will fall further given […]
Gold Slips as Fed Signals More Hikes to Come
Yesterday the FOMC concluded their September meeting yesterday, leaving rates at their 22-year high. It signalled another rate hike was coming, this side of Christmas. The FOMC also amended its projection for 2024 rates, raising them from 4.6% to 5.1%. Unsurprisingly the US dollar surged whilst gold fell back. Prior to the FOMC statement gold […]
