-Capital Economics chart-based analysis sees gold ending year higher at $1,400 per ounce -Sees a remote possibility of gold falling to $850 per ounce -A “Grexit” may cause gold to surge to $2,000 per ounce Julian Jessop from Capital Economics has written an interesting short piece on the company’s expectation for gold prices. It analyses […]
– Gold rose over 2% – Fed signals ultra loose monetary policies to continue – Fed dampens expectation of a rate hike in June – Yellen no longer “patient” – notes weakness in recent US economic data – Fed knows that fragile, debt laden U.S. economy cannot handle higher rates – Despite recent dollar strength, […]
– Gold price set to soar to new records in ‘Asian century’ – Gold price to double by 2030: ANZ – Gold to exceed $2,400 per ounce – Gold demand in Asia set to double – “Greater demand from investors and central banks will see gold prices rise materially over the long-term” – “Most of […]
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– Ireland’s Minister of Finance shifted personal wealth out of stocks and into gold – Minister invested in SPDR Gold Shares ETF, Portuguese government bonds and other ETFs – Maintained holdings in bank and agricultural commodities ETFs – Gold ETF not a safe haven asset – much unappreciated counterparty risk The Minister for Finance in […]
– Gold has risen 11% versus the euro in 2015 – Builds on 12% gains against the euro in 2014 – Sentiment poor despite reasonable performance – Gold performing well considering significant gains in stocks and dollar – Dollar centric view misleading – Currency wars intensifying – Complacency and hubris rife Gold rose 12% against […]
– Largest banks in Germany and Spain fail Federal Reserve’s ‘stress tests’ – Stress tests designed to assess whether lenders can withstand another financial crisis – U.S. subsidiaries fail Fed stress tests on ‘‘widespread and critical deficiencies’’ in identifying risks – Deutsche and Santander bank fail on “qualitative” grounds – 28 out of 31 banks […]
– Bloomberg View’s Mark Gilbert misrepresents our widely read Apple gold demand – CNBC quoted extensively and favourably from our market update – Gilbert quoted selectively from our piece to misrepresent “gold bugs” – Silly gold ‘bug’ name calling shows bias against gold and towards stocks – “Gold bugs” and “stock roaches” can peacefully coexist […]
Political uncertainty beginning to impact bond and property markets UK bonds and stocks at all time record highs and ‘bubbly’ FTSE looks overvalued and ripe for sharp correction “Air of caution in the run-up to the general election” hits London property City of London has most to lose from Brexit Brexit may isolate UK – […]
– Dollar has declined as reserve currency over past decade from 70% of global reserves to 61% – Chinese yuan is growing in stature as international currency – IMF deputy director calls for de-dollarisation in emerging markets – Many countries have begun de-dollarising – BRICS development bank – rivaling the IMF and World Bank – […]