The weakness in the gold market has also reflected in the fall in the price of SPDR Gold (GLD) – the ETF lost 5% during September. Will GLD recover from its recent fall? Let’s review the latest developments related to…
The silver market cooled down again last week. Last week’s FOMC meeting may have provided the fuel to drag down the price of silver to its lowest level in recent years. Also, let’s examine the latest developments in the silver…
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…
Gold ETFs SPDR Gold (GLD) didn’t perform well this month so far as it lost more than 4% of its value (up to date). Will GLD continue to come down in the coming days? How will the upcoming FOMC meeting…
The gold market kicked off September on a negative note as its price declined by 3%. Gold ETFs such as SPDR Gold (GLD) and iShares Gold Trust (IAU) also didn’t perform well in the past few days. The recent recovery…
The silver market cooled down mainly at the beginning of last week. The recent disappointing non-farm payroll report didn’t pull back up (by much) the price of silver. Moreover, even the latest surprise from the ECB to slash its rate…
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…
Silver’s downward trend reached an impasse last week. Let’s examine the relation between silver and U.S equities and gold. Also, will the upcoming non-farm payroll report adversely impact the price of silver? Last week, silver inched up 0.2%. The silver…
Silver Wheaton (SLW), the leading silver streaming company, hasn’t performed well in the stock market in the past month partly due to the weakness of silver prices. But what are the other factors that could have impacted this company’s stock?…
The price of silver continued to decline last week. Since the beginning of the month, silver lost 5% of its value. The changes in the foreign exchange market or gold seem to have little impact on silver. What could keep…