Supply & Demand

Silver and gold should be far more successful than investments in unpayable debt, paper currencies, and levitated stock and bond markets.

Trade body Indian Bullion & Jewellers Association (IBJA) has created a flutter among some of its 2500 members by informing them through a text message that the government might ban imports of gold into the country until the end of the current fiscal year (FY17) and advance the last date of de...

India's government increased the limit on cash withdrawals from bank accounts on Sunday to calm public anger as millions of people clamored for new rupee bills after a shock abolishment of large denomination notes. Large crowds were again gathered at banks across the country trying to change 5...

Trading volume on Wednesday was 861,275 contracts - the highest in CME Gold history.      

Over 85,000 gold futures contracts (over $10 billion) just traded as gold plunged from $1260 to $1230 as US equity markets opened

So much for breaking out - that was very short lived. That is now the fifth attempt to break the long term resistance that was met with failure. With the USD & Bond Yields heading higher there will be pressure on gold to head lower.        

This chart explains gold rise and fall  

Egypt has devalued its currency by 48% and announced that it will be allowed to float – measures that meet a key demand by the International Monetary Fund in order to secure a $12bn (£9.6bn) loan over three years to overhaul its ailing economy. The devaluation pegged the Egyptian pound at 13 to...

Shanghai Gold Exchange and Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange signed an agreement on Friday in Shanghai which makes the DGCX the first foreign exchange to use the SGE's renminbi-denominated gold benchmark.

We can’t help but see also the beginning of a flight away from the currencies. And, besides, those countries (China, Middle-East countries) are indeed big buyers of gold, whether through their people or their central banks.