Gold Advances On Week, Silver Retreats As Financial Crisis II Looms

Gold Advances On Week, Silver Retreats As Financial Crisis II Looms

June 3, 2011

Gold, platinum and palladium all advanced on the week while silver gave up most of the previous week's gains. As measured by the London PM Fix Price, gold gained $7 on the week to $1,540.00 while silver pulled back by $2.50 to $35.19.   Platinum moved up by $21

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Precious Metals Stage Impressive Rally – Are Gold Stocks Next?

Precious Metals Stage Impressive Rally – Are Gold Stocks Next?

May 27, 2011

As measured by the closing London PM Fix Price, precious metals staged impressive gains this week, rallying across the board.  Ongoing concerns about the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the debt limit ceiling

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Precious Metals Little Changed On Week While Investors Ponder Government Defaults

Precious Metals Little Changed On Week While Investors Ponder Government Defaults

May 20, 2011

Precious metal prices traded in a narrow range this week.  As measured by the closing London Fix Price, gold, platinum and silver declined slightly while palladium gained $16 per ounce. After the London close,

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Precious Metals Prices Stumble In Wild Trading Week

Precious Metals Prices Stumble In Wild Trading Week

May 8, 2011

Commodity and precious metal prices tumbled this week, with gold and silver prices snapping a streak of four consecutive weekly increases. Following the recent run up in prices, there had been some anticipation of a correction. In addition, there were concerns that the Fed's announcement of the end of

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Precious Metals Soar – Thank You Ben Bernanke

Precious Metals Soar – Thank You Ben Bernanke

April 29, 2011

As predicted on Monday, the Federal Reserve policy meeting and subsequent press conference by Fed Chief Ben Bernanke had the potential to cause an explosive move up in the precious metal markets. (see

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Gold Hits All Time High and Silver Breaks $40 as Precious Metal Demand Soars

Gold Hits All Time High and Silver Breaks $40 as Precious Metal Demand Soars

April 9, 2011

Anything but paper dollars was the theme this week as investors rushed into anything of tangible value.  Gold, silver, oil and commodities of all types have been skyrocketing since last August when the Federal Reserve announced its second round of quantitative easing. Gold closed at an all time high

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Gold and Silver Prices Push To New Highs, Gold Silver Ratio Drops To 28 Year Low

Gold and Silver Prices Push To New Highs, Gold Silver Ratio Drops To 28 Year Low

March 25, 2011

Gold and silver prices, as measured by the London PM Fix Price, moved to new highs on the week. Gold, as measured by the closing London PM Fix Price, gained $16 per ounce on the week and hit an all

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Gold and Silver Prices Gain on Week

Gold and Silver Prices Gain on Week

March 18, 2011

As measured by the London PM Fix price, gold and silver prices gained on the week after declining approximately 1% each in the previous week.  Gold gained $8.50 per ounce on the week to $1,420.00.  Silver was the stand out gainer on the week with a 3% or $1.05 per ounce gain.   As the situation in

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Perth Mint Introduces Australian Platypus Platinum Bullion Coins

Perth Mint Introduces Australian Platypus Platinum Bullion Coins

March 4, 2011

On March 1, 2011, the Perth Mint of Australia introduced a new platinum investment coin to complement the gold and silver offerings of their official bullion program. The Perth Mint has not offered a platinum investment coin since the withdrawal of the Platinum Koala in 2000, however they do produce

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Gold and Silver Prices Higher as Platinum and Palladium Sell Off

Gold and Silver Prices Higher as Platinum and Palladium Sell Off

February 26, 2011

As turmoil reigned in the Middle East and worries mounted over the reduction of oil supplies, gold and silver proved their safe haven status as both moved higher in price. After a very solid gain of $1.94 per ounce last week, silver continued its upward move with another gain of $.60.  The closing London

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