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Will 2023 be the year that gold hits $3,000 an ounce? . . . .Frank Holmes

Goldman Sachs expects gold, with its real demand drivers, to outperform the highly volatile bitcoin in the long term, the bank wrote in a Monday research note. . . .Reuters

After November's massive rally, we are finally starting to see some follow-through buying in the gold market as prices end the week at a four-month high above $1,800 an ounce. . . . Kitco

By the end of November, India had imported 8,000t of silver – up substantially on the 4,500t taken in during the entirety of 2021. . . .Robin Bromby

In 2023, gold finally finds its footing after a challenging 2022, in which many investors were left frustrated by its inability to rally even as inflation surged to a 40-year high. . . .Ole Hansen

We have over time been pretty positive about the prospects for the gold price – currently wavering just short of the $1,800 mark, but have tended to be negative on cryptocurrencies. . . .Lawrie Williams

Central banks continue to accumulate gold according to the latest data available.1 In October – data is lagged by two months . . . . Krishan Gopaul

Silver price (XAG/USD) renews a six-month high of around $22.40 early Thursday, after crossing the key resistance line stretched from March. . . . Anil Panchal

The gold and silver market bulls have hit the accelerator in the wake of a dovish lean on U.S. monetary policy by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in comments delivered Wednesday afternoon. . . .Jim Wyckoff

In the last month, the yellow metal has galloped 7.2% higher, despite a closing low of $1,630.90 in early November . . . .Shivam Kaushik