Barry Stuppler

Gold dropped to $1,310 in early European trading on strong U.S. economic news and started to recover as U.S. markets opened . . . .

Interesting and unusual day. It was reported this morning that in February there were 313,000 new jobs added to the work force . . . .

Gold traded today between $1,320 and $1,330 waiting for news that would give it short-term direction . . . .

One of the potential outcomes of a trade war is that other nations start dumping U.S. Treasury securities, which could boost gold demand, says Goldman Sachs . . . .

Financial markets are still reacting to the effects that the trade war would cause . . . .

You wouldn’t believe it by looking in the financial news but the price of gold has had a stellar run over the last few years . . . .

On renewed global concerns over a possible trade war, there was excellent demand for precious metals in Asia, the Middle East and Europe this morning . . . .

Prices for the white metal may climb to $18 or higher . . . .

Gold continues its Friday rally, reaching a high of $1,328 in Asian and European trading . . . .

February U.S. Mint sales of American Eagle gold coins were the lowest in more than a decade, analysts report . . . .