1. Gold’s new high signals global central banks are likely accumulating the precious metal to diversify away from the dollar, as persistently large fiscal deficits threaten to erode its real value and lead to more inflation. Gold’s move has been broad as well as pronounced with the precious metal making 50-year highs versus three-quarters of…
The Precious Metals Week in Review – February 23rd, 2024
Along with gold’s safe-haven appeal, analysts warn investors to watch Asia’s insatiable appetite for the precious metal.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – September 29th, 2023
The final trading week of the month kicked off with stocks sliding on Monday, setting investors up for a losing month where much of the optimism of the early summer has fizzled into more tempered expectations of the Fed’s tightening campaign.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – September 15th, 2023
It’s mentioned often how central banks are one of the pillars of support when it comes to gold prices. JP Morgan’s analysis recently said that global gold investment has reached the highest level since 2012, and it wasn’t that long ago that it would have been strange to find an active central banker talking about gold.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – August 4th, 2023
U.S. equity futures struggled for direction as risk appetite cooled from last week’s rally. The yen weakened after the Bank of Japan made its first unscheduled bond purchases in months.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – July 21st, 2023
Some of the forecasters who were first out of the box to predict a U.S. recession are starting to hedge their bets as inflation ebbs and the economy remains resilient.
GOLD: Here’s What’s Happening Right Now
Central banks bought more gold last year than any year since records have been kept.
Gold in Q1: Hello, Banking Crisis
The shocking closure of two US banks, the Fed slowing interest rate hikes, and a weakening US dollar all roiled markets and led to a spike in gold demand.
Bad News Comes in Small Packages
So, the downsizing of a Gatorade bottle doesn’t mean that tomorrow we’ll be without food. This is a mere symptom of a greater problem.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – March 10th, 2023
1. A “perfect storm” is brewing, and markets this year are going to get hit with a recession, a debt crisis, and out-of-control inflation, the economist Nouriel Roubini said. Roubini, one of the first economists to call the 2008 recession, has been warning for months of a stagflationary debt crisis, which would combine the worst…