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One of the biggest arguments for gold bulls in the last couple of years has been the steady and substantial increase in gold purchases from sovereign entities. I'm referring of course to the buying binge that several of the world's central banks embarked on in 2018 to 2019. There are signs, ho...

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...

By John Corcoran, Senior Client Portfolio Manager Changes in the macroeconomic and geopolitical environment have made these assets more attractive. Gold and precious metals mining equities - as represented by the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index or XAU - have suffered in the mark...

The real risk of the economic crisis lies in the time it takes for money to reach the real economy, Roger Hirst said during today’s Real Vision Daily Briefing. Fiscal takes time and the monetary conduit is not an easy one to the real world, he said, while discussing the impact ...

The Germans are hoarding gold. I estimate that the Germans own 9000 tonnes in private gold-nearly as much gold as the French and Italians have combined. What is their motivation? We must distinguish monetary gold from non-monetary gold or private gold. Monetary authorities like central banks...

The Fed seems to have managed to halt the massive dollar squeeze and the associated strength in nominal yields and real-interest rate expectations. This has led to a reversal of the rather peculiar gold sell-off that started in early March. We think this short-term win for the Fed to come at t...

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...

Short Squeeze On Physicals The cause of this whole crisis is the coronavirus, which has led to a lot of mines to shut down. The mines provide liquidity for physical gold to the exchanges. The London exchange is running very tight on supplies and is paying traders not to take delivery on ph...

Many comparisons are being made between the current predicament that the United States and the rest of the world finds itself in and the Great Depression of the 1930s. This current time will certainly be a period that historians in the future will have a lot to write about, culturally, geopoli...

I received a text message from a CEO of certain junior explorer yesterday: Gold up $100 on ounce - you don't get to say that very often! His moment of joy was swiftly followed by a drop of similar magnitude, which has been less of a rarity of late. In the end, gold settled at around $7...