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In recent weeks, while the eurozone has suffered escalating levels of systemic stress in government bond markets and its banking system, the gold price has fallen under $1,600. One would have thought that – but for the occasional fat-finger trade – gold would rise in all this instability, not fall. Putting aside ...
The market sell-off continued yesterday, with European political uncertainty continuing to dominate headlines. Spain has nationalised the crippled lender Bankia, while Greece is moving closer to fresh elections, as politicians in Athens fail to agree on the formation of a new coalition government. German European Central Bank member ...
Gold and silver prices help up fairly well at the end of last week, considering the washout in equities and the broader commodity complex on Friday, following disappointing US nonfarm payroll numbers. The silver price chart is not looking too healthy at the moment, with support at $30, but short-term momentum running against the ...
The European Central Bank’s decision yesterday to leave interest rates unchanged at 1% pushed more traders out of commodities, with precious metals coming under more selling pressure following the news. Gold is now floating around $1,630 while silver has fallen just below $30 – an area however where we should see strong bids ...
Adam Smith’s great insight was that in a commercial transaction both parties benefit. Before his time, it was generally believed that in an exchange of goods, one party usually gained what the other lost. The mistake was to misunderstand value: it is different to different people. A seller places greater value in the money than the ...
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime is under increasing financial pressure as the economic sanctions imposed by western states and some Arab nations are hurting the country. According to Western diplomatic sources, the Syrian government is desperately selling its foreign currency reserves and the country's gold treasures to the highest ...
Greece has now defaulted, and other eurozone governments as well as agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Investment Bank have retrospectively inserted themselves as senior creditors, a precedent that should be of great concern and which has profound implications for private sector banks. ...
Last Monday night, before the US markets opened after President’s Day, bailout terms for Greece were announced. The detail is secondary to assessing whether or not it will work, or whether only a little time has been bought. Theoretically the deal can work, but it is extremely unlikely that it will. Almost everyone knows or suspects ...
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