Gold still steady as silver tests $21 The major news in the precious metal markets this week is not as significant for the gold market as might appear at first sight. This is the statement from the U.K. Government on Sunday 26th June that, during the G7 Summit underway in Germany, there would be an […]
Archives for June 2022
Coininvest round-up Monday 20th June 2022
Gold holds steady while all around it fails Last week, with the Federal Open Market Committee front-loading rate hikes and the European Central Bank holding an emergency meeting only one week after its scheduled June meeting, equity markets plummeted with the S&P 500 losing almost 9%, although the European markets, while still in the red, […]
Coininvest round-up Monday 13th June 2022
We noted last week that the U.S. yield curve was nearing inversion; well now we are at the tipping point, with the two-year and ten-year rates level. A yield curve inversion reflects risk-off sentiment with particular respect to fears of a recession. Investors tend to buy the long-term bonds with a view to locking in […]
Coininvest round-up Monday 6th June 2022
Gold remains caught between conflicting forces, with the near-daily changes in expectations for the Ukraine conflict, and with some signs of easing in the housing market in the United States. Headlines are proliferating about inflationary forces in an increasing number of countries and real interest rates are in some cases deeply negative, which is supportive […]