Tag Archive: Gold-Cobasis

Silver Price Spikes, But What Demand 4 Oct, 2015

2015-10-05

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2015-10-05

For a few frenzied minutes, while everyone was sleeping, the price of silver spiked 56 cents. Well, at least the West Coast of America was sleeping. It began at 8:30 in New York, where presumably most traders were not sleeping. And of course, it was afternoon here in London (where Monetary ....

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Prediction: Gold and Ratio Up, Stocks Down 27 Sep, 2015

2015-09-28

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2015-09-28

The price of gold moved up moderately, and the price of silver moved down a few cents this week. However, there were some interesting fireworks in the middle of the week. Tuesday, the prices dropped and Thursday the prices of the metals popped $23 and $0.34 respectively. Everyone can judge the sentiment prevailing in gold...

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Price Moves and Term Structures 20 Sep, 2015

2015-09-21

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2015-09-21

The prices of the metals moved up a bunch this week, with gold + $32 and silver +$0.55. We have seen some discussion of gold backwardation in the context of scarcity, and hence setting expectations of higher prices. That’s good, as the swings from contango to backwardation and back ....

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Gold, Silver, and Horse Betting Report 13 Sep, 2015

2015-09-14

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2015-09-14

Consider the sport of betting on the sport of horse racing. It’s actually similar to the analysis of the gold and silver markets. How’s that? First, there is the manic-depressive crowd. Sometimes (as we are told—we don’t hang out at race tracks) the bettors sometimes get overly excited about a horse...

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Definitions: Gold Basis, Cobasis, Backwardation, Contango, Carry, Decarry



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