Barry Stuppler

The Trump administration levied more than 55 billion in new tariffs on China . . . .

After trading above and below the important $1,300 level for the past three weeks, Gold appears to have (hopefully) firmly . . . .

Silver is likely to reach $18.50 an ounce in third quarter of 2018, and maybe even hit 2016 highs of $21.50 an ounce by the four quarter, based on . . . .

Countries around the world are working to find ways to circumvent the US dollar when it comes to trade and settlement. In addition to that, nations are requesting for their gold holdings stored overseas to return home . . . .

Today, the Federal Reserve, as expected, raised interest rates by ¼ of a point . . . .

Apparently, the North Korean summit didn’t produce enough information to move the precious metal needle . . . .

The Gold price was on hold last week. All five-trading days, Gold closed between a low of $1,293 and a high of $1,298.50 per ounce; an unbelievably narrow high/low range of only $5.50 on low trading volume . . . .

To say the results of last weekend’s G-7 meeting were disappointing is an under-statement . . . .

With China’s strong economic growth in the first quarter of this year, jewelry demand in that country also increased, but platinum jeweler demand lagged behind other jewelry segments owing to a lack in innovative product and market-wide marketing support, says Platinum Guild International . . . .

Gold continues to stay in a very tight $7 high/low trading range . . . .