Offer & Supply

Gold mining companies have a significant influence on the price of the yellow metal. With demand for physical gold tending to run out of steam in the first quarter of 2023, the pressure on production costs raises questions about the outlook for the gold price.

The charts compare the price of gold to the Producer Price Index of Lumber and Wood Products, but also to palladium and to the price of Microsoft stock. To figure out whether an asset is in a bull market, you don't just want to see the nominal value increase, you also want to see that asset outpe...

For the first time in several years, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) is once again publishing its purchasing data. This change in behavior is not insignificant, and testifies to the country's determination to establish itself as a major player in the gold market.

Following a historical high level of central bank gold buying, gold continues to be viewed favourably by central banks. 24% of central banks intend to increase their holding reserves in the next 12 months.

Investors' infatuation with tangible assets and the gradual abandonment of growth stocks is likely to be the theme of late 2023.

It is as if gold and silver are waiting for the resolution of the US debt ceiling talks. In addition to debt risk, the other risk of blowout is now in the U.S. housing market.

When the banking system is multiplying bankruptcies, the US Treasury is preparing to default on its debt, real estate prices are collapsing and emerging countries are abandoning exchanges in dollars, there is only precious metals to protect its capital. Gold and silver are at the very start of an...

The realization of the disconnection between the paper market and physical supply is likely to come very late: it is only when copper reserves are almost exhausted that the importance of physical versus paper will be truly measured. This sudden realization, which will also occur in silver, could...

In the face of the current transformation of the world economy, gold seems to be the safe haven asset par excellence, especially for central banks. Many of them are seeking to diversify their reserves in the face of inflation, rising geopolitical tensions and, last but not least, with the aim of...

China's gold reserves rose by 8.09 tonnes to 2,076.47 tonnes at the end of April, marking the sixth consecutive monthly increase in gold holdings.