After kicking off the year with better-than-expected trade data from China — and slow, ongoing economic recovery in the US — copper teamed up with other commodities in a sharp selloff last week. By market close on Friday, copper had retreated from its February high of $3.7820 per pound. During the first half of this…
Price Controls & Manipulation: Factors that Impact the Price of Gold and Silver
A major driving force behind gold and silver’s multi-year rally is the printing of money by central banks around the world. Since 2008, literally trillions of new dollars (currency) have been created in the hopes of resuscitating the besieged stock and housing markets. This inflation has placed upward pressure on gold and silver. In 2008…
Effects of Inflation Grossly Underreported, Experts Say
While economists and central bankers believe inflation may boost economic recovery, it can also have a dramatic and widespread effect on prices. Contrary to popular belief, inflation can be defined as an increase in monetary supply. And while many associate inflation with rising prices, an increase in the cost of goods and services is simply…
Silver: Nowhere Near Its Peak
In the perpetual battle of silver bull vs. bear, some say the bear has the upper hand. At least for right now. Many analysts and investors point to silver’s April 2011 surge to nearly $50—and the subsequent correction—as proof that silver’s long, secular bull market, which began in 2002, is officially over. Some naysayers even…
Gold Prices Rally Following Fiscal Cliff Bargain
As you’ve undoubtedly heard over the water cooler or on the news, lawmakers in Washington brokered a last-minute, last-ditch deal to avert the so called “fiscal cliff.” Generally speaking, the final deal delays $110 billion in automatic spending cuts until March, while increasing income tax rates on individuals earning over $400,000 annually, or families earning…
Gold Tumbles as Fiscal Cliff Talks Stall
In the days leading up to the Christmas holiday, gold and silver have tumbled, in part due to news that the fiscal cliff negotiations between the White House and Congress have stalled, 3rd quarter GDP was higher than expected and many institutional investors of gold took some year-end profits. The big story though remains the…
