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Silver Market Alert: Powerful Bullish Setup Takes Shape
The silver market appears to be setting up for a big move. After spending this spring stair-stepping lower in a narrowing range, silver prices have formed a falling wedge pattern. That pattern usually resolves in a powerful directional breakout. The good news for bulls is that falling wedges usually break out to the upside. Commercial hedgers and bullion banks (i.e., “smart money”) in the silver futures market have significantly trimmed their short positions over the past couple weeks – a bullish development. While their net positioning isn’t yet at an extreme, it is more favorable than not for a price rally to commence in the near future. Of course, neither futures traders […]
Silver Sentiment: Is It (Your) Friend or Foe?
The gold and silver bull markets have been on a roller coaster ride for almost two decades. Gold came to life in 2000, with silver crawling along between $4 and $5 until late 2003, making its first print above $10 in March 2006. The next two years saw the last part of a 400% up-move for those who “kept the faith,” before silver dropped below $9 during the 2008 global financial meltdown. Then it was up, up and away, as silver rocketed to nearly $50 by April 2011. By then, “everyone knew” it was going to $100. A blogger announced he had sold his house to buy silver and advised […]
XAUUSD price testing major support level, cautious bulls wait
The pair XAUUSD sharply fell in the global market after hitting the major resistance level at 1366.037. The aggressive price action traders made a decent profit by shorting the XAUUSD pair with the bearish pin bar. However, the pair found some decent support at 1160.495 and started its bullish correction. The bulls managed to take control of the market from that level and pushed the pair towards the critical resistance level at 1346.558. The buyers again lose control of this market from that level and the price of XAUUSD drop towards the nearest support level at 1275.070. This level is going to play a crucial role for this pair since […]
Silver slowly heading towards a cluster of resistance, strong challenge for the bulls
The price of silver significantly fell in the global market after hitting the critical resistance level at 25.03. Majority of the aggressive price action traders managed to make a decent profit by shorting the silver with the formation of bearish pin bar right at that critical resistance level (25.03). After the extended bearish rally, it found some solid support at 13.64. From that level, the pair started its bullish correction after the formation of bullish morning star pattern in the daily chart. Currently, the price silver is heading towards a cluster of resistance and breaking above that level will be a tough challenge for the bulls. So, looking for a […]
Love. Fear. Inflation. A Precious Metals’ Trifecta
By David Smith, Money Metals Exchange Going forward, there are – and will continue to be – three primary drivers of global physical gold (and silver) demand. During certain times in the past only one or two of these elements provided most of the momentum. However, as we move into 2019, and for possibly the next 5-10 years, all three will be in play. They will operate synergistically to consistently motivate increased precious metals’ buying around the globe. This will happen, even as meeting that demand with sufficient new supply becomes problematic. The term “synergistic” is used here on purpose. By definition, it relates to “the interaction or cooperation of […]
The World Gold Council (WGC)
The World Gold Council is an non-profit organization of the world’s main gold producers. The WGC was established to help improve the global demand not just for gold but also to increase interest in gold, and plays a very big role in maintaining today’s gold industry. The WGC headquarters is located in London. It covers the market that holds almost three-fourths of the worlds gold consumption. The main objective of the WGC is to maximize the potential industrial growth of gold consumption by monitoring and defending its existence. The WGC also researches and develops other uses for gold. The organization’s main objective is to trigger and retain the demand of […]
Why is Gold so Important?
Why is gold so important? It’s a hard question, right? You must have asked that question to yourself too…why in all those precious metals is gold the most important? Before answering that question let’s learn first about gold and its uses to tackle that problem. Gold has been used for thousands of years and by ancient civilizations. We surely don’t know who first discovered gold, but we’re happy they did. Gold’s history can be traced as far back as 40,000 BC! Pretty old for a precious metal, right? Ancient Egyptians You might wonder what early uses did they have for gold when they first discovered it. Unfortunately, we don’t know […]
Is Silver On The Rise? Could It Be The New Gold?
Investors are talking about gold mainly for its value and price. In the past ten years, the price of gold has increased from less than $300 to $1,500 per ounce…quite interesting for gold investors. However, silver has performed better than gold for the past ten years. Its price has ranged from less than $5 to $40 an ounce. So if you invested $10,000 in gold in June 2001 its value today would be $50,000, but if you invested $10,000 in silver on the same date you would now have around $80,000. Now may be the time to start thinking of silver as the new gold. As a matter of fact, […]
7 Uses Of Gold You Weren’t Aware Of
Gold has has had many uses since ancient times. Some of its uses were to decorate ornaments, weapons, jewelry, shrines, and many other things. In modern times, gold has been used as an electric conductor, jewelry, coins, commodities, and also as an investment. But is that all that gold can do for us? The answer is no, of course. Here are some unusual uses for gold. Health Supplement Yes! You read it right, gold has also been used as a food supplement. Japan has a unique tradition where they mix small, thin films of gold in beverages and in their food as a source of vitamins. In some other countries, […]
What Affects the Price of Gold
Gold has been known to be the most desirable metal on earth. Although it is the most precious metal, there are some issues that gold is facing like its demand and supply imbalance. Gold has been used as an investment and a useful product in electronics, but there are also some factors that affect the price of gold. One of the biggest factors that affect gold’s price is its amount of supply in the central banks around the world. In 2003 the stock of gold was about 33,000 metric tons, accounting for nearly 25% of all the gold mined in the world. In the same year, 3,200 metric tons of […]
When to Sell and When to Buy
Gold is always a sought-after asset. Not only does it diversify your investment portfolio, but it also helps you gain ground in creating your very own hedge against an economic crisis that might occur while owning the asset. For newcomers, gold has always been hard to understand. The market fluctuates in such a way that sometimes it can become unpredictable. And so many other factors affect it as well. Some of these could be the political standing of the country, the economy, the oil markets, the scarcity of gold itself, the demand for the product and so much more. But fret not. We have compiled a list of things you […]
Gold and Silver Facts
Gold and Silver have been useful to mankind since ancient civilization. Even today, we use gold and silver in our everyday lives. But most of the people nowadays don’t know the purpose and the importance of both metals. Let’s talk further about two of the most important metals ever discovered by mankind. Here are some amazing facts about Gold and Silver. Gold characteristics Color golden yellow Atomic Weight 9665 Normal State solid Melting Point 18 deg C, 1337.33 K Boiling Point […]
Gold and Economic Freedom
Gold has had a significant impact on the U.S economy. Since the beginning of World War I, gold has been the sole international standard of exchange. Golds impact on the economy waxes and wanes, depending on how safe other investments are. Gold has been considered a luxury good since it is durable, homogeneous, divisible, portable and has significant advantages over all other media of exchange. Before gold was used as a coin, its value was recognized even in the first Egyptian Dynasty. Its beauty, luster and malleability made it perfect for many uses. it has been used in the early times as a standard of exchange together with silver and […]
My Goodness, What Is Happening to Platinum?
By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange You may have noticed the platinum price has fallen well below gold’s price and it continues to underperform the other precious metals. What is happening in the platinum market? We see a handful of factors driving the recent declines in platinum. For starters, it is facing the same challenges we find in the gold and silver markets. The dollar has been getting stronger, interest rates are rising, and traders on Wall Street have rarely been more carefree. Mainstream investors are positioning for economic strength, not looking for safety. Platinum is trading like the other precious metals, which is to say performing poorly. As of […]
