By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Long-Term Outlook for Silver Many analysts expect strong industrial demand for silver over the medium- to long-term to provide price support going forward. Strong investment demand can also be seen in record combined ETF silver holdings, which reached 472.7 million ounces Friday, up 0.2 per cent from the [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Precious metals prices have taken a hit the past few market sessions as risk-averse sentiments overshadow any recent speculative fervor in commodities. On Thursday, President Barack Obama announced a set of new proposals to restrict banks or other financial institutions from dealing with hedge funds or private equity [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Precious metals prices have suffered deep blows in recent trading days as investors fret over the direction of possible interest rate moves and the dollar. “We are seeing liquidation from a lot of fast money that had jumped into gold on the premise that they want to diversify [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Precious metals prices suffered a slight setback Friday on news that two Dubai state-owned firms have had to delay billions of dollars in debt payments, which sent equities and commodities markets reeling. Investors sold off silver and gold to cover their losses. Silver hit a two-week low of [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The silver price fell almost 6 per cent on Monday to its lowest level this month at $13.82 an ounce. The dip came as traders pulled out of the commodities and equities sectors and poured into the dollar on fears that economic recovery is still a ways off. [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The seasonal patterns characteristic of the latest bull run in precious metals were thrown off course last year as the economic crisis exploded and commodities across the board took massive hits. What technically should have been a memorable fall rally for precious metals prices will instead be remembered [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Last week, the spot price of silver hit a 10-week low; however, spot prices began to recover later in the week as a faltering dollar and higher oil prices boosted its safe-haven appeal. Silver had a pre-summer doldrums rally on June 3, almost doubling its October 2008 low, [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver hit a 10-week low Monday dropping as low as $12.43 an ounce on a stronger dollar, weaker copper and lingering economic concerns. Dollar strength has an adverse effect on inflation-hedging; fears in the industrial sector also dampen investor appetite for silver. “There had been [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News After reaching a nine-month high on Friday, the spot price for July silver on the COMEX closed down 8 cents to $14.61 an ounce Tuesday on a rebounding dollar, a slight Wall Street rally and profit-taking. But many industry analysts view this dip as merely a pullback before [...]
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News On Monday, gold‘s losses and the rebound in equities halted silver’s four-day rally. A stronger U.S. stock market drew investors out of precious metals into the equities markets as the appetite for risk improved. “Safe-haven flows seem to have ebbed out of the gold market,” said Jon Nadler, [...]
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