Barry Stuppler

GOLD Gold rose by nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, fueled by a recovery in the euro against the dollar. Adding to the demand for gold are mounting tensions between Iran and the United States over a possible disruption to oil supply, which boosted crude oil futures, and reports that Iran produced its first nuclear fuel rod. European and U.S. precious...

GOLD It’s 2012, and the precious metal professionals, commission houses and floor traders are back and they know a bargain when they see it. Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium are all higher on excellent volume. Gold is up $35.84 per ounce from last Friday, and at 11am PDT, trading at $1,602.34 on heavy volume. Gold imports to India, the world’s...

GOLD It’s 2012, and the precious metal professionals, commission houses, and floor traders are back, and they know a bargain when they see it.  Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium are all higher on excellent volume. The week between Christmas and New Years is traditionally a light volume week for commodities, equities, energy, and foreign exchange trading.  Many of the floor...

GOLD After trading as low as $1562 per ounce the week ending Dec. 16th, gold rallied last week, staying above the $1,600 psychological support level most of the week. Gold closed at $1,606.50 per ounce on Friday, Dec. 23rd, up $8.60 for the week. Last week, Gold traded in a very narrow range while the following positive U.S. economic news...