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Gold speculators slash bullish bets

QE3 "not off the table" as Euro crisis gives gold "significant upside" but speculators slash bullish bets Wholesale market spot gold prices hit a 7-session...

Silver sales to hit a record on global demand

Silver coins' sales by the U.S. Mint is reported to be at their highest ever. May sales were even 30% higher than April's 2.819...

Gold to continue benefitting from investor concerns

Gold is expected to continue benefitting, at least in schort term perspective, from rising investor concerns over the euro zone debt crisis

Bullish gold may stumble on the way up

The big move in gold prices past week after the bond-buying announcement by the European Central Bank and hopes for more stimulus from the...

Goldman Sachs cuts 2013 Gold Outlook

Last Wednesday, Goldman Sachs revised and lowered its price forecasts for gold in 2013. It cites growing downside risks to the yellow metal's price. The...

Big Money Managers Bearish on Gold

During the past few weeks, a number of large international investment banks issued reports or sent notes to investors in which all of them...

What’s Really Happening with China’s Silver Demand?

China's demand for silver fell hard in April. But is that all there is...? ANALYSTS at Barclays Bank recently noted that silver imports were down...

Mixed week for silver ahead

Investors took silver to its lowest level since the January 23 on Wednesday last week. Silver fell in line with gold, as mutual disappointment...

Reduction in Option Volatilities for Precious Metals

Here are the most significant news from the past week with effect on gold and silver prices: The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that...

Massive increase of long positions in gold, silver

The US trade deficit fell in April by 4.9 per cent to 50.1 billion dollars, compared with the March figures this year. The 19...

Inflationary pressures likely to drive silver prices

Silver declined for the 5th consecutive week, as precious metals and commodities in general decreased in values on broader based risk-off sentiment. “Silver fundamentals remain...

Precious metals lose ground

Commodities futures tumbled sharply on Thursday as the dollar rallied in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s bond-swap program and pessimistic economic data...

Current macroeconomic environment holds back silver prices

The current macroeconomic environment is expected to hold back the industrial demand, which in turn would add pressure to the already struggling silver prices.

Gold traders brace for losses

Last week gold registered its worst weekly performance this year. The none-stop gains in the yellow metal, which has seen eight positive weekly performances posted in succession...

New precious metal boom or large correction?

// // Gold advanced further for third week in a row, but the increase is minor when compared with the gains made in the...

BNP Paribas cut down its silver price forecast for 2013 and...

BNP Paribas revised last week its silver price forecast for 2013 and 2014. This change in expectations is on the back of the precious...

Gold prices expected to return to the upside

Following a large correction two week ago, gold managed to hold relatively steady last week as it remained range-bound just below the psychological $1500...

Gold futures up $52, trade over $1,700 an ounce

On Monday, gold futures continued to climb through the Asian trading session. The contract was up $52.00 to $1,703.80 an ounce. During the session, it...