Market Report: Comex premiums reappear
Gold and silver rose on the week, with gold up $21 from last Friday’s close at $1721 in morning European trade today and silver up 70 ce...
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Market Report: Traders struggling to close shorts
Despite persistent premiums on Comex over London’s spot gold and silver, both metal contracts were marked down this week, with gold down...
Market Report: The squeeze continues…
Gold rose on the week, but silver was barely changed. From last Friday’s close, gold rose $47 to $1728 in early European trade this morn...
Market Report: Squeeze on the swaps
Gold and silver were not much changed on a dramatic week. In European trade this morning gold was down $5 at $1690, and silver was down 28...
Market Report: Please find me some physical!
Ahead of the Easter break it has been an interesting week for precious metals. Gold rose $55 from last Friday’s close to $1681.8 yesterd...
Market Report: Broken markets
This was a week of continuing confusion for markets in gold and silver futures, being disconnected from indicated physical prices outside...
Market Report: Bear squeeze on bullion banks
In a dramatic week, gold and silver rose strongly on a decline of open interest on Comex. These conditions signaled an epic bear squeeze o...
Market Report: Silver catches virus
As the metal with the strongest antibiotic qualities it is ironic that the coronavirus pandemic has affected the silver price so harshly....
Market Report: Paper gold and silver crash
As our headline chart shows, gold and silver prices fell heavily over the week, with silver crashing relative to gold. The gold/silver rat...
Market Report: Coronavirus spreads outside China
This was the week when investors began to take the coronavirus seriously as it began to spread across America. Europe had already panicked...
Market Report: Coronavirus begins to bite
This was the week that markets finally took notice of the coronavirus. Bonds soared and equities crashed in a flight to perceived safety....
Market Report: Gold roars through $1600
Gold and silver performed strongly this week as it became clear to a wider investment audience that a new bout of coordinated global money...
Market Report: Market stasis coming to an end?
Gold and silver moved sideways over the week with little change. In morning trade in Europe gold traded at $1576, up $5 from last Fridayâ€...
Market Report: Coronavirus dominates news
In very quiet trade, gold and silver remained in consolidation mode this week. From last Friday’s close, by morning trade European time...
Market Report: Coronavirus – black swan?
It was another quiet week for the gold price, but silver lost out. In morning trading in Europe gold was $1579, up $7 since last Friday,...
Market Report: Resisting the downside
Gold and silver continued to move sideways this week in a narrow range. Monday was a public holiday in the US, which...
Market Report: Lull between bulls and bears
Gold moved sideways this week in a tight range. The story for silver was the same, but with a little more volatility, as one would expect. B...
Market Report: Volatility driven by politics
Our headline chart does not capture the volatility this week that was sparked by the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleim...
Market Report: Gold roars into the new year
Gold and silver prices rose strongly over the Christmas and year-end break, though volume on Comex was subdued, normal for this time of year...
Market Report: Gold and silver becalmed
Gold and silver prices were little changed on the week, with gold up $2.50 in morning trading, European time, at $1478. Over the same time p...