Gold and Silver Eagle Bullion Sales June 2009
The US Mint's sales of gold and silver bullion coins during June 2009 showed increases from both the prior month and year ago levels. The increases came amidst two interesting developments for the US Mint's bullion coin programs. In the middle of the month, the US Mint announced that their long standing rationing programs
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Gold, Silver & Platinum 2009 Second Quarter Performance
With the second quarter behind us, let's take a look at the performance of gold, silver, and platinum for the second quarter of 2009 and year to date. All of the metals posted gains, but at single digit levels. The best performer for the second quarter was silver with a gain of 6.33%, followed by platinum
Platinum ETF and Palladium ETF Coming Soon?
ETF Securities USA recently filed with the SEC to launch exchange traded funds covering platinum and palladium. There are currently no exchange traded funds covering these metals available in the United States. The same firm already offers ETFs for platinum and palladium which trade in Europe. According
Gold, Silver & Platinum 2009 First Quarter Performance
With the first quarter at an end, let's take a look at the performance of gold, silver, and platinum so far this year. When putting the numbers together, I knew what to expect, but its still surprising to see where the final numbers landed. Gold, silver, and platinum's performance relative to one another
Gold and Silver Market Manipulation, Paper Market Crash, Platinum Jumps
Beneath Cash4Gold's shiny veneer, a dull reality The Cash4Gold Superbowl ad certainly brought the company a lot of mainstream attention. However, it also brought to light many questions about their payment
Gold and Silver ETF, Gold vs. Platinum, Gold Revaluation Debate
It's another Gold and Silver Blog Round up, exploring some gold , silver and precious metals related articles and blog posts from around the web. COMEX commercial positions
Platinum Tops $1,000, 2008 Average Price of Silver, Bearish call on Gold
A brief round up of some of the more interesting gold, silver, and precious metals articles and events from the past week. Platinum Tops $1,000 on Stimulus Outlook; Gold, Silver Drop Even
US Mint Unveils New Pricing Policy
The US Mint unveiled a new pricing policy which covers all Gold and Platinum Numismatic Products. This pricing policy does not refer to any of the bullion offerings, but only the numismatic
Did Platinum Just Break Out?
After falling below the $900 level in late October, Platinum spent more than two months trading in a relatively tight range between $780 and $900. In the final days of 2008, Platinum pushed above $900 and now stands at $946. This recent move looks bullish to me. Chart courtesy of
2008 Gold, Platinum & Silver Performance
As trillions of dollars in equity values were vaporized this year, a strong November and December performance pushed gold into positive territory by year end. Gold's annual gain was 4.32%. This marks gold's eighth consecutive annual gain. The "lost decade" for stocks, has been quite the opposite for
