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The past year has been somewhat surreal in the gold market, as we have the rare occurrence of the U.S. dollar rising in somewhat slow fashion, while gold bullion has appreciated about $300 per ounce to trade near $1,500. Historically, a rising dollar and rising gold bullion haven't gone togeth...
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...
Donald Trump has become only the fourth president in U.S. history to be the subject of a House impeachment inquiry. The details are still unfolding, and it’s an extremely divisive topic. If history is any guide, it’s highly unlikely that Trump will be convicted of any impeachme...
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...
Gold has been one of the best-performing assets of 2019, but it had to wait until almost halfway through the year to climb above its critical technical resistance level. In July 2016, in the aftermath of the shock of the Brexit referendum, the price of gold rallied to a high at $1377.50. The...