I’m not a big fan of precious metals ETFs. They follow bullion prices, and investors pay a fee for holding the ETF. The only return for an investor is the potential rise in precious metals prices. Conversely, bullion miners or…
Despite the weakening of the gold market during last year, the demand for gold in Asia mainly in China and India strengthened during 2013. But does Asia still play an important role in determining the price of gold? Also, is…
In previous years, the FOMC’s expanding monetary policy (e.g. lowering interest rates) has raised the demand for gold, which supposes to protect its investors from the potential devaluation of the U.S dollar. Therefore, the FOMC’s recent decisions to cut down…
The slow rise of gold has also put some wind in the sails of gold producer Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) as its stock soared by over 22%, year to date. Besides the recent rally of gold, are this company’s fundamentals still…
Precious metals prices moved with an unclear trend during the first two weeks of November, but by the end of the month silver rose while gold edged down. The recent decision of the EU leaders to approve the next Greek…