PGM News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN From 04/03/20

The precious metals sector of the commodities market posted a loss over the first quarter of 2020 despite gains in palladium and gold. Rhodium moved higher, but silver and platinum both fell sharply. The spectacular rise in digital currencies throughout 2017 came to a brutal end in 2018 as...

Commodity demand reflected in futures - and ETF - prices. No doubt about it: the COVID-19 outbreak has wreaked havoc on worldwide markets. While demand surges, albeit raggedly, for safe-haven assets such as gold, equities have been slammed. A double whammy has been dished on the oil market...

Macro News Global: The past few weeks were marked by radical changes in monetary policy conducted by central banks around the world. The Fed, which has already cut its benchmark rate by 150bps into 0 percent, announced an open-ended QE that will include purchases of corporate bonds and loa...

South African mining firms are bracing for a three-week nationwide lockdown ordered by the government in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus, warning of higher costs and reduced production. More news on: AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, Sibanye...

This has been a historic month for global markets across almost all asset classes, representing the conclusion of a bull market in U.S. equities that lasted for more than a decade. It might also be at or near the conclusion of a 40-year bull market in U.S. Treasuries that began in the early ...

Original Post By Stuart Burns The price of all precious metals plummeted on Friday and again on Monday as investors sort to liquidate profitable positions to raise cash. Gold, in particular, has been the victim of its own success, rising strongly this quarter on the back of growing...

The close price relationship between silver and gold is nothing new. The silver/gold ratio dates back to 3000 BC when the first Egyptian pharaoh Menes declared that tow and one-half parts silver equal one-part gold. Silver and gold began trading on the futures exchange in the 1970s. Until rece...

Gold futures ( GLD -3.8% ) tumble below $1,600/oz. , as the stock market selloff prompts traders to sell positions in the metal to fund margin calls; April Comex gold -4% to $1,576.90/oz. More news on: SPDR Gold Trust ETF, iShares Silver Trust ETF, iShares Gold Trust ETF, Commodities ...

The price of nickel rose to highs in 2019 as the world's leading producing nation, Indonesia, moved forward its mineral export ban of the metal to January 1, 2020. Source: Nickel production top countries 2019 - Statista While Indonesian output leads the world, the Philippines is the ...

Gold has been moving aggressively higher since breaking to the upside above the July 2016 high at $1377.50 last June. The most recent high in the yellow metal came on Sunday night, March 8, at $1704.30 per ounce as gold touched a level that was $326.80 or 23.7% above its level of critical tech...