Weekly Market Analysis

It is important for precious metals investors to periodically review longer-term perspectives for the market. Gold had a strong finish for the holiday-shortened week, rising 1.2% or nearly $16 to c...

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. Fut...

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: (Read more). Given h...

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 fina...

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...

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 the interest rate and monetary policy is due at 2 ...

US stocks continue to be weak, with the S&P 500 large-cap stock index (SPX) falling 4.6% for the week. The market is now probing the recent lows set in late October. The SPX closed at 2633 for ...

Last week Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spoke at the Economic Club in New York. The talk was one of the more anticipated speeches of the year by the Fed chief. Outside of the once-per-six-...