Category: Gold and Silver 2011
The analysis published under this category are as follows.Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Gold Rally Dented by the Return of Risk Appetite / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE SPOT MARKET price of gold bullion dropped overnight, before beginning Wednesday morning London time by trading in a tight range around $1532 per ounce – up 1.3% from the start of last week – while stocks and commodities were flat.
The Euro held steady above $1.44 following reports that a new bailout for Greece could be agreed by the end of the week.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Fiat Currency or Gold?, Eurozone / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
If you follow the price of physical gold then I recommend - in the strongest of terms - that you read Another Volcker Moment at Hand? An Appraisal of $1500 Gold by John Hathaway of Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. - reading time 6 minutes.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
According to Economists, Gold is Perfectly Useless / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Would you – or China – rather own gold 8 years from now, or US Treasury bonds...?
ON THE LETTERS' page of The Economist last week, Nils Sandberg from Cambridge University's Judge Business School presented a common argument against gold's current value.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Gold priced in Euro and the HUI-index / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Many gold bulls argue that gold remains very strong in various currencies such as the Euro.
Let’s have a look at it:
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Gold Price Remains Flat / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE WHOLESALE price to buy gold continued trading in a tight range Tuesday morning around $1538 per ounce – just over 2% off its all-time high – following a flat day Monday as the US and UK had official holidays.
Stock and commodity markets meantime rose sharply – while US Treasury bonds fell – after news of a possible Eurozone agreement on a new financial aid package for Greece.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
UN Warns of U.S. Dollar Collapse, Brutal Month for Silver Ends / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold has fallen against the euro and most currencies but is 0.2% higher in U.S. dollars and nearly 1% higher in yen terms as the American and Japanese currencies have come under selling pressure. Gold remains near record nominal highs in all major currencies which shows that markets are concerned about inflation and concerns about the future of major currencies.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Gold and Silver, What to Do if You Listened to Top Pickers and Sold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
"The great Khan (Chinese ruler), causes the bark of trees, made into something like paper, to pass for money all over his country." ...Marco POLO, (1254 - 1324 Traveling explorer from Venice).
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
When To Sell Your Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Late last year, we were trying to short gold on the movement in world real rates. We had a beautiful chart, great correlation and a trade that should have performed magnificently (Chart 1). Yet, it did not. True, gold fell from 1400 to 1300, but nowhere near 1150 as we expected. As you can see on Chart 2, the correlations did not really break up, but the gold got boosted by some special alpha.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Visions Of A Mad Gold Stock Speculator / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
A series of long-term charts suggests to me that we are getting ready for a Gold stock explosion higher that should begin before the summer is over. I am biased due to being rabidly bullish on Gold stocks right now, both intellectually and financially. Please take the following technical analysis smorgasbord with a grain of salt given my greedy dreams of speculative riches, which clearly bias my perspective.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Euro, Dollar Indices and Gold Market A Short-Term Must Watch! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
We have often discussed how the movement of index level values for both the euro and the dollar mirror each other in a fairly precise manner most of the time. This is mainly due to the euro being the largest component of the USD Index. The currency markets have a great deal of influence on stocks and precious metals alike, so what happens in these markets must be a regular part of any meaningful analysis of trends across the precious metals sector.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Weak SPX Stock Market Technicals / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
While the stock markets have enjoyed an outstanding busy season, the dreaded summer doldrums are now upon us. This vacation season usually heralds listlessly-grinding markets, sometimes significant selloffs, and rarely meaningful rallies. The stock-market technicals heading into summer greatly influence which outcome is most likely in these coming lethargic months.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Gold and Silver Rise as Germany Angered by Cheating Greece / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE WHOLESALE MARKET gold price traded in a $3 range around $1526 an ounce Friday morning London time, while stocks and commodities rose and the Euro rallied in spite of concerns the IMF may halt the latest payment of Greece's €110 billion bailout.
Heading into the UK and US holiday weekend, gold prices at Friday lunchtime looked set for a 1% gain on the week.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
IMF Firefight For Missing Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
The arrest of former IMF head Strauss-Kahn came at a key moment in this secretive entity's emergency bailout operations for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and IMF advanced action in several other Eurozone-17 countries facing similar sovereign-debt crises. Greece, tottering near outright restructuring of its massive and fast-growing debt, as interest rates on its bonds continue to rise, is in renewed crisis and most economists expect what is politely called a reprofiled debt rescue package for the country. The IMF committed between a third and a quarter of the € 110 billion ($ 155 billion) in already-agreed aid to Greece, and has engaged to put up at least a third of the partly-set € 78 billion rescue package needed for Portugal.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Have Gold and Silver Stopped Falling, What Next? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
This is the 'big' question investors all over the world are now asking.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Gold Strengthens in Real Terms / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
My favorite form of technical analysis is intermarket analysis which is the comparison of various markets and sectors. All markets relate in one way or another. The current market cycle is being dominated by macro-related events. Since all markets have had a stronger link than in the past, it makes intermarket analysis very important. By analyzing markets in the context of one another we can decipher or confirm the cycles within the current secular trends.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Why Gold Is Going Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
David Galland, Casey Research writes: While there are many reasons that gold and silver are going to keep moving higher as the fiat currencies trend lower, at our recent Casey Research Summit in Boca Raton, faculty member Mike Maloney pointed out a fact that, while obvious in hindsight, I had never heard mentioned previously.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Silver Collapse of 2011 Should Continue / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Recent firing of a football coach in my hometown was cause for considerable reflection. Why does someone fire a winning coach? A few years ago the college I attended for graduate work fired their football coach, one with a winning record. In fact, it was a winning record such that most only dream of achieving. His fatal flaw? He could not beat the school's arch rival in a state to the south. Seems some losses are more important all the wins.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Gold and Silver Provides Investors Timely Fire-Sale / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Now three weeks after the massive silver movement toward $50 per ounce, and a near reversal of opinion among the financial media, silver is now stable in the $34 per ounce area. While the panic, confusion, and frankly, fraudulent popping of the silver price may have shaken the weak hands, the market is providing opportunities for those who are willing to wait out the institutional investors.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Gold Price Falls As Euro and Pound Gain / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE DOLLAR price to buy gold slipped on Thursday morning – falling to $1519 per ounce – having retested three-week highs in overnight trading.
A rally on Asian stock markets failed to carry over into Europe, while prices for major commodities also showed limited movement.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Gold and Silver Profit Taking, U.S. Debt Default Risks Increase Insurance Costs / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver are lower today with profit taking, Chinese bond buying and increased risk appetite being cited for the price falls. Gold is marginally lower in all currencies and is 0.2% lower in U.S. dollar terms despite the dollar coming under selling pressure again this morning. Risky assets have recovered somewhat from recent losses with Asian and European equities and commodities receiving a bid.
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