Category: Gold & Silver 2009
The analysis published under this category are as follows.Thursday, January 15, 2009
Gold Trades Flat Ahead of ECB Interest Rate Decision / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold is marginally higher today but has fallen to one month lows as markets await the ECB interest rate decision. The ECB is expected to cut by 0.5% today and that has put the euro and gold under pressure as the dollar has strengthened in recent days.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Trading Gold Using Gold Stocks as an Leading indicator / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
I find from time and time that gold stocks tend to lead the price of gold during extreme times and as I mentioned in last weeks report the HUI index has warned us up to 7 days in advance, before gold made sizable drop. Well this week is a perfect example in my opinion.
The charts below show how gold stocks became bearish much quicker than the price of gold indicating we should see lower gold prices soon. This time the HUI index gave us 5 days advance warning that gold will eventually drop quickly to catch up and the chart below show this.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Gold Spot to Futures Price Gap Portends for Price Boom / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Most consider the New York market ‘spot’ price for an accurate indication of the true price. However, investors now buying buy physical or ‘fabricated’ gold, are paying a premium of between $20 and $30 per ounce. When these gaps existed in the past, major increases in the price of gold were imminent.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The "Truth" About the Gold Market Today / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Just what is the link between retail gold coin prices and the apparent manipulation of gold futures & options...?YOU MAY HAVE SEEN some rather wild commentary of late concerning gold and silver prices. I can't vouch for the silver market – small, tight and still dependent on fast-falling industrial demand though it is. But as regards Gold Bullion , this sensational "analysis" mistakes the key basics of how the gold market actually works.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Making Money in Troubled Times, Precious Metals Investing / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Keynote Speech Presented by Nick Barisheff at the Empire Club's 15th Annual Investment Outlook Luncheon - Thursday January 8, 2009. Today's topic at this 15th Annual Investment Outlook is “Making Money in Troubled Times”. This may be quite a challenge in 2009 if investors continue to do what they've always done. However, there is always a bull market somewhere and making money in troubled times is possible if you correctly identify the dominant trends and adjust your portfolios accordingly.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Gold Steady as Stock Markets Head Sharply Lower / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
SPOT GOLD PRICES ticked down from a two-day peak after the London Gold Fix on Wednesday morning, slipping to $823 an ounce as European stock markets slumped for the fifth session running.Crude oil pushed up to $39 per barrel – a level first breached in May 2004 – while government bond prices slipped lower worldwide, pushing the 10-year German bund yield back above 3.0%.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Gold Trends Lower as Dollar Rally Continues / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF GOLD BULLION let slip a 0.9% spike Tuesday lunchtime in London, struggling near a one-month low as world stock markets tumbled for the fourth session running.Both the US Dollar and Japanese rose yet again on the currency market, while crude oil fell back to $36.50 per barrel.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Gold and the New Era, The Financial Times They Are A'changin' / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Change is never easy and extreme change is the most difficult of all - Twelve years ago, the esteemed Financial Times in an editorial announced The Death of Gold ; and, in 2004, another contributor to FT noted, the end of gold as an investment has come a little closer .
Recently, however, on January 5, 2009 the Financial Times published David Hale's There Is Only One Alternative To The Dollar . Long-time subscribers to FT may be surprised to find that alternative to be gold—or, then again, they may not be surprised at all.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Gold Falls Through Major Support as U.S. Dollar and Yen Rise / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF GOLD sank ahead of the US opening on Monday, dropping $20 in 20 minutes of London trade to bounce off $825 an ounce.
World stock markets also fell, while crude oil tumbled 5% to $38.85 per barrel.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Gold and Silver Physical Bullion Rationing / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold is marginally lower today despite sharply weaker oil prices (Light Sweet Crude Oil Future - Combined - FEB09 : -5.14%) and a slightly higher dollar (US DOLLAR INDEX: 83.01 +0.6%).
There was significant volatility last week and such volatility often portends a big move up or down. Given the strong fundamentals, gold’s next move is likely to be up, especially as investment demand for gold coins, bars, certificates and exchange traded funds remains very robust.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Which Shines More: Gold, Silver or Crude Oil? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Last week gold and silver remained in a trading range moving sideways, while crude oil had a large pullback on very heavy volume. Below are charts which will show where these commodities stand in relation to support and resistance as well as where we may be looking to go long in the near future.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Gold Continues to Target $930 Resistance / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Back after three weeks and it looks as if nothing has happened in the precious metals. Lots has, however, happened in the stocks and especially the “cats and dogs” variety. Many, many 100% plus moves in only one or two weeks. Are we back into a real honest to goodness bull market? Let's go through our normal exercise.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Gold the Asset to Hold in Any Environment / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
A 40-year, spectacularly successful veteran of the investment industry, Eric Sprott (the "Energy Guru") needs no introduction. Sprott's steady stream of strategic, entrepreneurial and global performance awards often end in the words: "of the year." Sprott's investment abilities and knack for seeing opportunities where others don't have earned him a spot among the most successful investors in the country.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Are you happy with your 2008 Investments? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Now that 2008 is in the rear-view mirror it is worth reviewing the performance of various investments. 2008 - Was "The Year of Reckoning" and a tipping point. As a massive wave of deleveraging swept across the world the torrent of borrowed money came under severe pressure.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Gordon Brown's 415 tonnes Gold Sale Blunder, 10 Years On / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THIS COMING MAY will mark 10 years since Gordon Brown chose to sell well over half the UK's national gold reserves – some 415 tonnes all told – at what would prove rock-bottom prices.
Never mind his politics. With the Euro about to compete with the Dollar for central-bank vault space, everyone else was selling the stuff too, led by Canada, France and even the Swiss...
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Friday, January 09, 2009
The Global Gold Bull Market in Major Currencies / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
During late 2008's unprecedented financial-market panic, gold got something of a bum rap. Since this metal didn't soar during the stock chaos like most of its investors expected, many assume something must be wrong in gold-land. But gold ultimately did hold its own, up 2.1% in Q4 while the S&P 500 plunged 22.4%.
During the very heart of the stock panic when gold looked the weakest (under $750), it was being driven down by a bear-record US dollar surge. A mass exodus of flight capital fleeing the burning stock markets roared into US Treasuries for a temporary safe haven. Foreign investors joining this deluge had to buy dollars first, forcing a mighty dollar rally to erupt that traders interpreted as a sign to sell gold futures.
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Silver News and Views / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The Silver Institute just put out a press release which stated, "The silver price, per ounce, in 2008 averaged a strong US$14.98, a nearly 12-percent increase over the 2007 average price of US$13.38; the best average annual price since 1980. A key development in silver's fortune has been renewed investor interest in the white metal, which began in earnest in 2004 and continues today, as illustrated in the chart below."Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Gold Demand Strong as U.S. Jobless Rate Jumps / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE LIVE PRICE of wholesale Gold Bullion bounced in a $10 range early in London on Friday, trading just shy of $860 an ounce as new US data confirmed a six-decade record in US job losses.World equities fell while the US Dollar rose sharply on the currency market. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Gold Slips as Global Stock Markets Tumble / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
SPOT GOLD PRICES held in a tight $5 range early in London on Thursday, recording an AM Gold Fix fully 2.5% below yesterday morning at $842.50 per ounce.Global stock markets also added to Wednesday's sharp losses, despite a record-low cut to interest rates from the Bank of England – the world's fourth-largest central bank.
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Gold Retreats from Resistance Towards Support / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold traders should have exited today as prices are showing strong signs of lower prices in the near future. Gold slid over 4% this week so far, while gold stocks have dropped an average of 9%.Read full article... Read full article...