Welcome to a very brief overview of recent market performance. The essentials are captured in the table below and each week we will show a chart of interest. Gold touched an intraday high of $1,358 at the end of last week, the highest level since mid-April 2018. Although the market continued to respond to trade […]
Portfolio Diversification – why precious metals makes it stronger
“It is sensible to diversify investments in terms of stocks from numerous industries.” This is a common theme used by investors all over the world. When someone speaks of diversification, most people think of putting their money in stocks that span a wide array of economic sectors but in simpler terms, it just means, “not […]
Gold nose-dives while silver and palladium belly flop
Precious metals futures ended remarkable lower on Monday, with palladium and silver suffering percentage losses of 4.9% and 3.4% respectively. Gold was the biggest loser finishing at a one month low. Gold is pushing lower as the 10 year treasury neared the 3% yield level, commodities weakened and Japan announced policies likely to weaken the […]