The GDXJ this week briefly returned to its levels prior to the financial crisis, before sliding about 5% below pre-crisis levels, as gold has remained strong and concerns that juniors would have severe difficulty sourcing capital have begun to subside.Read More
While the nearest gold futures price ticked up just 1.6% this week, gold mining stocks generally surged, as investors seemed to be considering that gold holding above US$1,600 may not be a blip, but rather the new normal.Read More
While the gold price rise paused this week, with the nearest futures contract near flat at - 0.6%, this is still a 17% recovery off the lows, and a 9% gain from pre-crisis levels, and the global junior gold mining sector continued to curb its losses since the crash.Read More
Gold continued to be one of the strongest global assets this week, with the futures up 6% to multi-year highs of US$1,741, and gold is still up 10% over two months, when the S&P 500, Eurostoxx, silver, copper and crude all saw double digit declines.Read More
Gold dipped 1.9% this week, marking a period of relative calm compared to the chaos of the previous two weeks, and importantly gold has maintained an average price of over US$1,600/ounce during the crash.Read More
This week was crucial for gold, as even just a week ago there were still concerns that margin call driven selling could continue to drag down the metal.Read More
After holding up well in the first two weeks of the current market crisis, gold was hit this week, falling 10%, but has declined much less than equity markets and other major commodities over the past month.Read More
Following 'the great crash of 2020' of the past three weeks, in this report we compare gold's recent performance versus the S&P 500 index to the last three material US market crashes, 2008, 2000 and 1987.Read More