gold trends

As geopolitical tensions around North Korea continue to dominate the gold market, analysts debate over how much profit taking the yellow metal might see next week after nearing the key $1,300 level on Friday . . . .

Gold bar and investment coin demand is up 11% year-on-year . . . .

Sprott Inc, the precious metals-focused money manager, sees gold rising by the end of this year as weaker-than-expected economic growth drives stock prices lower . . . .

Despite recent pressure, famed investor and gold expert Dennis Gartman says he’s "reasonably impressed" with the metal’s performance, especially as sister commodity crude oil struggles . . . .

Beginning of the end: The entire mining sector could be headed for closure as mining costs rise and production decreases . . . .

Credit Suisse still looks for $1,400-an-ounce gold by the fourth quarter . . . .

Gold is on the way up, says Tom Beck, editor of Portfolio Wealth Global, and sets out several elements investors should look for before buying . . . .

Gold prices reached an all-time high dollar price of $1,898 per ounce on September 5, 2011. Then began a relentless four-year, 43% plunge that took gold prices to $1,058 on November 27, 2015 . . . .

When we hear commentary on why the gold price has moved, we usually hear of U.S. economic or political factors and a move in the U.S. Dollar. Most times these do not precipitate the buying of physical gold . . . .

Most tellingly, currency markets are again in a state of crisis – led by the “tell” of plunging emerging market and “commodity currency” nations . . . .