28 November, 2008
Gold and silver were flat yesterday and have remained unchanged in Asian and early European trading. Gold is set for a fourth straight week of gains on safe haven demand and on the likelihood of further dollar declines with further reductions in U.S. and international interest rates and further quantitative easing next month.
Euro gold and British pound gold remained firm at €633 and £529 after recent gains.
27 November, 2008
Both gold and silver fell slightly yesterday as the dollar and stock markets rallied on renewed increasing risk appetite. Euro gold and British pound gold remained near record highs of €628 and £532.
Gold has traded sideways in Asian and early European trading despite the horrendous terrorist attacks in India.
26 November, 2008
On the foot of recent reports that China is planning to diversify some of its massive foreign exchange reserves into gold, The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has released its latest
26 November, 2008
Gold was largely unchanged yesterday after rallying to as high as $830 and has traded sideways in Asian and early European trading.
Open interest levels in gold and silver on the COMEX have fallen to extremely low levels showing that nearly all the speculative froth has been liquidated and remaining longs are "strong hands".
25 November, 2008
Gold has given up some of yesterday's and the last four days' gains. Profit taking seems the most likely explanation as the dollar remains largely flat but the weakness in oil may be contributing to gold's weakness. Continuing unprecedented volatility in markets is leading to further safe haven demand.
24 November, 2008
Gold gains 6% in one week
In a remarkable week for the yellow metal, strong resistance at $770 last Monday may now be the level of support as Gold rallied on Friday, finishing up $50 on the day, 6% on the week.
21 November, 2008
Gold maintains its safe haven status
In an increasingly risk averse environment and in the wake of tumbling commodity markets, gold is maintaining a bid, albeit in a tight trading range with strong resistance at $777 , confirming its status as a safe haven asset. Gold is currently trading at $755 (12:15GMT).
20 November, 2008
Excerpts from The Financial Times' View from the Markets online interview with Jim Rogers:
FT: It’s a year since we last interviewed you.
18 November, 2008
Citigroup to cut 52,000 jobs
Vikram Pandit, the Chief Executive of Citigroup announced yesterday that in a bid to revive their ailing share price, a massive 52,000 jobs would be cut. That's 1 in every 7 employees and slash costs by $10bn. Citi shares have lost more than 75% of their value over the past year and suffered over $50bn in writedowns and credit provisions. An analyst likened Citigroup to a super tanker; turning it around takes a long time.
17 November, 2008
The Washington Times's Lawrence Hunter wrote last week that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has an opportunity to reset the economy and restore the U.S. dollar to its preeminence as the world's reserve currency by reestablishing the gold standard.
17 November, 2008
G20 Summit
The G20 leaders showed a united front as they pledged to shore up global growth, introduce regulatory reform in a relatively short timeframe and avoid protectionism. However, the timeframe for resolution of these reforms is as soon as March 31st. Success will hinge on the new US Administration's willingness to take big decisions, a mere 2 months after taking office.
14 November, 2008
Crude oil briefly dipped below $55 a barrel yesterday for the first time in 22 months prompted by reports, warning that demand will be significantly weaker in 2009 due to the global economic downturn.
Despite this, Gold gained slightly on the news that Chinese investors' demand had surged in the first nine months of 2008. Gold is currently trading at $728 after closing in New York on Wednesday at $710.30.
In wealth preservation terms, Gold is still doing an admirable job
12 November, 2008
The great global deleveraging continues. In a world that has become addicted to debt fuelled growth, the idea that readily available credit may no longer be available, has scared many into facing the truth; credit is not free and should never have been priced as such. Over the past few weeks markets have continue to sell off, outlook for production and consumption are all bearish and thus oil continues its volatile ride losing $2 overnight to its current level of $58 a barrel.
12 November, 2008
Since 2003, Gold Investments has clearly warned of property and stock market bubbles internationally, the risks in sharp falls in these markets and the importance of diversifying into gold.
This is our homepage from early 2004 when we clearly warned re property and stock bubbles and the importance of diversifying into gold - http://web.archive.org/web/20040324071856/http://www.gold.ie/
Our home page clearly warned investors and savers as seen in this section:
11 November, 2008
Gold and silver were up another 2% yesterday as bargain hunters continue to bottom feed.
11 November, 2008
I.O.U.S.A. is a documentary film released earlier this year, and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film focuses on the shape and impact of the United States national debt and features Robert Bixby, director of the Concord Coalition, and David Walker, the current U.S.
10 November, 2008
Gold rose 2.1% last week and is up another 2% in Asian and early European trading.
