It is increasingly possible the gold contract is evolving into deep crisis, and that force majeure might have to be declared if, as seems increasingly inevitable, a wider banking crisis ensues...
Gold's allure in 2020 continues to strengthen, with spot prices surpassing $1,800 an ounce and inflows into bullion-backed ETFs already topping the record full-year total set in 2009.
18 months ago, the 'virtue-signaling' Bank of England stuck a knife between the ribs of Venezuela's embattled socialist leader, Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver and anointed successor of Huge Chavez..
Gold as an asset class is confusing to most investors. Even sophisticated investors are accustomed to hearing gold ridiculed as a "shiny rock" and hearing serious gold analysts mocked as "gold bugs," "gold nuts" or worse.
Over the years, we have periodically reported of the occasional gold bar discovered as counterfeit in Manhattan's Diamond District which instead of containing the yellow precious metal would be filled with gold-plated tungsten or in some cases copper
Just a day after the counterfeit China gold bar story hit the market, precious metals are bid this morning with Gold futures surging above $1800 for the first time since Nov 2011...
Over the years, we have periodically reported of the occasional gold bar discovered as counterfeit in Manhattan's Diamond District which instead of containing the yellow precious metal would be filled with gold-plated tungsten or in some cases copper
The Federal Reserve will face numerous challenges in the months and years ahead. Economic output will remain below potential for years to come as we deal with the pandemic and its long-term scarring effects.
Spot gold prices are rallying this morning, as the dollar dives, pushing to within a tick or two of May's highs...
A breakout from here would take the price of the barbarous relic to 2012 levels and quickly beyond...
As stock markets roar back from the coronavirus-led rout, advisers to the world's wealthy are urging them to hold more gold, questioning the strength of the rally and the long-term impact of global central banks' cash splurge.
Two months ago, when the market was in a state of near-total chaos as a result of a sudden collapse in global supply chains due to the hasty coronavirus lockdowns, one market that saw unprecedented turmoil was that of physical gold.
According to one hedge-fund manager, known for his "doom and gloom" economic outlooks, the federal government may soon make stashing gold away illegal for individuals. Crispen Odey believes that governments will ban the possession of gold if they
It took Jerome Powell just two days to confirm what we said late on Friday, namely that with the Fed expected to boost QE by over $3 trillion (assuming Powell doesn't cut rates negative), the Fed chair said that "there's a lot more we can do" and j
Gold extended its rally to a fresh seven-year high after the Federal Reserve warned of potential asset-price declines as an economic recovery could stretch through until the end of next year. Palladium jumped.
During March and April, amid global financial turmoil, unprecedented demand for physical gold, refinery closures and a London lockdown, one question on the minds of many in the gold market was how HSBC London, the vault custodian of the SPDR Gold Tru
Silver is the matrix of precious metals:
on the one hand, it is an industrial metal, critical to the production process in many of the world's most in-demand products;
and on the other hand, it has been 'money' for millennia, playing se
The spread between the New York futures and London spot gold price was initially caused by logistics and manufacturing constraints, and likely persists because of credit restrictions.
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