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Market Report: Dollar down, gold up

Silver continued its spectacular run, and gold had a good week as well. Underlying this performance was a weaker dollar. So far this year, measured in dollars, silver is up 28% and gold up 20%. On the week, gold rose…

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Taking the petro out of the dollar

Saudi Arabia has been in the news recently for several interconnected reasons. Underlying it all is a spendthrift country that is rapidly becoming insolvent. While the House of Saud remains strongly resistant to change,…

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Dealing Desk: White Metals Out Shine Gold

This week, clients have been net buying their metal positions; this was seen more so with the increased silver prices. Clients have been speculating the market conditions and chasing the silver price as it increased. We…

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Dollar FMQ update

The Fiat Money Quantity continues to rise at an accelerated pace, and now stands at $14.286 trillion. If it had continued to rise at the pre-Lehman crisis pace, it would be standing at only $8.474 trillion, a difference…

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Market Report: Silver stars

The gold price rose strongly on Monday and Tuesday, before drifting lower on Wednesday and Thursday. In early European trading this morning, gold opened slightly stronger at $1230, up $2. Silver was the star performer…

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