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Category Archives: Gold & Silver Markets

Week In Review: Gold and silver post solid price gains [5th Oct – 9th Oct]

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The precious metals market was an active one this week. After a fairly good start and dip during the week, both metals picked momentum towards the end.  The metals traded at higher prices on Friday than they had on any other day. It was a week where the US vice-presidential candidates had a debate and

Week In Review: Gold & silver struggle as experts foresee the end of correction [28th Sep to 02nd Oct 2020]

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The precious metals struggled to get to the right track after a poor start. The news about the US President Donald Trump testing positive for COVID-19 provided some support, but the impact was little as the US dollar strengthened against other currencies. Gold moved to $1900 at the end of the week as Silver managed

Week In Review: Gold holds relatively steady as silver dances around a consistent level [14th Sep to 18th Sep 2020]

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The price of precious metals this week remained relatively flat. Silver prices went back and forth during the week but remained around the $27 mark for the larger part. Gold saw a few movements as investors sought to react to the Fed’s monetary policy decision that was set for Wednesday. Monday 14th September 2020 Gold

Week In Review: Gold and silver prices weaken as global equities gain [7th Sep to 11th Sep 2020]

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The haven metals traded at moderately low prices this week. Risk appetite took an upswing especially late in the week as indicated by global stocks markets that saw an upswing at the end of the trading week. Although daily equities market volatility picked up, it couldn’t quite shake the marketplace. Keeping in mind, it is

Week In Review: Gold & silver rebound after the Fed’s inflation announcement [24th to 28th Aug 2020]

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Gold and silver saw strong price rebounds this week following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s announcement.  The Fed introduced a new policy that would allow inflations running above the 2% mark.   Although the news created a favourable ground for both metals, gold didn’t respond as most traders expected. The precious metal rallied to a new

Week In Review: The price correction continues [17th to 21st Aug 2020]

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The rapid movement of the US dollar this week has put some pressure on both gold and silver. The precious metals temporarily recovered from their lows as a result of investors wanting to buy the pull-back. Silver and gold prices went back and forth during the week, with silver almost managing the $28 mark. The

Week In Review: Price correction begins [10th to 14th Aug 2020]

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After the phenomenal runs witnessed last week, price correction of gold and silver kicked in.  Both precious metals had similar price patterns this week- starting on a high note and falling midweek before getting on an upward trajectory as the week came to an end. Some experts labelled the correction ‘overdue’ pointing that the gold

Week In Review: Gold & Silver manage new highs [3rd to 7th Aug 2020]

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Although gold and silver soared last week, with gold to a record new high, they both declined as the week came to an end. Gold surpassed the $2000 USD ($2794.08 AUD) price last week, and set new records for Gold in both USD and AUD. Silver prices, which have been proven to rise tremendously in

The Case For Gold In Switzerland

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Switzerland is known for producing quality products, if its Swiss made then you expect it to be the best thing in the world. There is are Swiss watches, Swiss cheese, Swiss chocolate and Swiss gold. A lot of people don’t know that gold is the biggest export product in Switzerland but it has been since the 1970s.

Why do countries hoard gold

Countries may have moved away from the gold standard but many central banks still hold significant reserves of this precious metal. Central banks are always looking to increase their gold and add millions worth of gold bullion to their reserves. If central banks are hoarding so much gold this begs the question why would banks hoard “non-yielding” asset instead of stocks and government bonds that generate regular interest and do not require a lot to store. It seems that gold is used by many countries as a security blanket and also as a way to show off their accumulated wealth.