Barry Stuppler

A U.S. Dollar rally has put Gold on the defensive during trading today. Gold hit a low of $1,315 before finding good support . . . .

Silver prices may be down so far this year, but analysts still expect the precious metal to post solid gains and possibly even outperform its more expensive rival gold . . . .

Gold has now recovered from being negative to close the day higher on three occasions in as many days since Friday . . . .

Hungary latest country to repatriate gold . . . .

Today, Gold is trading in a tight $10 High/Low trading range, from $1,330 to $1,320 per ounce . . . .

A combination of a weaker U.S. Dollar and Rex Tillerson, the U.S. Secretary of State, being fired has help increase Gold demand today . . . .

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 . . . .