Gold and silver were down yet again this Friday, though only slightly. After today’s November employment report beat market expectations investors the world over were expecting to see gold and silver take a large dip in value, but such was not the case. Thanks to more bargain-hunting buying by those who feel gold and silver […]

Gold and silver performed a bit better this week, though, to be fair, neither metal made any gains worth getting too excited about. After a quiet middle of the week due to the observance of the American Thanksgiving holiday, Friday saw gold and silver make marginal gains thanks to a weaker US Dollar. Market bears […]

Gold and silver had another downbeat week this week as the FOMC minutes ended up being more bearish than what was anticipated. It was unfortunate for gold and silver investors because the only news of the week, the FOMC minutes, ended up being a bearish factor. In fact, the only other bigs economic news of […]

Gold and silver had a lackluster week as losses persisted for the second consecutive 5-day session. To be fair, precious metals never really had a chance to make any gains due to a quieter world marketplace. The biggest news story of the week involved statements made by Ben Bernanke’s possible successor as chairperson of the […]

Gold and silver have suffered significant losses this week after a somewhat surprising outcome from the European Central Bank meeting. Not only that, but this week saw the US Dollar make significant gains against the euro currency, All US economic data released this week was positive, giving more strength to the notion that the FOMC […]

Gold and silver both finished the week in unimpressive fashion as a bearish FOMC statement has investors worried about carrying gold and silver with them into the near-term future. While the early stages of the week saw gold and silver remain mostly flat, Thursday brought about some hefty losses thanks to the FOMC statement. In […]

Gold and silver had positive weeks, though the gains both metals made were nothing extraordinary. After the early week brought us the delayed employment report from this past September, its weaker than expected figures initially helped boost spot values considerably. However, in the following few days, profit-taking and technical corrections saw both gold and silver […]

Gold and silver posted moderate losses this week as the US’ partial government shutdown stole the headlines all week long. The shutdown is now in its 11th day and at present there is no real sign that we will see an end anytime soon. In fact, some people closely following the situation referred to both […]

Unless you have been living under a rock recently, odds are pretty good that you have heard plenty about the US government shutdown. The shutdown, which is now in its 4th day, has a firm stranglehold on this week’s news. Though a complete and total government shutdown sounds a bit terrifying to some, the reality […]

Gold and silver began this last week of August looking like they were going to build upon the previous two weeks’ gains. With the US on the verge of involving themselves in yet another war, safe-haven demand for gold spiked in the early part of the week, only to see spot prices fall back to […]