Commentaries

Having seen a bottom in July, the price of gold has rebounded and seems to be relatively flat.

BULLION prices recovered most of an earlier dip lunchtime Wednesday in London, with gold trading 1.2% lower for the week so far ahead of policy-meeting minutes from the US Federal Reserve.

Without a doubt, markets are waiting for the release of minutes from the Fed’s July policy meeting for clues on the timing of stimulus tapering.

Whether the stock market is in a long-term bullish trend or a long-term bearish trend can’t be determined by looking at nominal prices.

According to Reuters, last week India hiked the import duty on gold yet again to a record 10% and raised excise duty on the metal, as imports jumped in July despite the government’s attempts to strangle supply and curb demand to rein in dollar spending.

Last week we focused on the idea that gold is not an inflation hedge.

The destruction culminating in late June in the gold price brought out the usual suspects to school us ever since about why gold is all done as a worthy investment in an era of economic revival, compliments of heroic policy making by Ben Bernanke and Associates.  Perceptions are now fully cemented toward policy maker control … Continue reading

n our previous essay we focused on silver’s relationship with the general stock market.

According to Reuters, Fed stimulus has helped fuel the S&P’s gain of nearly 19 percent in 2013.

My first article is based our just-released Market Overview (monthly reports).