The latest sentiment in the precious metals sector has become somewhat sour, with eyes in the professional market turning once again to the Federal Open Market Committee meeting next week with expectations for a 50-basis point rate hike, along with a likely decision on the timing and size of balance-sheet run-off (i.e. reducing holdings of […]
Gold trying to break higher – markets firmly in risk-off
It’s always a sign of extreme nervousness when the dollar, Treasury yields, and gold are all moving higher. With the markets now fully expecting a 50-point rate hike from the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting of 3rd and 4th May, attention has been increasingly focused on geopolitical risk, which of course revolves largely […]
Gold – tracing out another sideways trend
After sliding by almost 9% in six trading days from its early-March peak of $2,070 to touch a low of $1,895 in mid-month, gold has been trading in relatively thin conditions in a sideways range bounded by $1,890 and $1,944. The past week has seen it confined within those boundaries and testing neither (all prices […]
At last!
It was starting to feel like Groundhog Day – the same range, time after time… then last week gold finally broke out to the upside. Not by much, but the range has changed and we are now in a period of consolidation. With the exception of just under a fortnight in November last year when […]
Weekly markets round-up
Since our last market round-up in early November gold has been on something of a rollercoaster, rising from $1,816 to as much as $1,874, sliding lower to $1,780 by the 23rd of the month and then putting in a volatile performance last Thursday and Friday, along with much of the rest of the financial sector, […]
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