Category: Precious Metals

  • Why Silver Bars May Be A Golden Investment For 2007

    Silver bars is a wonderful way to put your money in precious metals. This investment does not demand loads of money and you can get the strength and steadiness that comes along with precious metals. With technological advances you can now opt for online trading of metals. You need to search for dealers or firms…

  • International Monetary Fund Told to Sell Gold

    St. LOUIS (ResourceInvestor.com) — An esteemed group of eminent persons, including former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and current President of the European Central Bank Claude Trichet, has recommended that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sell up to 400 tonnes of gold as means to finance ongoing costs. In a report submitted to the IMF Executive…

  • The Gold/Silver Ratio

    Many investors in commodities use ratios to determine if one resource is incorrectly valued as compared to another. These relationships, based on historical prices, can often give us vital information on oil vs. natural gas, corn vs. soybeans, and especially gold vs. silver. While certainly not the most important factor in determining the possible returns…

  • Metals Continue Bull Run

    Metals continue the bull run. We expect to see $700 on gold in the very near future. Geopolitical and world economic events coupled with the normal supply and demand equation have this market poised to make a run at the infamous Hunt Brothers high back in the early 80’s. First we of course need to…

  • Russia leading global ‘stealth demand’ for gold

    By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The world’s big money brigade is snapping up gold bullion at eight times the rate originally thought, according to a report by UBS, the world’s biggest gold trader. The huge sums entering precious metals below the radar are likely to help to put a floor under the gold price after the dramatic…

  • Rising Oil Prices Propel The Gold Bull Market to Historical Highs

    Financial experts agree that high oil prices will continue to propel the gold bull market to record-high levels, positioning gold coins as a secure and lucrative investment despite a weak U.S. equities market. (PRWEB) May 23, 2006 — By triggering inflation and consecutive interest rate hikes, record-high oil prices have created ideal economic conditions for…

  • Isn’t that precious? Platinum hits high

    Asia drives rally; platinum at 26-year high; palladium hits a 17-month mark, gold and silver follow. NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York platinum futures stormed to a new 26-year high Thursday morning on the third day of speculative and trade buying, while palladium hit a 17-month peak and gold and silver reached 10-day highs. Dealers…

  • Dubai still enhancing its gold market position

    By Rhona O’Connell – LONDON (Mineweb.com) — Dubai is continuing its relentless march into the centre of the bullion market, with plans to start futures trading in the precious metals and other innovations proving successful. Dubai is rightly known as the hub of the physical gold market, feeding both to the Indian sub-Continent and to…

  • CPM: Gold landscape radically altered

    By Dorothy Kosich – RENO–(Mineweb.com) The “2005 Gold Survey” unveiled Tuesday by the New York-based CPM Group has concluded that several significant developments “have come together over the past year and a half to radically alter the gold landscape.” CPM found that gold mine production and average cash costs will continue to increase, the price…