The recent recovery of the U.S. dollar along with the rally of U.S. equities provided the proper climate to see gold and silver fall down. Moreover, the latest interview given by Bullard gave the necessary excuse to keep the speculations…
The cool down in the U.S. equities and the weakness of the U.S. dollar against the leading currencies have provided the proper environment to slowly bring back up gold and silver. Will this slow recovery last? This week’s U.S. economic…
It seems the market was waiting for an excuse to start selling off the U.S dollar after it had spiked in the recent weeks against the Euro, Yen and Aussie dollar. Last week, the minutes of the FOMC meting provided…
The latest positive news from the U.S labor market – the NF payroll showed 248K jobs added during September and August numbers were revised up to 180K – was enough to drag down the prices of gold and silver to…
The recent tumble in the price of silver didn’t spare silver companies such as Silver Wheaton (SLW), Pan American Silver (PAAS) and First Majestic Silver (AG). But if silver were to recover, does Silver Wheaton measure up to other silver…
The bullion market didn’t perform well again last week: Silver lost 1.7% off its value, while the price of gold inched down by 0.1%. As a result, the gold to silver ratio rose again by 1.6% to around the 70…
Gold and silver took another tumble as both bullion prices: For gold, it reached its lowest level since the beginning of the year; silver came down below $18 for the first time since August 2010! The latest FOMC meeting had…
The weakness of the silver market in the past couple of years calls into question the profitability of some of Silver Wheaton’s (SLW) streaming contracts. Let’s examine the company’s streaming agreement with Hudbay (HBM) from back in September 2012 for…
Precious metals, much like crude oil, resumed their downfall. This week, the main reports from the U.S are the upcoming FOMC meeting and press conference, Philly Fed index, PPI and CPI, FOMC Chair Yellen speaks, industrial production and housing figures.…
Precious metals, much like other commodities, kicked off last week with a plunge in prices. As the week progressed, bullion prices remained relatively flat even after the ECB surprised the markets with a rate slash and promise of an ABS…