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By Austin Kiddle |
May 17, 2013
As inflation is low and equity markets are rising, gold-backed ETP investors have been rotating out of gold. The SPDR Gold Trust holdings dropped to a four-year low to 1,041 metric tons yesterday.
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By J.W. Jones |
May 13, 2013
If the Federal Reserve continues to print money at this pace, what will ultimately stop them dead in their tracks? The short answer is energy prices.
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By Ben Traynor |
May 13, 2013
India's central bank confirmed proposed restrictions on gold imports that one refiner said could lead to gold imports falling by half this year.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 10, 2013
During the week ending May 9, the gold-backed ETP holdings rebounded 0.1% to 2,241.708 metric tons, the first rise since the beginning of April. In India, gold imports will likely top 100 tonnes in May.
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By Frank Holmes |
May 7, 2013
During the first week of May every year, the maxim “Sell in May and go away” gets taken out, dusted off and powered up as a reason to sell stocks. Here are reasons to leave it in storage this year.
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By Adrian Ash |
May 6, 2013
Athens' strikers burnt a giant picture of Angela Merkel dressed as Hitler. Students in Washington threw bags of urine at each other. But in the Eccles Building? "Fiscal policy is restraining economic growth," said the Federal Reserve.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 6, 2013
Regular readers will know I am in the inflation, possibly hyperinflation camp; but there are those that think the future is more likely to be deflationary.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
April 23, 2013
A week ago I wrote about a potential rebound after capitulation and panic selling in precious metals and the miners. It now appears Goldman Sachs (GS) is covering its short on gold as it rebounds above $1,400.
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By Austin Kiddle |
April 10, 2013
Barclays recently reiterate that the biggest short-term risk for gold prices will be gold-backed ETP outflows. Close to 18 tonnes of outflow occurred in the first week of April.
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By Karen Roche |
April 3, 2013
In his new book, David Stockman, former Republican U.S. Congressman and a founding partner of Heartland Industrial Partners, levies blame for the dire straits of the global financial system on central bankers, economists and politicians of both parties.