The process of attrition in the gold and silver markets is continuing and the positioning in the COMEX contracts is theoretically rendering silver vulnerable to a short-covering move. Silver has been sliding lower along with gold. As we write gold is trading at just below $1,800, down 14% from its early-March high and at the […]
Fresh gains on geopolitical tensions
When we last wrote a fortnight ago, gold looked as if it had [presented us with a “false dawn”, breaking out of its six-week long range, but falling back again relatively quickly. Since then, as the markets focus increasingly on the tensions over the Russia/Ukraine border, prices have been climbing steadily, to touch highs last […]
Silver under pressure
As ever, the news from the Federal Reserve has been a key element in the precious metals markets over the past week, with Fed Chair Jay Powell’s testimony to Congress capturing the financial markets’ attention all round. On Tuesday he testified before the House Banking Committee (and the same testimony was delivered on Wednesday to […]
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, […]
Yet again the Fed is in focus
this time gold falls before the meeting, rather than afterwards (although that can’t be discounted either). For some months now the markets have been Fed-watching even more closely than usual, as economies have been recovering from the impact of the pandemic, supply chain dislocations have exacerbated inflationary pressures that are generated in an economic recovery […]
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