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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A cautious start to the New Year 2022
Price performance since the start of this year has seen gold eke out small gains, while silver has come under some light pressure, although neither of them have moved by much. Gold’s interesting move last week came on the back of the Consumer Price Index release from the United States. The number was more or […]
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 […]
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