New figures have revealed the extent of the sales for silver coins in 2013 and have shown in the past 12 months there has been an almost unprecedented demand. Three of the most productive mints in the world – the US, Canada and Perth (Australia) – have all confirmed that 2013 has seen silver coin […]
Silver bullion runs out in US mint
Recent figures have revealed a drop in the sales of US minted silver bullion coins but rather than a fall in popularity of the coins, the statistics actually represent the opposite. Silver bullion sales have tumbled as the US mint has run out of coins with investors keen to snap up American Eagles being forced […]
Four great reasons to invest in gold
As an investor you have an almost limitless choice of where to place your money and what degree of risk to accept. There’s little doubt that modern technology has made it easier than ever to dabble in stocks and shares but despite this, investing in physical gold remains as popular as ever. The boom in […]
Chaotic Markets — FIU
Today was a day that the financial markets used to have back in 2008. It was a fairly quiet start to the European trading session which was dominated by a poor German 10yr Bund auction which saw German 10yr yields hit 1.675% at the end of the morning session. There had been some US Investment […]
Current market fundamentals — FIU
It is becoming difficult to trade on fundamentals at the moment. The markets are dominated by sentiment which in itself is being driven by political noise. Firstly, the US Treasury market back up in yields has not been driven by a rise in inflation expectations as would have been expected. In fact forward inflation expectations […]