APMEX Market Commentary Archive - Author Ryan Schwimmer

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News and Commentaries Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 3/15/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer March 15, 2013 CONSUMER PRICES RISE MOST SINCE JUNE 2009 Precious Metals prices remained steady after the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is a key inflation gauge. The CPI showed consumer prices rose 0.7 percent in February, the largest gain since June 2009. The main factor in the increase was ga... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 3/13/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer March 13, 2013 ANALYST PREDICTS ONGOING EASING THROUGH 2013 Gold and Platinum prices are mostly flat this morning, while Silver and Palladium are down slightly. Analysts continue to say that the high physical demand in Asia is one of the driving forces behind Gold’s price, though it seems the major topic is quant... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 3/12/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer March 12, 2013 ECB OFFICIAL HINTS AT CONTINUED EASING IN EUROPE Gold, Silver and Platinum prices are rising this morning as nervous investors push stock market futures down. The record stock market run seems to have these investors wary that a pullback could be imminent. Oliver Adler of Credit Suisse said that “i... [more] Mid-Day Gold & Silver Market Report – 3/6/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer March 6, 2013 GOLD, SILVER RESPOND WELL TO JOBS REPORT The Gold and Silver prices rose in morning trading even after positive news from a jobs report. Simon Weeks of ScotiaMocatta said, “We've clearly been in a period of sideways trading in the last few sessions and there are enough other bits and pieces going o... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 3/5/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer March 5, 2013 MONETARY POLICY TALK DRIVES PRICES Precious Metals prices are rising this morning with the Silver price taking the lead at a jump of almost two percent. The possibility of further monetary easing is driving prices after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments last week. Mitsui Precious Met... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 2/22/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer February 22, 2013 ANALYST PREDICTS ‘SILVER WILL HAVE A SPECTACULAR RISE’ Gold and Silver prices gave up early gains this morning ahead of today’s panel discussion with Federal Reserve officials set for 10:15 a.m. It is expected that the discussion will focus on how the dissent between politicians over fiscal policy ... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 2/20/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer February 20, 2013 FED MINUTES EYED; CRAMER TALKS UP GOLD Precious Metals prices are trading lower again this morning as investors await the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting. These minutes are expected to show that a large portion of the meeting was spent discussing how to end the third round of quanti... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 2/19/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer February 19, 2013 SEQUESTER BEGINS MARCH 1, COULD WORK AGAINST ECONOMY Gold and Silver prices gave up some early gains this morning, as investors seem to have a better opinion of the global economy. However, there is much discussion around the beginning of the automatic spending cuts that would come with the s... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 2/15/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer February 15, 2013 G20 STATEMENT LEAKS; GOLD AT SIX-MONTH LOW Gold and Silver prices are adding to losses this morning as reports of the Group of 20 nations statement have leaked. According to a draft statement, the G20 will vow not to devalue currencies in a competitive manner (like the “currency wars” that have bee... [more] Morning Gold & Silver Market Report – 2/13/2013 by Ryan Schwimmer February 13, 2013 CONSUMER SPENDING UP SLIGHTLY; MARKET LOOKING FOR DIRECTION Gold and Silver prices recovered from early losses and stock futures held onto gains after January’s retail report. As analysts expected, retail sales grew just 0.1 percent in January, suggesting that tax increases at the beginning of the ... 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