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Things have calmed somewhat this morning on the euro-zone front, with yields on 10-year Spanish government bonds falling to a six-week low -- welcome relief for Mariano Rajoy’s embattled...
Gold and silver have crept quietly higher over the course of the last week, with growing signs of a shift in investor sentiment away from perceived safe havens towards growth or “risk”...
Gold and silver prices once again showed some strength on Friday, as has often been the case in recent weeks. After being under pressure in earlier trading, the yellow metal reversed sharply at...
Investing in precious metals hasn’t been much of a fun ride lately. In late April of 2011, silver spiked to its still standing nominal high of $50, last reached over 30 years ago, back in 1980....
Gold appears to be slowly but surely stabilising above the $1,600/oz mark. Likewise, the bleeding in silver that saw it come close to $26/oz mark recently appears to have been stemmed. Precious metals...
There are increasing signs that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appears amenable to a European-Union bailout for Spain, despite the fact that this would mean to all intents and purposes...
Who’s going to blink first? That’s the question many market watchers find themselves pondering today, following European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s comments yesterday...
It’s all about the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank over the next 24 hours as far as gold and silver are concerned (plus ça change, some might retort). Later today Ben...
Gold and silver had solid finishes to the end of last week, with the yellow metal posting another positive weekly run – settling at $1,621, at the top end of the channel in which it has been...
Gold and silver prices saw a decent pop higher Thursday and Friday, occasioned of course by talk of more easing from the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank. Mario Draghi’s comments...
Another day, and yet another rise in Spanish bond yields. Madrid’s sovereign debt all the way down to two-year maturity is now trading above 7% – the first time this has happened to...
As Alasdair Macleod discussed in an article published yesterday, the euro shorts haven’t gone away yet. Spain is back in the financial news in a big way this morning, with strikes rocking the...
Rising commodity prices are back in the news in a big way, with many column inches being devoted in particular to rising crop prices. Corn and soybean prices hit new record highs yesterday, with half...
Another Ben Bernanke performance in front of the US Senate momentarily caught the attention of financial markets yesterday, up until the point when it became clear that the Fed wouldn’t be...
Commodities managed a rally on Friday following the release of “inline” Chinese economic data and a decline in the US dollar. China’s economy grew at 7.6% rate during Q2, compared...
Lately financial media have been describing how resourceful gold buyers are taking advantage of many of their clients' lack of gold knowledge. In most cases, these clients are elderly and retired...
Another quiet day for the metals yesterday, with mild disappointment on the part of bulls, owing to the latest FOMC minutes which show that the US Federal Reserve is unlikely to resort to more...