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As recently as 9 th January I wrote an article suggesting that 2015 would turn out to be the year of the slump. The title ended with a question mark, but today we are closer to removing it in favour of a definite…
Read the articleUncertainty across the global markets led to a quiet week for precious metal trading but the prospect of a reduction in gold import duty in the key Indian market has led to renewed expectations. The Reserve Bank of…
Read the articleOn Friday 6th February the American Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its employment estimates for January, which being better than the market expected, caused Treasury bond yields to rise and precious metals to…
Read the articleThis week the US dollar moved strongly upwards against the other major currencies, at the same time weakening gold and silver along with most industrial commodities, before some profit-taking set in yesterday. The…
Read the articleGold demand might be at a five year low, according to the latest World Gold Council demands trend report, but this week the yellow metal returned to favour with GoldMoney's customers. Demand for Gold Dealing Manager…
Read the articleThis week precious metals continued to consolidate January's gains in volatile financial markets, with both gold and silver range-bound. Platinum and palladium are up on the week, noticeably stronger than gold and…
Read the articleToday's obvious mispricing of sovereign bonds is a bonanza for spending politicians and allows over-leveraged banks to build up their capital. This mispricing has gone so far that negative interest rates have become…
Read the articleIt was a quieter week for GoldMoney customers, with the online precious metal trader seeing net selling of gold, and more interest in buying silver, in line with the trend in recent weeks. Dealing Manager Kelly-Ann…
Read the articleJames Turk spoke to King World News to say that a historic revolt against corrupt Western banksters is now underway. He also cautioned that a "ticking time-bomb" is set to explode and discussed what this will mean for…
Read the articleDespite the uncertainties ahead of the Greek general election, the European Central Bank (ECB) went ahead and announced quantitative easing (QE) of €60bn per month from March to at least September 2016. What makes this…
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