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Strong Dollar Pressures Gold; Silver Looks Promising

Gold prices ended slightly higher on Friday, but swung to a weekly loss of nearly $100. The main reason for this development is the...

Gold’s upside pace may slow down

The announcement by the US Federal Reserve past Thursday of open-ended asset-buying shook the commodity and financial markets late Thursday and Friday. The impact...

Changes in Silver: So Who Is Buying?

With photography gone, and PV not plugging the gap, where is silver seeing the strongest demand...? FOR ALL ITS monetary and investment history, silver is...

Silver trades flat despite Euro debt concerns

Silver performance was rather weak during the last week. The white metal kept its price volatility in the lower range. A number of economic...

Gold, silver post impressive gains on weak economic data

Gold back to safe-haven territory  Gold futures rallied almost 4% Friday, posting their largest single-session increase since August 2011. On weekly basis, the yellow metal...

Friendly tone towards potential gold price developments

Gold was the benefactor from a much more positive outlook for commodities, in the wake of a more positive view for the world economy The...

Gold reaffirmed itself as a legitimate investment class

Gold closed lower again last week following a large decline the week before, although longer term safe haven demand continues to effect gold buying...

Silver price damaged by gold market’s slump

The current silver market development can be attributed to violent price actions. The last session ended with spot silver settling at $23.28 per ounce....

Silver prices advance signaling bull market ahead

About 10 days ago, silver prices registered a massive slump. Afterward they were locked in a tight range, allowing investors and traders to get...

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...

Breakout in silver expected soon

Last week, silver strained within a narrow range around its 100-day moving average, as it fluctuated with restraint around $35 for the whole week. The...

Preparing for the next bull-run in silver?

Silver declined for the third consecutive week as broader commodity prices all declined. It also bucked the trend of gold, which garnered attention from...

Little Silver, Big Gold

Store-of-value gold has never been so expensive against industrial platinum... Both platinum and gold are useful metals. But where gold's use is ultimately social...

Gold trades flat with better prospects for Q2

On the first day of April, gold was little changed below $1,600 per ounce. The metal traded flat as the euro weakened on constant...

Rising US Dollar diverts investors appetite away from gold

Last week, gold was poised to close lower for the second consecutive week, following three successive weekly gains

Gold at record high

Gold futures notched a record high Tuesday as investors worried about a potential government shutdown and the ongoing fighting in Libya, and doubted that...

Optimism prevails among gold and silver traders

Economic Background Europe: The Spanish 10-year bond yield closed the week nearly unchanged at 5.77 per cent, while the Italian 10-year bond yield closed at...

Bad week for gold, good for palladium

Another bad week for the gold price without a single day of rising prices, short covering, etc; palladium is the hands-down winner of last...