Articles Tagged "commodity"

Silver to enter new era of respect

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News For silver, 2008 was a record year as the precious metal hit $21.34/oz in March and managed to maintain a healthy level until the current global economic crisis sent investors pouring from the market in the fourth quarter. Since September, I have heard some of the most respected [...]

Slowdowns Will Help Price Rebound

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Silver has experienced some volatile price actions over the last few weeks and is looking more bullish than gold. Both precious metals are benefitting from what analysts and traders like Matt Zeman of LaSalle Futures are calling “a general return to risk appetite.”  A weaker dollar and a [...]

Silver busts the $10.50 fence

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver closed at $10.16 in New York on Wednesday, touching a high of $10.57 in early morning trade Thursday. A weaker dollar and gains in commodity prices helped to stir speculation that future inflation may be on the cards. The surge in price has recharged [...]

Economic factors influencing silver

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, precious metals prices experienced heavy drops in light of certain economic factors. Silver and gold were both under pressure from a firm dollar, falling oil prices, and grim global economic news. The silver quote tumbled as low as $9.15 Monday from [...]

Dubai to launch silver ETF

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) is set to launch an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) for silver next month, according to financial journalist Peter J. Cooper.  Cooper is a financial journalist out of Dubai Media City and is well-versed in Middle Eastern business and finance. His book Opportunity [...]