Tag Archive: Daily Market Update

Gold Holds Steady Near $1,300/oz As Geopolitical Risks Including Brexit Loom Large

2019-01-17

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2019-01-17

Gold in GBP
Gold Holds Steady Over £1,000 – Increased Likelihood Of A Disorderly Brexit. – Gold supported near $1,300/oz ahead of important British Brexit no-confidence vote. – Gold is consolidating in range between $1,280 and $1,300/oz (over £1,000/oz and €1,100/oz) – A break of resistance at $1,300 will likely see gold rise rapidly in all currencies.

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Gold Outlook 2019: Uncertainty Makes Gold A “Valuable Strategic Asset” – WGC

2019-01-11

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2019-01-11

Gold Outperformed Most Assets In 2018
As we look ahead, we expect that the interplay between market risk and economic growth in 2019 will drive gold demand. And we explore three key trends that we expect will influence its price performance: financial market instability, monetary policy and the US dollar, structural economic reforms.

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Blackrock Say Gold Will Be A “Valuable Portfolio Hedge” In 2019

2019-01-10

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2019-01-10

Gold Futures and ETF Holdings, Jan 2017 - 2019
“We’re experiencing a slowdown,” says Blackrock fund manager. Global Allocation Fund adding to gold exposure through ETFs. Gold “has had a very consistent record of helping mitigate equity risk when volatility is rising”. Gold bullion has been a “store of value for a very long time”.

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China Adds 320,000 Ounces To Gold Reserves – First PBOC Purchase Since October 2016

2019-01-08

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2019-01-08

China Year-End Purchase, Mar 2016 - Dec 2018
China increases gold holdings by large 320,000 ounces. Gold bullion remains a tiny component of the People’s Bank of China massive foreign exchange (FX) reserves which rose to $3.073 trillion. China’s gold reserves rose for first time since October 2016 to 59.56 million ounces by the end of December (1,853 metric tons) from 59.24 million ounces. Gold climbed 5% in December on equity rout, growth concerns

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Gold Prices Likely To Go Higher In 2019 After 4 percent Gain So Far In Q4

2018-12-21

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2018-12-21

Traders Make First Bullish Bet on Gold Since July as Stocks Tumble
Gold traders appear excited about gold again as stocks are on pace for their worst year since 2008, and their worst December since 1931. Bullish bets on the yellow metal outnumbered bearish ones for the week ended December 11, resulting in the first instance of net positive contracts since July, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

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EU Recession Imminent – Euro Disunion as Brexit, Italy and End of QE Loom

2018-12-13

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2018-12-13

APP Monthly Net Purchases by Program, 2015 - 2018
Someone asked recently how many times I had “crossed the pond” to Europe. I really don’t know. Certainly dozens of times. It’s been several times a year for as long as I remember. That makes me an extremely unusual American. Most of us never visit Europe, except maybe for a rare dream vacation. And that’s okay because our own country is wonderful and has a lifetime of sights to see.

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Gold and Silver Gained 2 percents and 3 percents Last Week While Stocks Dropped Nearly 5 percents

2018-12-11

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2018-12-11

Gold Silver Stocks
Gold acted as a safe haven last week and is again acting as a safe haven in December. It has performed well despite the rout in stocks in Ireland and globally. U.S. stocks including the S&P500 and Nasdaq were down nearly 5% last week, while gold was 2% higher and silver over 3% higher.

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Pound Falls 2.5 percent Against Gold as UK Government in Turmoil Over Brexit

2018-11-16

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2018-11-16

Gold in GBP (24 Hours)
The pound plunged against the euro, the dollar, gold and all leading currencies today as Theresa May’s UK government appeared vulnerable to collapsing and political turmoil risked creating a hard Brexit. The pound has fallen 2.6% against gold in less than twenty four hours seeing gold rise from £923 to £947 per ounce in sterling terms.

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Gold ETFs See Strong Demand In Volatile October After Robust Global Gold Demand In Q3

2018-11-08

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2018-11-08

GDT Q3 2018
Gold ETFs saw inflows in volatile October as investors again hedged risk. Gold ETFs see demand of 16.5 tonnes(t) in October to total of 2,346t, the equivalent of US$1B in inflows. Global gold demand was robust in Q3 – demand of 964.3 tonnes – plus 6.2t yoy.

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Gold Analysts At LBMA See 25percent Return To $1,532/oz In 12 months

2018-11-01

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2018-11-01

Gold in USD (10 Years)
The price of gold is expected to rise to $1,532 an ounce by October next year, delegates to the London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA) annual gathering predicted on Tuesday. A poll of delegates at the LBMA conference in Boston also predicted higher prices in a year’s time for silver, platinum and palladium.

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Perth Mint’s Gold and Silver Bullion Coin Sales Soar In September

2018-10-06

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2018-10-06

Sales of gold products by the Perth Mint surged in September to their highest since January 2017, while silver sales more than doubled from August to mark an over two-year peak, boosted by lower bullion prices, the mint said on Wednesday.

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Central Banks Positivity Towards Gold Will Provide Long Term “Support To Gold Prices”

2018-09-28

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2018-09-28

Central Bank Gold Reserves, Q1 2000 - Q1 2018
– There has been a recent change for the better in central bank attitudes to gold. – There has been “net gold demand by central banks – approx. 500 tonnes per year – as a source of return, liquidity and diversification”. –  Policy shift to maintaining stable gold holdings reflects central bank concerns about financial markets and geopolitics. – Little in the current global economic and political environment to support any reason to change in this...

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Silver Is ‘Undervalued’ Relative to Stocks, Bonds, Gold – GoldCore

2018-09-20

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2018-09-20

Silver Price, Sep 2008 - 2018
– Silver is ‘undervalued’ relative to stocks, bonds and gold: GoldCore. – Silver at $14/oz is cheap relative to gold with gold-silver ratio over 85. – Silver drops to 32-month lows prompting sellout of Silver Eagle coins at U.S. Mint. – U.S. Mint said “recent increased demand” prompted a “temporary sell out” of its American Silver Eagle bullion coins as investors see silver coins as a bargain.

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London House Prices Fall At Fastest Rate Since Height Of Financial Crisis

2018-08-17

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2018-08-17

London House Prices Bubble, 1995 - 2018
– London house prices fall at the fastest annual rate since height of the financial crisis – London house prices fall in 5th month in row, worst falls since 2009 – London rents dropped at the fastest rate in eight years – ONS – Brexit, London property slump put brake on UK house price growth – Consumer spending declined in July as inflation increased

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Jim Rogers – Making China Great Again! (Video)

2018-08-12

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2018-08-12

We are delighted to announce a very special guest for our next episode of the Goldnomics Podcast, due for release later this week. We recently had the opportunity to speak with the legendary investor and adventure capitalist Jim Rogers. Jim is an American businessman, investor, traveler, financial commentator and author. He is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and creator of the...

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Jim Rogers and the World’s New Reserve Currency

2018-08-11

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2018-08-11

Today we’re bringing you another clip from our upcoming Episode of the Goldnomics Podcast with the legendary investor and “Adventure Capitalist”, Jim Rogers. In this clip Jim tells us what he thinks about the long-term safe-haven status of the US dollar and what he sees as the future for the Euro currency.

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The Stock Market is Stretched to Double Tech-Bubble Extremes

2018-08-10

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2018-08-10

Leuthold Group has sounded the alarm on a valuation metric that shows the S&P 500 is twice as expensive as it was at the peak of the tech bubble. This development could have large implications for stock investors of all types, particularly value traders who make their living by finding discounts in the market. With the stock market within shouting distance of an all-time high, traders are readying their Champagne bottles. Just don’t tell them about...

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Gold—Even at its Lowest Levels in 2018—is Behaving Just as Prescribed

2018-08-08

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2018-08-08

Gold’s sharp decline over the past month serves as little surprise to the investors who want the asset to perform in just this fashion—that is, as an alternative to assets perceived as risky, like stocks. They’re betting that the opposite will be true as well, that gold will resume its role as protector and diversifier, even inflation hedge, when what they see as bloated price-to-earnings ratios, heavy debt-to-GDP ratios among major economies and...

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Gold to Enter New Bull Market – Charles Nenner

2018-08-04

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2018-08-04

Gold to Enter New Bull Market – Charles Nenner. “Gold is going to enter a new bull market”. “The first cycle will bottom after the summer”. “$1,212 per ounce is our downside target”. “It’s going to top $2,500 per ounce . . . in about two years or so”. “Gold is in a bull market even though it came down from $1,900 per ounce”

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Russia Sells 80 percent Of Its US Treasuries

2018-08-01

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2018-08-01

Russia Sells 80% Of Its US Treasuries. Description: In just over 2 months Russia has sold-off over 85% of its holdings of U.S. Treasuries, should the U.S. be concerned? – Russia has liquidated 85% of its US Treasury holdings in just two months. – Russia dumps over $90 billion of Treasuries in April and May as holdings collapse from near $100 billion to just $9 billion.

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