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News and Commentaries Closing Gold & Silver Market Report – 5/8/2013 by Ted Prince May 8, 2013 GOLD REBOUNDS ON WEAK DOLLAR, ASIAN DEMAND Gold climbed to its highest level in almost one month following Tuesday’s losses. Support from a weaker dollar and strong demand for the metal in Asia have helped drive the price today. Along with a substantial influx of net Gold buying in Chin... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 5/3/2013 by Ted Prince May 3, 2013 GOLD STEADY AS JOBS REPORT BOOSTS STOCKS Precious Metals prices remain relatively unchanged during Friday’s session as physical demand continues to buoy the market following the release of strong jobs data. Though Gold has clawed its way back to regain half the ground it lost during its two session... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 5/2/2013 by Ted Prince May 2, 2013 CENTRAL BANKS REMAIN COMMITTED TO STIMULUS The Gold price continues to rise today as the European Central Bank (ECB) has reaffirmed its commitment to accommodative monetary policy. Today’s news from the ECB follows Wednesday’s Federal Reserve report that indicated the U.S. stimulus program will rem... [more] Closing Gold & Silver Market Report – 5/1/2013 by Ted Prince May 1, 2013 QE REMAINS UNCHANGED AS PHYSICAL DEMAND STILL STRONG The Gold price rebounded slightly from morning lows as the Federal Reserve expressed no intention of altering its ultra loose monetary policy. Though the Fed announced that the U.S. economy is experiencing modest expansion they did state “the Com... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 4/25/2013 by Ted Prince April 25, 2013 GOLD GAINS; CONTINUED QE LIKELY Gold is once again on the rise as strong physical demand was underpinned by the speculation of continued ultra-loose global monetary policy. Today’s two percent boost in the Gold price has driven the metal up enough to regain half of the ground it lost followin... [more] Closing Gold & Silver Market Report – 4/24/2013 by Ted Prince April 24, 2013 PHYSICAL DEMAND CONTINUES AS EARNINGS PROJECTIONS WAVER Gold continued to rise today as disappointing economic data prompted a surge in demand for both paper and physical Precious Metals. As Gold is set to record losses of roughly 11 percent this month, many individuals remain undeterred as t... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 4/22/2013 by Ted Prince April 22, 2013 GOLD BOOSTED BY PHYSICAL DEMAND The Gold price has recovered some of the ground lost after last week’s major price drop as expectations for the metal remain positive among many investors. “As the price moved over $1,400 U.S. dollars/ounce, physical traders, on the expectation that Gold could possi... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 4/19/2013 by Ted Prince April 19, 2013 RETAIL DEMAND FOR GOLD SOARS AFTER DRASTIC PRICE DIP As Gold struggles to regain some of the ground it lost after suffering major losses earlier this week, individual investors are taking advantage of the price slump with a frenzy of physical bullion buying. "It's just like the sales after Chr... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 4/18/2013 by Ted Prince April 18, 2013 BLACKROCK REMAINS BULLISH ON GOLD LONG-TERM The Gold price has trickled up slightly today as the U.S. dollar sunk following weak economic data forecasting slow growth in the near future. Though the metal is currently hesitant to realize a strong rebound from the past week’s major sell-off, which ... [more] Closing Gold & Silver Market Report – 4/17/2013 by Ted Prince April 17, 2013 GOLD CONTINUES DECLINE ON PLETHORA OF ECONOMIC FEARS Precious Metals and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both suffered another session of losses today. In the wake of the poor performance of both asset classes, traders were drawn to the strength of the U.S. dollar, which rallied against a basket o... 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