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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...
This article posits that there is an unpleasant conjunction of events beginning to undermine government finances in advanced nations. They combine the arrival of a long-term trend of rising welfare commitments with an increasing certainty of a global-scale credit crisis, in turn the outcome o...
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 central bank gold-buying spree shows no signs of letting up. In fact, it ramped up again in August after ebbing slightly in July, according to the latest data released by the World Gold Council . After a relatively modest net increase of 13.9 tons in July, central banks globally took in...
By SchiffGold ETF gold holding reached all-time highs in September. Globally, gold-backed ETFs added 75.2 tons of metal to their holdings last month, according to the most recent data released by the World Gold Council . That brought total gold holdings to 2,808 tons, eclipsing the prev...
China has added more than 100 metric tons of gold to its reserves since it resumed buying in December, as the country continues to buy gold to diversify its reserve assets away from the dollar amid strained relations with the U.S. More news on: SPDR Gold Trust ETF, iShares Gold Trust ETF...
Gold is a commodity and a currency. The yellow metal has a myriad of industrial applications. At the same time, it has a long history as money. Central banks around the world hold gold as part of their foreign currency reserves. At the turn of this century, central banks were net sellers of ...
The silver futures market moves higher or lower on sentiment. Silver has a long history as one of the most speculative markets. Its price variance tends to be higher than the other precious metals that trade on the world's futures exchanges. In 1980, the price of silver rose to its all-time ...
Financial markets are ignoring bearish developments in international trade, which coincide with the end of a long expansionary phase for credit. Both empirical evidence from the one occasion these conditions existed in the past and reasoned theory suggest the consequences of this collective fo...
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...