Archive for the General Market Category

LONDON – Author: Lawrence Williams, Posted:  Thursday , 03 Sep 2009 A report suggests that the Chinese government is pushing the general public into buying gold and silver bullion, which could have a dramatic effect on the markets. We are indebted again to Paul Mylchreest’s Thunder Road Report

By James Turk Yesterday the Federal Reserve completed the latest meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee. It re-affirmed its plan to purchase by the end of the year some $1.8 trillion – yes, $1.8 trillion – of US government paper, comprising of agency debt, agency mortgage-backed

By Halia Pavliva and Nicholas Larkin June 19 (Bloomberg) — Gold rose in New York as the dollar weakened, boosting demand for precious metals as alternative investments. The U.S. Dollar Index, a six-currency gauge of the greenback’s value, fell as much as 0.8 percent. Gold, which typically

By Shamim Adam — March 9, 2009 (Bloomberg) The value of global financial assets including stocks, bonds and currencies probably fell by more than $50 trillion in 2008, equivalent to a year of world gross domestic product, according to an Asian Development Bank report. Asia excluding Japan

By Javier Blas and Chris Flood Investors in Europe and North America went on an extraordinary shopping spree for gold coins and bars in the final quarter of last year, snapping up 148.5 tons, a jump of 811 per cent compared with the same period in 2007,