Daily Market Report

GOLD Today was definitely a consolidation day for Gold, as the price stayed within a $14 low/high price range. At 11am PDT Today Gold is trading at $1,775.60, down $4.20 per ounce. I believe we are going to see many more central banks following the lead of the European Central Bank, the U.S. Federal Reserve, Chinese Central Bank and the...

GOLD Gold opened lower this morning due to a stronger U.S. Dollar versus the Euro on reports of Spain struggling to reach a solution to its debt problem. Then Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, spoke on CNBC. He said, “The Federal Reserve’s third round of bond purchases will likely have to last through 2013 until...

GOLD As today is the end of Gold trading for the third quarter, let’s look at the performance of Gold during this period. For the 3third quarter of 2012, Gold has increased $168 per ounce (10.4%). With Gold trading at $1,772 per ounce at 11am PDT today, that means for the month of September, Gold has increased $85 per ounce...

GOLD Weaker U.S. economic data (see below) has led to a weaker U.S. Dollar, and stronger energy and precious metal prices. Today’s Gold rally makes it seven weeks in a row that the largest weekly increase in price has come on a Thursday or Friday. At 11am PDT Today, Gold is up $25.70 per ounce, trading at $1,777.90 per ounce...

GOLD Weakness in the Euro today has driven up the value of the U.S. Dollar and a stronger Dollar is negative for Gold. Therefore, today we finally saw a short term correction in the price of Gold. Gold briefly broke down below the key $1,750 support level, reaching $1,735 per ounce at one point this morning before major professional buying...

GOLD Gold rallied this morning based on reports of increasing physical demand for Gold and a press release from the IMF reporting new central bank buying of Gold in July and August. In India we are looking for strong Gold demand as the festival of Diwali approaches on November 13th.  At 11am PDT Today, Gold is up $2.30, trading at...

GOLD Gold prices fell early this morning in Asian trading. Talk that France and Germany are at odds as to when the currency zone should centralize banking supervision sent the precious metal falling amid profit taking. Germany is hoping to delay giving the European Central Bank more power to oversee the Eurozone’s financial institutions. Earlier this morning Gold dropped to...

GOLD This morning there are creditable reports of a serious new proposal coming from the ECB to resolve Spain’s debt problem. This news has caused the US Dollar to fall in value versus the Euro and Gold and Silver to rally sharply. Gold reached $1,790 on heavy volume of trading based on this news before we saw resistance and short...

GOLD Today, Japan became the fifth country and/or central bank to announce a fresh round of monetary stimulus (QE). I expect more countries to join the bandwagon along with England, Europe, China and the United States. Currency debasement is contiguous and will continue to spread as the price of Gold/Silver valued in these currencies will set new all-time highs again...

GOLD The Bank of Japan this morning announced that it will increase its asset buying and loan program by 10 trillion yen ($127 billion). Central bank accommodation is generally viewed as supportive of Gold because it devalues paper currencies and leads to future inflation. Its move also comes on the heels of recent major monetary easing announcements by the US...