Precious metals markets got hammered earlier this week asinterest rates continued their relentless march higher. The 10-year Treasury note recorded its highest yieldsince 2007. Meanwhile, the average conventional 30-year mortgage rate surged to7.31% -- a level not seen since 2000. Higher rates are putting pressure on housing andfinancial markets. They are also hitting consumers and small businesse...Read More
With the fundamental roadblocks addingup, silver confronts a bearish outlook at nearly every turn.With the FOMC’s hawked-up SEP andPowell’s inflation focus upending several risk assets, rising real interestrates continue to weaken silver’s bull thesis.And with the Fed chief promising more of the same on Sep. 20, higher interest rates and/or a recessionare both bullish f...Read More
Fears of inflation remaining stubbornly high, andinterest rates going higher, rattled financial markets this past week. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve left its benchmarkfunds rate unchanged as expected. However, Fed chairman Jerome Powell left thedoor open for another hike in the near future. He also suggested rates may needto stay higher for longer than previously expected. By Thursday, invest...Read More
Fed hawkishness hasbeen the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now. Since the Fed started this monster rate-hikecycle, every material gold and gold-stock selloff has been driven by the threatof more rate hikes. Those boost the US dollar,triggering gold-futures selling. But theFed’s hawkish spell over traders is waning. Gold and the miners weathered this...Read More
IDEX Online) - Rough sales showed some early signs of recovery at De Beers' first sight of the year. The UK-based miner said yesterday (31 January) that demand was increasing but cautioned that a full recovery would take time. Total sales (provisional) for Cycle 1 were $370m as India resumed purchases after a two-month moratorium and US consumer spending increased during over the holiday seas...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sanctioned Russian miner AGD Diamonds has announced its first "extra large" recovery of 2024 - a 52.47 carat gem quality diamond.AGD produces diamonds from the Grib diamond pipe - named after Russian geologist Vladimir Grib - 130km from Arkhangelsk, in north-west Russia.Its Belgium-based subsidiary, Grib Diamonds, was also sanctioned when the US responded to the invasion of Ukraine...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A hesitant start to 2024. Round prices started to pick up in December, but haven't followed through in January. And fancies sustained some significant losses during the month. We're in the lull between the holiday season and Valentine's Day, and nobody's really sure which way prices are moving. India's two-month moratorium is credited with sparking some rec...Read More
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