In the world of finance and policy, two major announcements could have profound implications for global investors and the offshore investment landscape. CME Group to Launch 1-Ounce Gold Futures Contract CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, has revealed plans to launch a 1-ounce gold futures contract on January 13, 2025, pending regulatory review. This…
The US Gold Market is best known as the home of gold futures trading on the COMEX in New York. The COMEX has a literal monopoly on gold futures trading volumes worldwide, but very little physical gold is actually exchanged between COMEX trading participants, and gold inventories maintained in COMEX vaults in New York are…
It was predictable: gold takes a breather, and a flash mob of gold agnostics and atheists forms to point out the price is falling and that there’s little reason to get excited about it. That’s the problem with investing bias; you don’t look for, or just ignore, evidence that shows another factor is in play.…
From a purely mental perspective it’s a snap. We know when the low will occur and the gold market will turn from a bear to a bull. It will happen when most market participants expect a higher future price than the then spot price plus the cost to carry. Ludwig von Mises, in Human Action,…
Gold represents many different things to many different people. For some, the world of commodities trading is simply one of several elements within a larger investment portfolio. To others, gold represents a reliable and secure vehicle through which future financial security, particularly during retirement years, can be gained. That being said, the price of gold…
In my estimation, Central Bankers around the world have an acute fear of deflation. Their prescription has been (and continues to be) hefty doses of easy money. A plethora of British Pounds, and abundance of Euros, a deluge of US Dollars, a surplus of Swiss Francs. This is an ongoing and concerted strategy to avoid…
Unbelievable! This week has been one most volatile trading periods this long time Gold bug has ever witnessed. It was truly amazing and reminder to all traders to bank profits when the opportunity presents itself…You will never go broke taking profits…. This week we traded unbelievable ranges in Gold, Silver, as well as the Crude…
This week the Gold market notched another all-time high as the Globex June contract traded as high as $1476.40 as the sky rocketing price of Crude Oil are fueling the high prices of both Gold and Silver. Higher Crude Oil prices are aiding global inflation and forcing many investors to choose the precious metals as…
This is not an April Fools joke…commodities belong in all portfolios if an investor has some risk aversion just look what’s happening in commodities compared to other asset classes. Crude has its highest close in 2011 to kick off the first trading day in Q2. The momentum should carry prices upwards of $110/barrel but we…
