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Little Silver, Big Gold

Store-of-value gold has never been so expensive against industrial platinum... Both platinum and gold are useful metals. But where gold's use is ultimately social...

Gold Demand Rose 3.8% in Q4 of 2012

Q4 2012 up 4% year-on-year as India, China and central banks drive demand In value terms, gold demand in 2012 was US$236.4bn – an all-time...

Gold futures reached $1,410

Gold futures edged higher on Globex during Asia’s Tuesday morning trading, touching a high above $1,410 an ounce as global debt concerns continued to...

Gold and silver into a record territory

Gold and silver pushed further into record territory Friday as renewed fears of inflation spurred investment demand for the safe-haven assets. Gold futures closed at...

Silver breakout magnitude is a buy signal for traders

Past week, silver climbed to a multi month high to close at 33.722 off the high of the week at 33.773. Precious metals advanced on announcements...

Gold:silver ratio widening, at around 43.4

Silver fell to close the week below the $35–the lowest weekly since the week beginning February 28 as the white metal declined more than...

Silver traders finding refuge in safety of USD

Weakness seems evident in the precious metal markets with investors swinging more towards the risk - off sentiment.

Advocating a rally in gold and silver prices

Financial markets across the globe concluded the first trading week of the year deeply in the red zone. The volatility that took place will...

Profit taking ahead of gold and silver?

Here are the major world news headlines from the past week with impact of precious metals markets: US: The release of the Federal Open Market...

The Age of $2000 Gold

As the European currency and debt crisis unfolded during the final weeks of 2011 the price of gold went from a high of...

Dubai Holding drops Standard & Poor’s as its rating agency

Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group LLC on Monday dropped Standard & Poor's as its rating company because of a "lack of understanding of the...

Precious Metals Weekly Report

Emirates NBD, the United Arab Emirates biggest lender by assets, released today the latest weekly Precious Metals Report. Gold: US$1,739.0–US$1,723.50 – up US$1.50 since last...

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...

Global Gold Demand Reinforced by Asian Consumers

The World Gold Council published a market update recently, which examines the effect of the recent fall in the gold price. The report also provides...

Gold decade-long bull run nears the end

Gold is nearing the end of a decade-long run that has lifted prices by more than 600 percent, some market observers believe. The yellow metal...

Gold drops sharply on positive data

Gold price dropped sharply Wednesday after a surprisingly positive data released in the US. Gold futures for December delivery lost  5.1%, or $95.80, to settle...

Silver is the better Buy

Silver declined for the third straight week, despite gold soaring to a record high, which incidentally widens the gold:silver ratio to 44.9. Silver has traded...

Gold price expected to move towards $1,800

Gold prices retreated last week even allowing for dollar weakness which saw the euro rally to a new high for the year. The background for...