Gold, silver down as USDX rallies, U.S. Treasury yields remain elevated Gold and silver prices are lower in midday U.S. trading Thursday, pressured by a rally in the U.S. dollar index on this day and by U.S. Treasury yields that remain elevated. Gold down-ticked a bit more following the European Central Bank regular monetary policy […]
Gold market is waiting for next week's Fed meeting – StoneX's O'Connell The gold market has been trapped in a three-week holding pattern and could continue to consolidate until next week's Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting, according to one market analyst. The CME FedWatch Tool shows that markets see a more than 90% chance that […]
Gold pricing consolidates above the 200-day moving average As of 4:55 PM EDT gold futures basis, the most active August 2022 contract is fixed at $1854.40 which is a net gain of $10.70 or 0.58%. In fact, over the last 13 trading days, gold prices have remained and closed above a key technical study that […]
Gold loses early gains as greenback, U.S. Treasury yields push higher Gold prices are modestly down in midday U.S. trading Monday, while silver is holding mild gains. Both metals lost altitude in morning trading as the U.S. dollar index rallied to its daily high, while U.S. Treasury yields resumed their upward advance. The yield on […]
Russia's Gold Standard a "Pipe Dream"; Why a Gold Standard Is Not Happening – Jeff Christian and Gary Wagner According to Jeff Christian and Gary Wagner, Russia did not return to a gold standard after the Ukraine war. And even if they had, a gold standard won't work. Jeff Christian is the Managing Director of […]
What's next for gold price after May's U.S. employment surprise? Despite an impressive two-day rally, gold is ending the week flat after the upbeat U.S. May employment report managed to keep the doom and gloom projections about the economy's future at bay. The gold market hit new daily lows Friday as markets digested U.S. nonfarm […]
A strong jobs report supports continued monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve A Bloomberg survey of economists indicated that the medium estimate for jobs added in May would show that approximately 318,000 new jobs were added. Additionally, the survey also predicted that the unemployment rate would fall to 3.5%. A Wall Street Journal survey of […]
Gold pricing -The dollar gives value and the dollar takes it away Unquestionably dollar strength or weakness plays an extremely critical role in day-to-day price changes of gold. Intrinsically dollar strength or weakness has an exact correlation to price changes in gold. That is because in North America gold prices are paired against the U.S. […]
Extreme dollar strength limits the price gains in gold today A substantial move in the dollar nullified market participants from bidding the precious yellow metal substantially higher in trading today. As of 6:30 PM EDT gold futures basis, the most active August 2022 contract is fixed at $1849.70. The gains in gold today were largely […]
Gold declines almost 1%, flirting with the 200-day Tuesday May 31, 2022 18:06 Today's price decline results in the second consecutive month of lower prices. On a technical basis, the fact that gold tested and briefly dipped below its 200-day moving average brings up a realistic probability that the long-term market sentiment for gold is […]