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By Will Bancroft |
May 21, 2012
Traditionally pension funds have ignored gold due to their focus on yields. Japan is the world’s second largest pension market, and a move by Okayama Metal & Machinery is worth paying close attention to.
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By Adrian Ash |
May 1, 2012
The fix which El-Erian and central banks everywhere now hope for might not in fact work. It sure didn't reverse Japan's depression two decades ago. And either way, it hasn't yet shown up in the West, where "austerity" is now being challenged by a growing political consensus.
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By Adrian Ash |
April 5, 2012
Suddenly financial repression is everywhere. Apparently there's no escaping it. The forced imposition of real losses on savers, aimed at cutting the real value of government and banking debt, financial repression has become a hot topic for analysts and hacks alike.
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By Jon Nadler |
March 23, 2012
The final trading session of this week opened with mild gains in the precious metals’ complex, as crude oil and copper recovered a tad and as the dollar retreated a bit on the trade weighted index.
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By Jon Nadler |
March 14, 2012
The midweek sessions in precious metals started off at sharply lower price levels in the wake of the sentiment that took gold post the Fed announcement that given current economic conditions it has opted to do nothing more than monitor the situation.
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By Adrian Ash |
February 3, 2012
Gold may well remain volatile, but it is increasingly attractive as the only truly hard currency, and it may also induce inflationary distortions that give a rise to commodities and gold as store of value alternatives.
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By Ben Traynor |
August 3, 2011
The gold price hit a record $1,672 per ounce Wednesday morning in London - a 2.7% rise from last Friday's close. The gold price at the London Fix meantime also hit four records in all three currencies - the dollar, euro and pound.
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By Adrian Ash |
April 15, 2011
Prices to buy silver and gold jumped at the start of Asian trade on Friday, hitting new 31-year and all-time dollar records respectively, as Beijing reported a surge in China's growth and inflation rates.
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By Adrian Ash |
March 17, 2011
Gold bullion prices stalled just above $1,400 per ounce for the second day running on Thursday, as crude oil rose sharply amid the near-meltdown at Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactors.
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By Adrian Ash |
March 11, 2011
The chief mischief of cheap money is back - the idea that, with low-risk returns at zero and less, it's safe to seek a little fillip from leveraging what would otherwise be higher-risk trades. Right until they blow up.
