Today the GDXJ is breaking out above its neckline. Again I was looking for a little more chopping action between the neckline and the neckline symmetry line before the breakout, but so far it’s not happening. I’m going to take my second position and buy 150 shares at the market at 35.34 with the sell/stop at 33.31 for now. A backtest to the neckline would come in around the 35.10 for a...Read More
LONDON, 17 January 2018 - US current affairs site Newsmax today cites BullionVault as a top source of advice on timing an investment in gold.Summarising tips from a range of outlets, "Gold prices fluctuate regularly and are subject to a number of outside factors," says the report."BullionVault suggests keeping an eye on the market so you can buy when prices are low," it goes on.You can read the fu...Read More
Empire Club of Canada | Investment Outlook 2018by Nick BarisheffTo download PDF of presentation and article It is a pleasure to speak again at the Empire Club.I have always believed that the future price of gold is best understood through long-term irreversible trends. Today's macro trend changes are part of a looming tectonic shift that started decades ago, and have not been adequately reported...Read More
In the 1960s, most investors and financial institutions held about 5% of their portfolios in gold.Today, individual investors and institutions hold less than 0.5%. If global investors reallocated just 5% of their financial assets to gold that would be $14.7 trillion of increased demand trying to purchase less than $1.8 trillion of privately held gold bullion. The current price would have to rise b...Read More
Globally renowned economist and editor of the GloomBoomDoom report, Dr. Marc Faber returns with his outlook on the financial markets for 2018.Due to excessive expansion, of central bank balance sheets, global equities prices may be overextended as robust economic conditions are heavily dependent on inflated asset prices.Investors will shy away from the bubble markets to the precious metals, which...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1339.30+$1.30Silver$17.21-$0.03XAU90.27+1.30%HUI204.39+1.52%GDM682.72+1.92%JSE Gold1316.17-51.24USD90.43-0.52Euro122.65+0.59Yen90.81+0.78Oil$63.73-$0.5710-Year2.543%-0.005T-Bond150.90625+0.53125Dow25792.86-0.04%Nasdaq7223.69-0.51%S&P2776.42-0.35% The Metals: Gold saw modest gains in holiday thinned trade yesterday before it fell back to $1331.80 in London today, but it...Read More
- JP Morgan continues to accumulate the biggest stockpile of physical silver in history- "JPM now holds more than 133m oz -more than was held by the Hunt Bros" - Butler- Silver hoard owned by JPM has increased from Zero ozs in 2011 to 120m ozs today- Money managers showing more optimism towards silver through record buying- "Near impossible to rule out an upside price surprise at any moment"Edi...Read More
Look for signs of profit taking in gold and silver as US markets reopen. Any further rise in gold and silver will be dependent on the ability or inability to break past key resistances of $1358 and $1754. Over the past two years gold has not been able to break $1380. It will not be easy to break $1380 on fears of sharp correction. However in case gold breaks and trades over $1380 anytime before...Read More
* Australian shares hit more than four-week low* Soft commodity prices weigh down material and energy sectors* Consumer staples drive New Zealand shares higher By Christina MartinJan 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares slumped to their lowest in more than four weeks on Wednesday, on track for a second straight session of losses, as weak base metal prices hit materials stocks, dragging down the index...Read More
* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:* SSEC +0.8 pct, CSI300 +0.8 pct, HSI +1.8 pct* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 7.3 pct, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 12.6 pct* HK->Shenzhen Connect daily quota used 12.2 pct, Shenzhen->HK daily quota used 6.1 pct* CNY official close 6.4369 per dollar* FTSE China A50 +0.7 pct, BNY Mellon ADR China Select Index -1.9 pct SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (Reuters)...Read More
(Adds analyst's quote, details)* Nov core machinery orders +5.7 pct m/m vs forecast -1.4 pct* Core orders +4.1 pct yr/yr vs forecast -0.7 pct* Capital spending seen firming up ahead - analyst* Govt keeps view on machinery orders, sees signs of pick-up By Tetsushi KajimotoTOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly grew for a second straight month in November, posting the...Read More
Jan 17 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News DATE COUNTRY AUCTION DETAILS17-Jan Japan 1-year discount bill auction17-Jan Germany Auction of 30-year Federal bonds18-Jan Japan 3-month discount bill auction18-Jan Japan Auction of 30-year government bonds18-Jan SwedenAuction of inflation-linked government bonds18...Read More
Jan 17 (Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:U.S. Federal Reserve Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events -----------------------------------------------------------WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 ** UPPSALA, Sweden - Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will talk about the cur...Read More
WELLINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Prices for New Zealand's main commodities slumped 2.2 percent in December, the largest decline in two years, ANZ Bank's commodity price index showed on Wednesday.The fall was led by prices for dairy, which dropped 5.6 percent. Non-dairy commodities also struggled, slipping 0.4 percent.The monthly fall was the third in a row and the largest since commodity prices bega...Read More
Even though it sees only minor gains for gold in 2018, with average prices rounding $1358 an ounce, bullion trader Sharps Pixley says it is important to add the yellow metal to one's assets. "Why so?," the company's CEO Ross Norman writes in a press release. "2016 and 2017 saw gold higher on strong spec buying in Q1, taking the market above the level of most physical buyers, before retracing in Q4...Read More
TOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose by 5.7 percent in November from the previous month, Cabinet Office data showed on Wednesday, underlining a steady pickup in capital expenditure.The rise in core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, compared with a 1.4 percent drop expected in a Reuters poll o...Read More
SYDNEY, Jan 17 (Reuters) -A measure of Australian consumer sentiment rose in January for a second month to its highest in four years, adding to recent signs that households were ready to spend more followinga long period of reticence. A Melbourne Institute and Westpac Bank survey of 1,200 people published on Wednesday said its index of consumer sentiment rose 1.8 percent in January from December w...Read More
Gold pricing continues its historic climb to higher prices, gaining yet more value in today's trading. As of 4:30 PM Eastern standard time, gold futures are trading $4.10 (+0.31%) higher at $1339. Gold continues to ride the tailwinds created from a tumbling U.S. dollar, which is currently off by over a half percent today as it broke below the major support level of 91 on the dollar index. Our tech...Read More
(Updates prices, adds details from Mexico)By Bruno FederowskiBRASILIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks on Tuesday edged up to an all-time high as optimism over the nation's economic prospects kept an early-year rally alive.The benchmark Bovespa stock index closed up 0.1 percent at 79,831.8, after earlier breaching the 80,000 mark for the first-time ever to hit 80,246.331.Demand for Brazilian a...Read More
Apart from the crypto carnage today and news of the Dow’s fastest 1000-point rally in history, there hasn’t been an awful lot happening in other markets today, with the major FX pairs and gold being fairly stable. The main news was from the UK this morning, where inflation eased slightly for the first time since June. But at a good 3.0%, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) still remains a w...Read More