CloseGain/LossGold $1213.30+$1.40Silver$14.29+$0.14XAU64.99+2.30%HUI146.41+2.06%GDM532.07+1.79%JSE Gold1108.65+27.91USD97.05+0.13Euro113.34+0.14Yen88.24+0.09Oil$56.46+$0.2110-Year3.113%-0.009T-Bond138.90625+0.03125Dow25289.27+0.83%Nasdaq7259.03+1.72%S&P2730.20+1.06% The Metals: Gold gained $4.30 to $1216.20 in Asia before it fell back to $1208.10 in London, but it then ch...Read More
The pound plunged against the euro, the dollar, gold and all leading currencies today as Theresa May's UK government appeared vulnerable to collapsing and political turmoil risked creating a hard Brexit.Gold in GBP (24 Hours)The pound has fallen 2.6% against gold in less than twenty four hours seeing gold rise from ?923 to ?947 per ounce in sterling terms.The pound slumped the most in more than...Read More
Gold hit lows in mid-August, and the recovery seems to be failing.The dollar is a bullish beast.Interest rates are rising, and other commodities are falling.Risk-off threatens the prices of all assets.DUST can turn to gold if December 2018 turns out to be the fourth consecutive year of a low.Gold was trading around its $1200 per ounce pivot point on the active month December futures contract on CO...Read More
Yellow metal consolidates around $1210, holds firm to yesterday’s gains. Price remains capped by $1215 and supported above $1208. Gold moved all day in a range between $1,208/oz and $1,215, around yesterday’s closing price. It consolidated Wednesday’s gains when it rose from $1200 to $1216, on the back of a slide in US yields. Price action across financial mar...Read More
Gold rose on Thursday supported by safe haven buying after the pound sterling tumbled after British ministers reisgned protesting against a draft Brexit agreement. Oil also rallied up more than 1% on the day, steadying at $57 per barrel although concerns about the prospect of an oversupplied market next year continued to weigh on prices despite OPEC's message tha...Read More
Dear Investor,While most traders have been watching the S&P, oil plunged 18% in October. In the process, crude broke below a key long-term trendline. You know what that means: It's an exciting potential opportunity.That's why we've got an exciting free event starting Tuesday, Nov. 6. We call it our Energy FreePass event, where we unlock our trader-focused Energy Pro Service for 3 days. It's fr...Read More
Teranga Gold produced more than 56,000 ounces of gold in the third quarter of 2018.The company raised its production guidance for the full year to between 235,000 and 240,000 ounces, which would be a new record.Construction of Wahgnion on budget and de-risked.Cornerstone investor David Mimran remains very positive on Teranga but is not buying shares for some reason. Introduction I've covered Teran...Read More
The Price of Gold appears to have bottomed, after declining since 2011.Here is a look at the weekly trend. Gold has carved out an ABC bottom, (C above A followed by a rise above B).The breakout at the blue arrow overcame six months of resistance.Price is now tackling the 200 week moving average at the green arrow. This chart courtesy Bloomberg.com shows the number of short positions in gold futur...Read More
The gold miners’ stockssuffered a rough late summer this year. A rare forced capitulation walloped them to deep new lows,short-circuiting their usual autumn rally. That’s left this sector anomalously low as the subsequent winter rallygets underway, gold stocks’ strongest seasonal surge of the year. Starting from beaten-down levels afterskipping the prior seasonal...Read More
Democrats take control of the Congress and moveTrump out of the White House. Sounds unbelievable? So what is probable and whatis not? We invite you to read our today’s article about the upcoming USMid-Term Elections and find out what are the likely consequences for the goldmarket.Elections are approaching the US again. Two yearsafter Donald Trump was elected as POTUS, American voters go to t...Read More
Vancouver-based Silver Range Resources (TSX-V:SNG) announced today that it has optioned its Gold Chief property in Nevada to CrocanCapital Corp.Crocan is interested in acquiring a 100% interest in the project. To do so, the firm would have to provide aggregate cash payments of $160,000 and aggregate issuances of 650,000 Crocan shares by November 2, 2021.Under the terms of the agreement, Silver Ran...Read More
It has been a rough year for gold stock investors. Since Gold failed to break to the upside and the US Dollar bottomed, gold stocks have been in a strong downtrend. In September they hit two and a half year lows.The oversold condition since then has been corrected but that rebound has been quite weak. Evidence of that can be seen in the GDX advance decline (A/D) line (an important breadth indicato...Read More
China has developed tremendously in recent years. But what's next? Is the country entering the growth recession? And how it will affect the world and the gold market? A New Chapter in China We have not analyzed the publications of the World Gold Council for a while. Let's make it up, starting with the newest edition of Gold Investor. The report is about China and its remarkable tran...Read More
Today’s upside price move in gold, already up over $18 (+1.5%), sets up a real potential for a move to near $1300 before the end of November. We have been advising our followers that a strong potential for an upside move in the precious metals markets was likely and that a potential move to above $1300 was in the works prior to the end of 2018. Global economic concerns and the fact tha...Read More
The current silver bottoming process isvery similar to that of 2001 to 2003. It took a while for silver to establish abase which set up the bull rally in the following years to 2011.The current bottoming has been longer, butit fits the profile of the early 2000 bottom in many respects. Below, is achart which show the similarity: I have marked the two patterns (1 to 5) toshow how they are similar....Read More
This a technical look at the prospects for the Palladium price. This analysis was first made available to Patrons who support my work. So to get immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat. Technical AnalysisPalladium is clearly in a very strong bull market th...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices inched up while the dollar slipped on Thursday following reports that China delivered a written response to U.S. trade demand, and that the two nations resumed talks earlier this week to diffuse their trade disputes.Gold futures for December delivery on the?EUR?Comex?EUR?division of the New York Mercantile?EUR?Exchange inched up 0.1% at?EUR?$1,211.8?EUR?a troy ounce by...Read More
Gold is rolling sideways around $1,210, having rallied off the key rising trendline support yesterday. The metal could rise well above the immediate resistance of $1,212 if the US retail sales miss estimates by a big margin. Gold's sharp recovery from the recent low of $1,196 has neutralized the immediate bearish outlook. Notably, the strong rebound from the trendline connecting the Aug.16 a...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) today announced it has concluded a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM), Solidarity and UASA in respect of wages and conditions of service for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021.The agreement allows for increases to the basic wage of Category 4-8 surface and underground employees. Miners, artisans and officials will rec...Read More
Trump is going to influence the US monetary policy or even to destroy the Fed’s independence. This is what many analysts say after the recent President’s comments. But are they right? We invite you to read our careful examination of Trump’s remarks about the Fed’s policy and find out what does it imply for the independence of the US central bank and the gold market. Trump...Read More