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  • What Were the Top-Performing Assets During the First Half of 2014?

    The end of June marked the end of Q2 2014 and the first half of the financial year. Can you guess what June’s top-performing asset was? And the only one yielding double-digit returns? None other than silver. Gold came in second, and the worst-performing asset was wheat. In Q2 (the months of April, May, and June), silver

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  • This Week in Gold: Undervalued Metals, Platinum Strike Over, Liquidity

    This week in gold we saw many charts demonstrating different properties and phenomena of precious metals, and witnessed the South African platinum mine strike end after five long months. The Triangle of Gold, Oil, and Inflation Gold and oil prices have been in the news a lot lately as both are on the rise. Inflation has

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  • What Do Gold and Oil Prices Have in Common?

    Last week we told you that gold went up for a few different reasons: dovish comments from the Fed (“dovish” meaning suggestive of lower interest rates and less inflation concern), the increasing violence in Iraq, and the heightened conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Three things these items have in common are the gold price, inflation, and

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  • Gold Breaks $1300 for First Time in Three Weeks

    Gold has reached a three-week high today as investors who sold their gold before yesterday’s Fed meeting have now bought it back following the announcement hinting at continued low interest rates. Gold for August delivery, by 10:00 a.m. EST when reported on by the Wall Street Journal, was at $1,288.40 per ounce, an increase of

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  • Gold Steady During Iraq Turmoil and Fed News Anticipation

    Gold is again responding to the conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine and gold bugs are standing by awaiting the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement plus Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s press conference happening this afternoon. So far today in early trading, gold has held steady at $1,271.50 an ounce, only dropping by 50

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  • What is the Relationship Between Gold and Oil Prices?

    We’ve explained to you before the relationship between gold and inflation, but have you ever wondered about the relationship between the gold price and the price of other commodities, such as oil? James Steel, Chief Commodities Analyst at HSBC Bank, spoke with CNBC during its “Commodities Corner” segment about how oil price movement affects gold. To summarize

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