Option Expiry Day Looms For Gold And Silver

This Thursday, 26th August is option expiry day. In the gold and silver markets, previous option expiries have signaled an opportunity to sophisticated precious metal traders (aka manipulators) to cash in on their activities in previous weeks. share:

Gold – Will It or Won’t It Break Out?

Yet another week has gone by with spot gold threatening to leave the $1230 an oz. barrier behind but failing to maintain any impetus. Is now the time to ask “will it or won’t it break out” of the $1200-$1230 range that has prevailed for most of the summer, not forgetting a brief foray to [...]

Can Gold Reach New Heights This Year?

As traders return and realism about the economic prospects overcomes the lies and procrastinations of our political masters and their acolytes then we fully expect gold to reach new heights, most probably by the end of the year to be knocking on the door of $1300 an oz., quite possibly even considerably higher.

The Factors In Favor Of Investing In Uranium

The last few days has seen an awakening amongst many of the financial gurus of the virtues of investing in Uranium producers and we must admit that the factors in favor make a convincing case. In fact many of these plus points have been made in previous posts featuring uranium on this site over the [...]

Missing a Golden Opportunity

Although historically most years have seen gold trade sideways in the months of July and August, potential buyers risk missing a golden opportunity (pun intended) to top up on their gold holdings if they assume that the yellow metal will follow its historical path.

Titanium Chips Spy On Us

Did you know that your whereabouts can now be tracked from the banknotes in your wallet? Since 2005 Euro bank notes and US $20 bills have had a minute titanium chip called an RFID incorporated in them

Consider Silver Bags As An Investment

As an investment vehicle “silver bags” can be purchased for the value of the silver they contain plus a low premium over the ´spot´ silver price.

Uses of Ruthenium

Approximately 50% of total world demand comes from the electronic industry and about 40% from the chemical industry. Ruthenium is an extremely effective hardener when alloyed with Platinum and Palladium to make extremely durable electrical contacts. share: Bookmark on Delicious Recomend on Facebook Buzz it up Mixx it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]

HUI -The Amex Gold Bugs Index Explained

The HUI Index otherwise known as the Amex Gold Bugs Index is an index of companies involved in gold mining and whose hedging of their gold production is confined to periods of 18 months or less. Meaning that the miners contract to sell future production at a guaranteed price, a common practice in commodity trading [...]

Platinum & Palladium Trade Sharply Down

Both Platinum and Palladium traded sharply down in London this morning after the long weekend holiday on both sides of the pond. The overriding reason appears to be investor misgivings over the strength of the so-called recovery. If, as seems at the very least a possibility, we drift back into the recession that this time [...]

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