Tag: gold price.
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![The Trading Desk: Commodities and the Santa Claus Rally]()
The Trading Desk: Commodities and the Santa Claus Rally
Ah the last two weeks of 2023. The Christmas to New Years holiday trading tends to be quiet in terms of economic data and corporate press releases. Most institutional traders are on holidays. Retail traders have nothing better to do. Because of the lower liquidity, these few weeks tend to see either range bound price…
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![Dow Jones hits new record highs as Fed dot plot shows three rate cuts in 2024.]()
Dow Jones hits new record highs as Fed dot plot shows three rate cuts in 2024.
Recent price action on US stock markets indicated that investors were expecting a dovish Fed. In fact, we have already discussed the major shift in Fed Fund Futures probabilities being the factor in stock markets rising. Even with Powell indicating that the Fed will be pragmatic and more rate hikes may be needed, it seems…
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![Gold rally faces a key test]()
Gold rally faces a key test
On October 3rd 2023, I published an article which caused some fright among metal bulls. I outlined how the technicals indicated that silver could go below $20 and gold below $1800. I outlined key technical levels which had been breached and thus led to sellers piling in. Here are the charts which I put up…
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![Silver below $20 and Gold below $1800?]()
Silver below $20 and Gold below $1800?
On September 19th 2023, I published an article titled “The moment of truth for silver!“. I really meant it. The price of silver was contained between two major trendlines and technical traders were waiting for the break. What got me worried was the fact that everyone’s favorite white precious metal had retraced hard after briefly…
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![Is now the time for gold to shine?]()
Is now the time for gold to shine?
If you are a gold bug, heck even if you are bullish on silver, then July 12th 2023 was a very good day for you. Here’s an image of the price action in the last three days: Overall it was a great day for risk on assets. The precious metals popped, energy popped, other commodities…
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![Gold below $1900? Gold breaks critical technical support on hawkish Fed]()
Gold below $1900? Gold breaks critical technical support on hawkish Fed
Gold and other precious metals were rocked last week and have broken below critical technical levels as the likelihood of a Fed soft landing diminish and the likelihood of a recession increases. In the month of June, the Fed ‘paused’ raising interest rates, but Powell did mention the Fed is looking to raise rates two…
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![Silver demand hits record highs in all categories]()
Silver demand hits record highs in all categories
With headlines of inflation, market uncertainty, bank troubles, impending recession headlines, and geopolitical risks increasing, one can understand why money is running into hard assets. I have always maintained that gold (and silver because it follows the price action of gold!) will go up when there is a sense of a confidence crisis. When people…
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![Will Endurance Gold (EDG.V) find a major discovery in historic BC gold camp?]()
Will Endurance Gold (EDG.V) find a major discovery in historic BC gold camp?
Endurance Gold (EDG.V) is a precious metals exploration and development company focused on acquiring, exploring and developing highly prospective North American mineral properties that management believes have the potential to become world class deposits. The company has multiple projects, mostly focused on gold, but there is a project dealing with rare earth and niobium-tantalum. Here…
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![Falcon Gold (FG.V), junior gold focusing on Newfoundland with big upside.]()
Falcon Gold (FG.V), junior gold focusing on Newfoundland with big upside.
Bloodbath. The markets are getting hit hard. An everything sell off triggered by Jerome Powell telling markets that interest rates will rise and remain high for longer which will cause “some pain” to the US economy. Markets have quickly shifted back to the inflation narrative. The recession narrative was giving markets a boost as investors…
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![Is this the best way to invest in gold and silver?]()
Is this the best way to invest in gold and silver?
We have a major week ahead with the Federal Reserve and potential confirmation of a US recession. Is now the time to look at gold? It gets a bit more complicated. Sure, money can run into gold when there is fear and uncertainty, but there are some typical money flow signs that I watch for.…
