precious metals markets

“The long-term trading pattern of the currency suggests that we are just in the second year of a bear market that could last as long as seven years,” he said in his commentary. “If the pattern holds in the dollar and when it comes to the inverse correlation with precious metals prices, we could look forward to ...

Platinum production was on the rise in 2017, but the market is on track to be balanced this year, as supply declines and demand picks up pace, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) says in its latest report. Last year, platinum production increased by 1 percent while global demand fell 7 percent ...

The “Precious Metal Catalyst Market Report” gives a clear understanding of the present market condition which includes of historic and projected upcoming Precious Metal Catalyst industry size, growth, value and volume, projecting cost-effective. This Report provides key information about the industry, ...

Last year, Dundee Precious Metals had successfully transitioned its Tsumeb smelter from a liability into an asset. Now the company owns ... Note that since the beginning of the current bull market in gold (January 2016), Dundee shares have performed better than GDXJ (the red arrow). What is more, most ...

While gold is the most closely watched precious metal, silver and platinum appeal to the market's appetite for speculation as they tend to move much more than the yellow metal on a percentage basis. Volatility in markets creates opportunities for those who embrace wide price variance. Therefore, I have ...

Stores of wealth like gold and silver tend to do well when the broader markets are falling and investors are fearful of the future. That's the ... If you are looking to add gold and silver to your portfolio as a way to protect against market downdrafts, Wheaton Precious Metals should be on your short list. And the ...

One nearly famous gold salesman blasted subscribers this week with, "Gold Is Going to Go Ballistic!" A numerologist shouted out the number $10,000. At the county fair this weekend, we ran out of pocket change, so we did not have a chance to see the Tarot Card reader to get a confirmation. Even if you ...

At the placement price, the market capitalisation of VI Mining is £535-million, making it the second-largest company by market capitalisation on the exchange. VI Mining is focused on the development and operation of gold and silver projects in Peru. The company has contracted to acquire two former ...

This made Powell's more dovish tone on Thursday—”all the more surprising for the markets, as he [appeared] to be stepping down from Tuesday's more ... Precious metals, often pegged to dollars, tend to fall when the buck strengthens because a falling dollar can make buying those assets cheaper for ...

The last 14 months has seen the US Dollar Index fall nearly 15 percent (top to bottom). Sentiment toward the dollar has turned bearish as well. From a contrarian standpoint, the US Dollar Index is nearing an oversold bounce. But could it lead to a stronger rally than expected? Over the past two weeks, the ...

Many gold analysts see only the short futures position of the market makers, and conclude that they are pushing the price down. The long metal (or gold receivable, e.g. from a miner) is not reported in the Commitment of Traders report. So they misread the market. Plus, a quantity approach to position size ...

Unlike Royal Gold and Franco-Nevada, which derive a major portion of their revenues from gold, Wheaton Precious Metals is primarily a silver-based ... Wheaton doesn't mine metals but buys "streams" of precious metals from pure mining companies at discounted prices to resell in the spot market later.

On February 23, gold, silver, and platinum all saw a down day with falls of 0.18%, 0.62%, and 0.06%, respectively. Palladium was the only precious metal to rise with a gain of 0.74% for the day. Platinum and palladium were trading at $999.9 and $1,049.5, respectively. Gold and silver were at $1,328 and ...

Miners had a good start to 2018, seeing an upswing in prices due to the revival of precious metals. However, as precious metals slumped, so did the mining stocks. In this part of the series, we'll focus on miners and their technical indicators, including RSI levels and implied volatility. The miners we've selected for our ...

With the price of gold staying firmly above $1,300/oz, Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter, discusses the state of the market and several top picks in an ... Investment Conference, seeking to show investors through bull and bear markets how to maximize and multiply their investments in precious metals.

Precious metals have once again rebounded. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium rose 2%, 2.3%, 0.88%, and 0.08%, respectively, on Tuesday. The rise in the precious metals was most likely due to the falling US dollar. The US dollar, depicted by the DXY Currency Index, was down 0.51% on Tuesday.

Short term movements in the dollar index are perhaps having an undue impact on precious metals but the market, in its short termism, seems to have lost track of the fact that the dollar has declined by around 11% since ... The falls may prompt a rebirth in precious metal investment as a far safer option.

Precious metals' reaction was also due to economic numbers indicating the health of the US economy in general. Last week, the CPI number—which measures changes in prices for goods and services purchased by consumers—was standing at 0.5%. This level was higher than the analyst expectation of ...