GLTR News and Press, Aberdeen Standard Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares From 08/02/23

2023-08-02 12:00:00 ET Summary Q2 gold demand (excluding OTC) dropped slightly by 2% y/y to 921t, driven by a marked deceleration in net central bank buying compared to above-average purchases in Q2’22. Inclusive of OTC and stock flows, total demand strengthened 7% y/y to 1...

2023-08-02 03:55:00 ET Summary In our 2023 macrocast, we forecast that the COMEX precious metals were likely to tread sideways through the first half of the year and then rally in the second half. As July ends and August begins, it appears that the expected second half rally has b...

2023-08-01 04:12:00 ET Summary Although most of us were focused on the Fed and the ECB commentaries this week, neither provided anything new or unexpected. Gold is down 1.4% to 1945, just above support at 1940. Silver is down 3.1% to 24.30, just above support at 24-24.20. Unle...

2023-07-31 07:53:21 ET Summary The US dollar's decline has accelerated recently due to investors lowering their expectations for interest rate hikes. The US Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against other major currencies, has dropped 3% year-to-date and 10% since September. ...

2023-07-27 22:50:00 ET Summary Central banks bought a staggering $70 billion of gold in 2022 – the most since 1950 – as heightened macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty drove governments to accumulate gold. Central banks buy the world’s “favorite s...

2023-07-25 20:40:00 ET Summary I recently suggested that gold might have bottomed ahead of schedule. Subsequent market action has made that more questionable, but still likely. I made a fairly bold call in this publication awhile back when I said that gold appeared to have bottome...

2023-07-25 10:40:00 ET Summary The price of the world’s favorite precious metal remains near its upper range of the past three years, but for gold bulls this is disappointing. Using the 10-year inflation indexed Treasury (TIPS) as a proxy for the real yield with a measure o...

2023-07-25 03:29:00 ET Summary Economic resilience has continued through the first half of 2023, primarily driven by strong household balance sheets, strong wage growth. The leading indicators of coincident and lagging economic data suggest we should see hard data points like indu...

2023-07-20 10:30:00 ET Summary Gold climbed to its highest level in two months, buoyed by weakness in the US dollar and lower Treasury yields. Cooling inflation boosted optimism the US Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle is close to the end. We believe that the Fed polic...

2023-07-19 20:55:00 ET Summary Modern Portfolio Theory focuses on assembling the optimal group of assets to achieve the best return per unit of risk. Diversification works well because it blends short and long duration instruments thereby reducing the overall average duration. ...