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Copper and industrial metals recovered after data showed the economy of the U.S., the second-biggest consumer of the metal, grew at the fastest pace since 2003 last quarter...
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News, 24 December 2014, 09:02 #copper
According to data compiled by International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukraine cut gold reserves for a second month to the lowest since August 2005 as Russia bought bullion for an eighth month to take its holdings to the highest in at least two decades...
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News, 23 December 2014, 10:04 #IMF, metals, gold
"Physical gold demand in China and India were held back in 2014 amid high stocks and import controls, respectively," said Victor Thianpiriya, commodity strategist at ANZ. "Both these shackles have been removed, putting demand on a solid footing as we head into 2015...
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Lonny Strike, 19 December 2014, 18:11
Speculations that the Federal Reserve is moving closer to raising US interest rates amid growing economy have sent the yellow metal down to almost 1-week lows. Silver, platinum and palladium also declined...
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News, 15 December 2014, 13:08 #Palladium, Platinum, comex
In the period from 2001 to 2012, gold enjoyed 12 years of consecutive rising prices, and many investors hoped that the precios metal would be able to sustain its bull market well into the future...
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News, 13 December 2014, 16:40 #Fed, gold
Gold has had a fascination with the $1200 level over the last few weeks which has seen it trade either side of this level. Over the last week gold traded in a narrow range under $1220 before falling sharply back below to close out last week...
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Sergey Golubev, 9 December 2014, 18:11 #silver, metals, gold
Why is gold hated more than ever by both governments and the financial services community? Some analysts consider it is because it has now become imperative to keep the illusion of confidence in sovereign debt and paper currencies...
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Anton Voropaev, 9 December 2014, 11:39 #gold
Josh McCleary, co-founder of SilverSaver.com, took some time to talk with us about how to diversify into physical gold and silver, and the benefits of doing so. Why should people choose gold or silver as opposed to other investment options...
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BlondieNews, 5 December 2014, 15:11
Recently, government officials from the Netherlands, Germany, and France have gained attention for expressing interest in repatriating their gold. What does this mean, and what consequences might it have for the precious metals market...
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BlondieNews, 5 December 2014, 09:11 #gold
In last week's Swiss gold referendum, roughly 78% voted against expanding central bank gold reserves to 20% of central bank assets from the current 7%, as Forbes reports...
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News, 4 December 2014, 15:16 #Swiss National Bank, QE, gold
Gold raised as higher energy prices pressed concern that inflation will remain low and spurred demand for the precious metal as a store of value. Weaker gold prices are incentivizing demand in Asia, with Shanghai trading in the metal hitting last year's record...
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News, 4 December 2014, 14:22 #inflation, comex, gold
The world’s biggest mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. considers there will be no slowdown in the drive by global iron-ore producers to boost production even as prices slump...
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News, 1 December 2014, 10:19 #Goldman Sachs, metals
2014-11-13 13:30 GMT (or 14:30 MQ MT5 time) | [USD - Unemployment Claims] past data is 278K forecast data is 280K actual data is 290K according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or actual data) = good for currency (for USD in our case...
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Sergey Golubev, 13 November 2014, 16:09 #xauusd, gold
Gold and silver have been crushed this week, burned by the rising dollar and the outflow of money looking for a home in stocks and other investments...
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Natasya Saad, 5 November 2014, 23:18 #silver, ECB, gold
(Corrects scope of BoJ expansion in second paragraph.) Gold and silver fell in New York, slumping to the lowest since 2010, as the dollar strengthened after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly boosted stimulus and the Federal Reserve ended asset purchases this week...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 31 October 2014, 16:20
(Bill Holter) Silver closed last week under $17 for the first time in 4 years. Maybe we have in store another "event" like 2008, 2011 or 2013 where the "price" gets forced down which explodes demand to a point where shortages again show up? Read More -> Sources...
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TipMyPip, 21 October 2014, 12:26 #silver
LME Confirmed as New Metals Ringmaster as Market Rigging Fears Take Benchmarking Digital With palladium and platinum price 'fixing' shifting to the LME in December, is benchmark manipulation likely to be curbed or compounded? Any system or solution is only as good as its wielder...
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TipMyPip, 21 October 2014, 11:46
Gold has posted modest gains on Monday, as the spot price is $1243.36 per ounce in the European session. Gold has recovered nicely in the past two weeks, when it was trading below $1190. In economic news, it’s a quiet start to the week, with no US data releases on Monday...
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TipMyPip, 20 October 2014, 16:55 #gold
With demand for copper set to swell, producers are turning to 21st century ideas to boost output of the metal that’s becoming a more crucial component of the expanding global economy...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 20 October 2014, 09:43
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Gold prices held steady on Monday, starting off the week just slightly in the red as a lineup of notable quarterly reports, including more than a third of the Dow companies, will likely shape equities trading in the coming days...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 20 October 2014, 09:15