It is important for investors in physical gold to periodically follow what is happening in other segments of the precious metals industry. Today we will examine volume in the futures market. Futures contracts represents the ownership of gold at a future time. As designated by the contract expiration date. The […]
Last week we highlighted the importance of the gold/silver ratio for precious metals investors, and how this indicator is our most important model to watch during the new year: (https://bullionexchanges.com/blog/2019/01/07/in-2019-can-the-gold-to-silver-ratio-break-lower/). Given how important silver is in the denominator of this ratio, let us properly update silver’s technical outlook to see […]
Gold and silver have both been strong recently – can the gold to silver ratio break lower? For the week ended Friday, January 4, gold finished higher by $4 or 0.3% to close at $1,285 as of the final trade on the New York COMEX futures exchange. Meanwhile, silver finished […]
2018 is within a few hours of the record books as this article is being written, so let us take the opportunity to review the year in the global markets, and to see how precious metals fared in the mix. Below we show a wide comparison of 48 asset classes […]
On the macroeconomic front, the major event for the week ahead is the Federal Reserve’s once-per-six-week meeting on Wednesday. An announcement on interest rate and monetary policy is due at 2pm EST. With the recent weakness in both US stocks and bonds, this is perhaps the most uncertain meeting since […]
