Gold Under Pressure from Rising Greenback This Week Precious metals were rallying early in the week, but faced some push back on Thursday. By Friday gold prices lifted again slightly and were sitting just over $1,320. Silver ended the week around $16.55. The resistance mid-week came from a rising dollar index. As it retreated again […]
The Price of Gold Relative to the Value of the Dollar – CHART This chart depicts the price of gold relative to the value of the dollar over the last 15 months. The price on the left is the movement in gold prices since January of last year until last month. The right side shows […]
Gold Hit Its Highest Close in 2 Years On Wednesday, gold hit its highest close in 2 years. Gold started the week at around $1,335, climbed to over $1,350 mid week, and settled around $1,345 by Friday. Silver finished the week just shy of $16.70. Silver looks poised for surge right now, in fact. Gold […]
This Week Gold Continued to Rally on Trade War Fear, Stocks Got Slammed The biggest news this week for the markets and gold was trade war fears. Gold continued to rally this week as China and the U.S. imposed and threatened new tariffs on each other. By Friday the Dow had fallen nearly 3%. The […]
Gold Is Looking More Bullish As Goldman Sachs Upgrades Gold Expectations to “Outperform” As the stock market teeters on correction mode, gold is looking more bullish. Goldman Sachs even upgraded gold outlook this week. The investment bank expects precious metals to “outperform” over the coming months. This is based partly on empirical data that shows […]
After a Volatile Week for Stocks, Gold Set To Move Higher? It was a volatile week for stocks all week with Friday marking the worst day this year for the markets. Friday saw the Dow Jones plunge nearly 700 points and it marked the biggest loss in 2 years for the Nasdaq. It was overall […]
The Dollar Hit a 3-Year Low, Boosting Gold Over $1,360 The recently falling dollar hit a 3-year low this week, and helped gold rally to its highest level in 17 months. The last time we saw gold prices reaching $1,360 was in August of 2016, and it looks like they will keep rising. Silver also […]
Investors Fleeing Bitcoin to Gold in Increasing Numbers Gold continued to hold strong above $1330 this week. There was some pull back midweek on profit taking, but by Friday it got another bump on news of a possible government shut down. While gold rose though, crytpocurrencies had another sharp drop off. This week bitcoin came […]
A Bearish Bond Market, Inflation, and Gold The “bond king”, Bill Gross, was on record this week saying that the bond market is falling. For the past 25 years the bond market has been on a roaring bull run, so there are significant implications to this turn. A bearish bond market, inflation, and gold – […]
Despite Stock Rally, Gold Kicked off 2018 above $1300 and Held on to Gains In contrast to last year, gold kicked off 2018 above $1300 and held on above $1310 for the first week of 2018. It continued its rally through trading on Friday to end the week just over $1,320. Gold just had its […]
After an Initial Rally, What Weighed on Gold Prices This Week? Gold opened the week just over $1,300, but fell mid-week below $1,290. By Friday, gold had made back some of of those gains to close up. More bellicose rhetoric from North Korea sparked the initial flight to safety. So what weighed on gold prices? There […]
China Downgrade Worrying Investors As the Country’s Financial Strength in Question Gold had another strong week, and looks like it is moving out of its recent sluggishness. With Moody’s China downgrade worrying investors this week, the dollar continuing to show weakness, and a possible rate hike, gold is looking attractive and shows signs that it will […]
Volatility Rocks the Markets and Gold is Looking Bullish After a turbulent week, gold is looking bullish, and investors are flocking back to precious metals. Volatility rocked the markets stemming from political controversy in Washington. This was the controversy surrounding the President’s dismissal of FBI director Comey and his meeting with Russian state officials. The […]
Has this Gold Market Run Out of Steam For Now? Are investors worried that this gold market has run out of steam? With gold and silver kicking off the week continuing the pull back from last week, some investors are. What are the reasons for the pull back, and what does it mean going forward? […]
This week we will take a look back over the 5 biggest stories for gold and the markets in 2016 and how they impacted investors. Donald Trump Wins the Election The election of Donald Trump was, of course, the pivotal story of 2016. His shock win took most of the world by surprise and contradicted […]
Why the Gold Bull Market Has Room to Run Yet The gold bull market is not over yet. It still has some room to run. Gold price climbed slowly, but steadily this week after pulling back last week. Gold and silver both have been keeping rather quiet the past two weeks, but this week they […]
Boris Johnson: Brexit Negotiations Could Begin Early 2017 Boris Johnson says Britain will begin Brexit talks soon. Johnson, the British Foreign Secretary and staunch “Leave” vote advocate told the Italian prime minister this week that Brexit talks could begin as soon as early 2017. Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, campaigned heavily for Great […]
The Markets’ Take on a Trump Presidency Presidential elections in the U.S. have significant impact on market movements. Even the anticipation of (before the candidate is even elected) what a candidate might do is impactful. According to some hedge fund managers, there is a correlation right now happening between investors wanting to hedge against a […]
Just Over 45 Years Ago the U.S. Left the Gold Standard – What Has Happened Since? We just passed the 45-year anniversary of fiat currency replacing gold. 45 years ago – August 15, 1971 – President Nixon declared the end of the United States’s decades long, gold backed monetary system and replaced it with the current […]
Why Gold and Silver Will Be the Most Secure Currencies Many eminent investors consider gold and silver as currencies. Peter Boockvar considers precious metals an “anti-fiat money” currency. Because gold is a tangible, finite resource, its value cannot be as easily manipulated or created electronically through central banking monetary policy as fiat currencies can. Central […]
Gold Enters a Bull Market, According to JP Morgan One of Wall Street’s largest institutions, JP Morgan Private Bank, is betting on the gold rally to continue. Solita Marcelli, the bank’s head of fixed incomes, commodities and currencies, holds the view that gold could hit at least $1400 per ounce by the end of the year. […]
Gold Price Hits $1,300 On Monday, gold spot price passed the $1300 mark for the first time in over a year. Gold is up now 22 percent for the year and is crushing stocks, bonds, and most other asset classes. Gold’s performance this year has been driven by a few different factors. The first was […]