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Another roller coaster week for gold

Decent increase of long positions, and a much smaller increase of short positions in gold Standard and Poor’s has downgraded five Spanish Banks, but...

Gold, commodity prices fell to a 5-month low

Gold "Testing $1550" as Stocks Sink, Bund Yields Vanish, Investors Flee Risk for Cash The wholesale gold price bounced from a 4-session low at $1552...

Physical demand for gold rises

Physical Demand for Gold "Rises as Consumer Adjust" But Technical Analysts See "Another Leg Lower"  Wholesale prices to buy gold fell further from $1600 an...

Gold speculators slash bullish bets

QE3 "not off the table" as Euro crisis gives gold "significant upside" but speculators slash bullish bets Wholesale market spot gold prices hit a 7-session...

Gold and other precious metals to regain positions

Gold will need to clear resistance level at US $ 1600 next week  Moodys has downgraded 16 Spanish banks, whilst Fitch has downgraded Greece again. Greece...

Gold bounce back doesn’t guarantee market direction

China has topped India as the world’s top consumer of gold Gold prices bounced back on Thursday. A relief rally finally materialized after the past...

Further losses in silver expected

Silver has only registered one positive weekly performance in the past eleven weeks. The white metal has been caught up in the storm created by...

Gold falls on changing growth perspective

Gold prices fall as dollar rises on European elections Results of European elections suggest changes in political strategy Gold has traded lower in four of...

Gold breaks 3-month rule for 1st time in 11 years

Last time gold fell for 3 months running was March 2001. And so...? Between March 2001 and April 2012, the price of gold never fell...

Analysts bullish on gold as a risk asset

Gold continues to display a high degree of correlation with commodities and equities Market analysts expect gold prices to continue advance after registering gains late...

Gold, Recession, and Why Britain May Win the Currency War

Gold's long run price behavior is to view it not as a commodity, but as a currency Against which currency you measure gold? Preliminary data released...

Limited gains in silver, with no buy signal

During the past week, in three of the five trading sessions silver registered minor gains. It seems investors sentiment towards silver improved slightly. However, the silver...

Gold likely to remain range bound

Heading towards the end of April, gold is expected to end lower on the month, which would be the third successive losing month for the yellow...

Precious metals stuck in narrow ranges

All in all, a disappointing week as the precious metals markets have been stuck in relatively narrow ranges. Developments in Spain and the first round...

Gold expected to move higher

Last week the gold market tested and briefly broke beneath the trend of higher lows from October 2008. Developing positive news stories are expected to...

Silver investors strengthening positions

The good news is that investors are sustaining its position above the pivotal 100 - day moving average at 31.48.

Gold and silver in the week ahead

It was the expected slow start into last week, with many countries still out for the Easter holiday, and the market returned fully only on...

Bullish and Bearish Developments in Gold

Highlights from this week's GFMS Gold Survey 2012 launch… Earlier this week, Thomson Reuters GFMS, the world's foremost research firm focusing on precious metals, launched...