PGM News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN From 10/21/19

We may be due for a short-term correction or continued consolidation in the price of gold. However, the long-term prospect for gold prices is still favorable due to the macroeconomic backdrop. I believe this gold rally is still in the early innings and now is a suitable entry point for those i...

Platinum is a rare precious metal. Each year, there is more than ten times more gold output compared to platinum production. Platinum is an industrial metal with the highest boiling and melting point of all of the other precious metals that trade on the NYMEX and COMEX futures market. Platinum...

By Andrew Robinson Prospects for a "mini" trade deal between the US and China leading to further progress has lifted agricultural commodities, taken the wind out of gold and left energy markets unimpressed. Turkey's advance into Syria has yet to influence safe-haven asset accumulation. ...

Introduction - another pivot Last week, the Fed surprised markets by switching its focus from cutting interest rates much more (absent an actual recession rather than fears of one) to more "printing" of money. I think this is fully appropriate and, if handled well, could be one of those Fe...

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 ...

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...