Gold, interest rates on a crossroad on nearing stimulus halt
US Federal Reserve officials are planning a strategy for resizing the unprecedented $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program meant to spur the country's economy. The exit...
Silver rose 19% in a month
Silver made impressive gains last week to close at its highest level since early April, when it was soaring higher towards its record level.
During...
Profit taking ahead of gold and silver?
Here are the major world news headlines from the past week with impact of precious metals markets:
US: The release of the Federal Open Market...
Gold gained 0.3% for the week, Silver lost 4.4%
Gold futures climbed on Friday after a report indicated U.S. employers last month added the slightest number of jobs since September, prompting buying in...
Gold Firmly Advances on Safe-Haven Buying
On Monday, gold prices ended the trading session with good gains. In electronic trading on Tuesday, the metal continues advancing.
Gold for August delivery added...
Gold price fall could be taken as short-term buying opportunity
The long-term positive outlook has been damaged and a potential attack of the $1800 level looks now a very long way off, but a...
Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium broke out of trading range
Last week brought the important Greek bail-out talks to an end, and several markets have reacted positively, since the announcement of these agreements. There is...
Deutsche Bank cuts gold, silver price forecast
On Tuesday, Deutsche Bank cut both its short-term and long-term forecasts for most precious metals, citing slower-than-expected recovery in China.
The bank cut its...
Infrastructure and Economic Diversification to Drive Saudi Private Equity Market
With the steady population growth propelling continuous infrastructure development, Saudi Arabia is considered the next big market for private equity and venture capital investors,...
Current gold prices may constitute a buying opportunity
Notable events this past trading week
Europe:
Moody’s has cut the rating of the UK from AAA to Aa1.
The budget gap from Spain for 2012...
Al Rayan’s Khan Says Momentum Building in Dubai Stocks
Akber Khan, a director at Al Rayan Investment, talks with Bloomberg's Linzie Janis about the outlook for stocks in Dubai and the rest of...
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 prices recover tentatively
Most of the first week of October, spot gold prices have been range bound, after experiencing wild volatility swings by the end of the...
Gold tanked on dollar strength and crude selloff
Gold declined strongly this week following a slight rise in the week prior.
Gold was doing reasonably well until Thursday and Friday where the yellow...
Yet another bank lowers gold price forecast as downside risks grow
Barclays Capital has reduced its gold price forecast for 2013 to USD 1,646 per oz from USD 1,778 per oz. The bank also lowered...
James Bond, Buffett’s Martian, and Europe’s New Gold Standard
Europe's huge gold reserves are currently more useless than Bond-villain Auric Goldfinger could wish...
LET'S SAY you owe the world €2 trillion, but you also...
Gold gained 6.7% and Silver 16.18% on a quarter
Gold futures ended a three-day losing streak on Friday, rallying 1% as the dollar slipped and traders went back to the yellow metal after...
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...