On the first day of this new decade, traders are bidding the majority of financial markets in the United States higher. After the bell the Dow Jones industrial average is currently up over 330 points, and fixed at 28,868.36. Gold futures are currently up $8.20 with the February contract currently […]
Editor’s Note: 2020 is expected to be another year of significant uncertainty and turmoil. But the question is what asset will emerge the victor when the dust settles from the global trade war, Brexit, recession threats, negative bond yields. It’s a showdown of global proportions, so don’t miss all our […]
Gold prices remain under pressure falling slightly but still holding critical support above $1,450 an ounce as momentum in the U.S. manufacturing sector rose significantly last month. Wednesday, a U.S. Commerce Department report showed U.S. durable-goods orders increased by 0.6% in October, up from September’s revised 1.4% drop. The headline […]
Speculative interest in gold may have run its course, but investors shouldn’t completely disregard the precious metal even as record equity markets hog all the limelight, according to one market expert. Steve Dunn, head of exchange-traded products at Aberdeen Standard Investments, said in a telephone interview with Kitco News that […]
The amount of gold to hold in a portfolio that optimizes an investor’s risk/return profile is much higher than what most would hold, this according to Ryan Giannotto, director of research at GraniteShares. “We have found that the efficient level, the optimized level, was 35% gold. Not saying you should […]
Although we have been bullish gold since the $1,280 level and achieved our first target of $1,500. All week we wrote that gold would churn around this level before finally breaking out. However, with all of the troubles around the globe and all central banks cutting rates Gold exploded on Wednesday trading […]
“On the surface, activity in precious metals markets was subdued during the week ended Friday, April 26. Spot gold rose 0.85% to $1,290.35 and spot silver increased 0.67% to $15.09. During the week, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) increased 0.64% to 98.01 and 10-year Treasury yields declined 6 basis points […]
“Investment Thesis: We believe a new gold mining mergers and acquisitions cycle has been ignited. And, we expect this merger boom to accelerate over the next several years. The tepid gold price environment since 2011 has forced many gold producers to decrease their focus on exploration. And, this has caused […]