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We talk a lot about the falling interest rate, the too-low interest rate, the near-zero interest rate, the zero interest rate, and the negative interest rate. Hat tip to Switzerland, where Credit Suisse is now going to pay depositors -0.85% . That is, if you lend your francs to this bank, t...
The digital currency markets started slowly in around 2010 when the price of Bitcoin was six cents. When I first heard about the cryptocurrency, it seemed like little more than a video game with a payoff, which I thought was a novel idea. Computer savvy people began mining for Bitcoin. Those...
By Andrew Robinson The so-called "Phase One" of the US-China trade deal appears to be progressing, with China boosting purchases of US agricultural products. The better outlook is keeping a lid on gold while boosting industrial metals, though oil is struggling to benefit. Precious metals...
Throughout the year, reports of gold’s demise as a top-performing asset and safety vehicle have proven to be premature. Whenever gold suffers even the slightest of setbacks, the bears have attempted to break the metal’s longer-term uptrend but have consistently failed in this att...
In a span of two weeks, investor sentiment has turned decidedly positive. The S&P 500 ( SPY ) now trades within touching distance of fresh all-time highs, and the VIX (a measure of volatility) has fallen back to sleepy (read: complacent) levels. There are three main catalysts for investo...
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...
Passions and opinions in the silver market always run high. Some market participants believe there is a cabal of institutions and governments that hold the price of the metal down. Recently, a handful of traders received government RICO indictments for spoofing or manipulating the price of sil...
Gold broke out above its critical level of technical resistance in June. The price of the yellow metal rose above the July 2016 high at $1377.50 and has not returned to that price. Gold moved to the upside in what was almost a perfect bullish storm for the precious metal. Falling interest rate...
Fed's new QE to push US$ down and gold up If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is probably a duck. Thus despite the protestations to the contrary by Chairman Powell, last week's announcement that the Fed intends to buy $60 billion of bills per month until m...
By and large, the price of gold is influenced by three main factors: the U.S. level of inflation, monetary policy in the United States, and the dollar. But at the same time, the role of the dollar should not be exaggerated. Let's consider it in more detail. Let's take a look at the scatter p...