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Gold to remain volatile

Gold erased four days of gains on Friday on the back of much stronger than expected US employment growth, a rebound in the dollar...

Goldman Sachs cuts 2013 Gold Outlook

Last Wednesday, Goldman Sachs revised and lowered its price forecasts for gold in 2013. It cites growing downside risks to the yellow metal's price. The...

Silver price aims higher on stronger demand

There is an increasing tendency among smaller investors and retail traders. Since gold is too expensive, they prefer to put their assets into silver....

Big Money Managers Bearish on Gold

During the past few weeks, a number of large international investment banks issued reports or sent notes to investors in which all of them...

Comex Gold Explained

A primer on how physical gold stocks are held for Comex contracts, and what stock changes mean... There has been a lot of misinformation recently...

Gold price touched its lowest level in seven weeks

Gold futures ended 1% lower on Tuesday, as the Euro strengthened and stocks advanced. The price reached below $1,200 an ounce for...

Precious metals lose ground

Commodities futures tumbled sharply on Thursday as the dollar rallied in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s bond-swap program and pessimistic economic data...

Gold traders brace for losses

Last week gold registered its worst weekly performance this year. The none-stop gains in the yellow metal, which has seen eight positive weekly performances posted in succession...

Gold could see further weakness in the week ahead

During the last trading session on Friday, gold price fell over 1 percent to a one-month low. This biggest daily drop in more than...

Short gold in favor of silver, ratio suggests

Gold and silver are precious metals commonly seen as safe heaven in times of currency risk and economic uncertainty. It is hard to take...

Demand for gold in technology weakened in 2012

Contrary to popular beliefs, in 2012 the annual demand for gold from the technology sector declined by 5% to 428.2 tons. This is also...

Arizona’s Hard Currency: How Much Gold Might It Need?

How much gold & silver might Arizona, Utah and the other states now involved in hard-currency laws come to need...? ARIZONA is moving to allow...

Global Gold Demand Reinforced by Asian Consumers

The World Gold Council published a market update recently, which examines the effect of the recent fall in the gold price. The report also provides...

A mini bull run for gold?

Gold prices advanced on Monday in electronic trading, moving above last week’s highs as the equity market continued to wobble. A mini bull run...

Mixed week for silver ahead

Investors took silver to its lowest level since the January 23 on Wednesday last week. Silver fell in line with gold, as mutual disappointment...

Reduction in Option Volatilities for Precious Metals

Here are the most significant news from the past week with effect on gold and silver prices: The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that...

Massive increase of long positions in gold, silver

The US trade deficit fell in April by 4.9 per cent to 50.1 billion dollars, compared with the March figures this year. The 19...