Gold:silver ratio at a 22-month high; manged money position net longs at three-month lows The weakened sentiment in the gold and silver markets has persisted, with prices drifting lower in several currencies, not just the dollar, reflecting a broad softness in the market. Silver was already underperforming gold even when gold was rising in mid-April; […]
Coininvest round-up Monday 25th April 2022
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 — A short-lived recovery after the speculative clear-out — US potentially freezing Russia’s gold reserves
With the Fed March meeting now out of the way, geopolitics has been the primary focus of the markets over the past week – although the increased hawkishness from Chair Jay Powell and other members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the start of last week, only a couple of days after the […]
Gold – off the highs in a speculative retreat
When we wrote at the start of last week gold was trading in the region of $1,975, having come off the approach to record levels in the previous week. Prices continued to fall into midweek, briefly testing $1,900 before finding some tentative support and since then it has been looking to consolidate between $1,920 and […]
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