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...
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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...
Market Report: Year-end repo mess
Gold and silver made net gains over this week, with gold rising $12 from last Friday’s close to trade at $1472 in early European trade...
Market Report: Marking time…
While gold recovered some lost ground this week, silver went nowhere. From last Friday’s close, gold rose by $9 to trade at $1473 in early...
Market Report: Marking time over Thanksgiving
Gold and silver moved sideways this week in moderate turnover, affected by America’s Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. In this morning’s...
Market Report: Battle of the gold bulls is ahead
As the chart above shows, gold and silver prices consolidated for a second week. In mid-morning European trade, gold was up $3 from last...
Market Report: December turning point?
Gold and silver stabilised this week, consolidating the falls of the previous week. Gold rose $7 from last Friday’s close to trade at...
Market Report: Vicious gold sell-off in high volume
Gold and silver suffered a sharp sell-off this week, with gold falling $48 from last Friday’s close to trade at $1466 in this morning’s...