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By Jon Nadler |
April 4, 2012
This morning, the meltdown continued in gold, but this time, unlike during yesterday’s after-hours electronic trading, silver and the noble metals joined gold and fell hard as well. Once again, the only green color to be seen was the net change in…the greenback.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 15, 2012
Demand for access to basic needs, an emerging middle class and a never-ending use of global resources—these are the primary drivers of major infrastructure projects over the next several years, says GE.
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By Jon Nadler |
August 3, 2011
Precious metals dealings once again opened mixed in New York, with gold and silver still free from the effects of any profit-taking gravitational pull and with the noble metals exhibiting the opposite condition.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
July 29, 2011
Metals prices generally have benefited from recent strikes in Chile and South Africa. Any gold miner will now tell you that his biggest headache is the rapidly rising cost of production, from labor to the cost of heavy industrial tires.
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By Frank Holmes |
July 22, 2011
This year has been eventful for the oil patch. Natural disasters, revolutions, terrorist attacks and political maneuvering kept oil bouncing around $100 per barrel and 3.8% higher on the year at the end of June.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
February 14, 2011
Gold and silver are higher after last week's 1% and 3.5% gains in dollars. Silver is particularly strong again this morning and the euro has come under pressure as bonds in Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Greece continue to rise.
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By Jon Nadler |
January 28, 2011
Spot bullion dealing opened the final session of the week with a very modest bounce, gaining 90 cents to rise to the $1,315.80 level while the US dollar slipped 0.09 lower to 77.69 on the index, just ahead of the release of US GDP data.
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By Jon Nadler |
January 27, 2011
Wednesday's FOMC announcement-induced price gains in gold evaporated overnight as the yellow metal not only did not manage to overcome overhead resistance levels but fell victim to selling in the wake of rising risk appetite for other assets.
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By Matthew L. Scullin |
December 14, 2010
Tellurium, used in both photovoltaic and thermoelectric technologies, has become a recent topic of debate in cleantech and materials science because of its rarity.
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By Jon Nadler |
October 5, 2010
Japan's 0.1% rate 'cut' surprised and rattled currency, bond, and metals overnight markets more than any of its previous currency market intervention did. The BoJ effectively ran out of rate-tinkering ammo with this 'all stops removed' accommodation.
