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Five Years of Fed Charade and Economy is “Moderately OK”

Five Years of Fed Charade and Economy is "Moderately OK"

The Fed’s balance sheet pushes through $4.4 trillion, and we get a “moderately OK” economy. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 9 October, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at […]

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Equities Fly with Dovish Fed: The Market Doesn’t Get It

Equities Fly with Dovish Fed: The Market Doesn't Get It

US equities bounce back on hopium, but traders miss the farce. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 8 October, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics Hopium (noun); […]

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Gold Flirts with 2013 Low, Platinum Hits 5-Year Low

Gold Flirts with 2013 Low, Platinum Hits 5-Year Low

Gold and Silver are higher as traders reverse some of Friday’s gains. Platinum pushes below $1,200 an ounce. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 6 October, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX […]

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Price of Gold: Up or Down?

Price of Gold: Up or Down?

With the price of gold dropping from $1,346.80 in July to around $1,200.00 this month, many wonder if the price will continue to head down or will it find support […]

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Silver Price Trend Reversal?

Silver Price Trend Reversal?

The silver price has taken a beating lately while the US Dollar climbed to a multi-year high. But, could it be time for a silver price trend reversal? Bullion.Directory precious […]

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248 Is What the Doctor Ordered ; Consumer Comfort Stinks

248 Is What the Doctor Ordered ; Consumer Comfort Stinks

The non-farm payrolls delivers the elixir risk assets needed. Good thing nobody looks past the headlines. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 3 October, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst […]

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Why Gold Takes a Beating on the Threat of Higher Rates

Why Gold Takes a Beating on the Threat of Higher Rates

Gold reacts to interest rates as a Vampire does to a wooden stake. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 30 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics […]

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The US Dollar Bull Market could be slowing

Is the US Dollar bull market running out of steam? Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 30 September, 2014 By Terry Kinder Investor, Technical Analyst The US Dollar bull market has seen […]

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Gold Up on Headline Risk, Downside Momentum Weakening

Gold Up on Headline Risk, Downside Momentum Weakening

Gold futures are higher over global concerns; gold remains a hedge against the US dollar and equity reversions. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 29 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX […]

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Gold Sentiment Crashes

Gold Sentiment Crashes

With the US Dollar breaking higher, gold sentiment has plunged to near record low levels Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 26 September, 2014 By Terry Kinder Investor, Technical Analyst As the […]

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Silver Open Interest at 2008 Levels, Speculators Short

Silver Open Interest at 2008 Levels, Speculators Short

Silver gets no respect – highest open interest of shorts since 2008. Is there a short-squeeze in order? Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 23 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX […]

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Gold & Silver See Demand on Pricing and Syria Bombings

Gold & Silver See Demand on Pricing and Syria Bombings

Gold & silver see a little demand after relentless selling. Headline risk out of Syria also brings in buyers. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 23 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior […]

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Will Alibaba Hedge a Portfolio Against Economic Chaos?

Will Alibaba Hedge a Portfolio Against Economic Chaos?

Precious metals liquidated to make room for the much-hyped Alibaba IPO – this could be costly. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 22 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities […]

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Silver Futures Collapse in Early Trade, Silver ETF Demand

Silver Futures Collapse in Early Trade, Silver ETF Demand

Silver futures are down 2.44 percent in early trade, following a 3.82 percent decline on Friday. A paradox forms. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 21 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and […]

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IMF Now Warns Current Risk Taking is “Excessive”

IMF Now Warns Current Risk Taking is "Excessive"

After pressing major central banks to conduct asinine monetary policies, the IMF warns that the resulting levels of risk taking are “excessive.” Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 20 September, 2014 By Christopher […]

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Precious Metals Fall with Traders Upbeat on Economy

Precious Metals Fall with Traders Upbeat on Economy

Silver falls through support, reaching the lowest price point in four years, while gold reaches an eight-month low on optimism. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 19 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux […]

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Put Up, or Shut Up for the Dollar as FOMC Looms

The US dollar index is boding against long-term, weekly resistance. As the FOMC minutes loom, it’s put up or shut up. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 16 September, 2014 By Christopher […]

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US Dollar Index (DXY) and Gold

A stronger dollar, represented by the US Dollar Index (DXY) has exerted downward pressure on the price of gold Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 16 September, 2014 By Terry Kinder Investor, […]

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Precious Metals Remain to Downside, Shorts Increase Large

Gold and Silver rallies capped over interest rate fears Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 10 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics Precious metals remain […]

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Precious Metals Drop, Traders Sell Yen on Stimulus Hope

Precious metals decline on poorer than expected data out of Japan, as complacent traders say “bring on more stimulus!” Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 2 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior […]

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Palladium Leads Risk Higher, Is S&P Pullback Looming?

Palladium Leads Risk Higher, Is S&P Pullback Looming?

With Palladium at 10 year highs, an S&P drop could be on the horizon Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 1 September, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at […]

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Merit Gold and Silver going out of business

Merit Gold and Silver, the privately-held national precious metals dealer is in the process of closing it’s doors for good.   Rumors have been rife that the Santa Monica company […]

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Potential Volatility for Silver ETFs

Traders grow increasingly bearish on silver Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 26 August, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics Silver is slightly underperforming gold in […]

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Gold & Silver Stable Ahead of Yellen Speech

Gold weak with potential downside, silver bouncing since Asian session Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 22 August, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics Gold and […]

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Traders eye Fed funds boost – Gold hits 2 month low

Gold has declined to two-month lows as market participants anticipate a potential hike in the Fed funds rate. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 21 August, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX […]

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Provident Metals – Morgan Dollar Offer

Provident Metals are selling Morgan Dollars at $0.29 over spot for a limited period   Popular Dallas-based precious metals dealers, Provident Metals are offering Morgan Dollar silver 1oz rounds at […]

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With Traders Complacent, Precious Metals Drop on US Data

Precious metals decline across the board on 16% housing start increase Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 19 August, 2014 By Christopher Lemieux Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics Precious […]

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Radical changes to UK pensions agreed

From April 2015, UK investors will have all new freedoms regarding when and how much they can take from their UK pension investment pot   The UK government have made […]

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