CEF News and Press, Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust Units From 10/11/19

Last week I wrote that "downside risks remain" and specifically cited the chart below showing what happened to gold in 2008. What occurred then was real yields rose (TIPS fell) significantly on plummeting inflation expectations in line with the crash in the stock market, even though nominal bo...

Attacks on Saudi oil facilities and low OPEC production aren't enough to keep oil prices up. Gold's lustre, though, is still hard to ignore. Bart Melek, head of global commodity strategy, TD Securities weighs in. Original Read more ...

Gold is a commodity and a currency. The yellow metal has a myriad of industrial applications. At the same time, it has a long history as money. Central banks around the world hold gold as part of their foreign currency reserves. At the turn of this century, central banks were net sellers of ...

The precious metals sector of the commodities market was the best-performing sector in the third quarter of 2019 and so far for the year with gains in all of the metal. The composite of the four precious metals that trade on the COMEX and NYMEX divisions of the CME dropped by 8.10% in 2014. ...

By Andrew Robinson Commodities suffered as the US dollar caught a bid into the month- and quarter-ends at the start of the week, though recovered slightly as the dollar gave back ground yesterday following disappointing US data. The agricultural sector was boosted by lower stockpiles and h...

Base metal prices fell by 23.43% in 2015, but in 2016 they appreciated by 26.77%. In 2017, the sector of nonferrous industrial metals was the best-performing commodities sector posting a 21.99% gain for the year. In 2018, the industrial commodities shed 15.78% of their value. The base metals...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on September 30, 2019. One of the past month's interesting stock-market developments was the strength of the banking sector in both nominal terms and relative to the broad market. The strength in nominal dollar terms is illustrated by t...

I'm short-term bearish on gold but long-term very bullish. One of the key factors I look at for gold prices is the producer price index of commodities to wage ratio which I will share below. Commodities, like everything else, has booms and busts. Industrialists, capitalists and their enginee...

Precious metals prices have been moving in a wide trading range over the recent sessions as the market continues to digest the rallied that occurred over the summer. Wider trading ranges offer opportunities for traders to capture the ups and downs of the market. However, the evidence continues...

By Mike Gleason Coming up, Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies joins me for another top-flight interview as we discuss some major stresses in the financial system that are going to result in some serious issues in the economy. He also talks about the trade summit happening next m...