Trade War Fears Spark Market Sell Off It was another dramatic week for the markets as the Dow fell over 700 points on Thursday due to trade war fears. In fact it was the worst week for stocks in over two years. President Trump announced the likelihood of tariffs on at least $50 billion worth […]
Mixed Week for Gold and the Markets Gold had an up and down week. It was under $1,320 to start out Monday, but during the week it rallied past $1,325. However on Friday it pulled back again to around $1,315. Silver followed a similar rise and fall pattern. The stock market was similarly choppy. It […]
Mixed Week for Gold Starts with Rally It was a mixed week for gold this week. Monday started out with gold continuing its upward move from last week and crossing $1,330 midweek. On Friday though it fell to just over $1,320. Silver also had a midweek spike. By Friday though, metals pulled back initially as […]
Current Silver to Gold Ratio Represents Prime Buying Opportunity The current silver to gold ratio represents a prime buying opportunity. The silver to gold ratio represents the amount of ounces of silver that equates in price to an ounce of gold. It normally sits around 80 to 1, but is at 75 to 1 right […]
Is the Correction Over? Gold Breaks $1300 This Week Gold prices broke through to $1300 this week for the first time in nearly a month signaling that the correction of the last few weeks could be over. It closed the week at a four week high after starting the current rally the previous week. The […]
Boris Johnson: Brexit Negotiations Could Begin Early 2017 Boris Johnson says Britain will begin Brexit talks soon. Johnson, the British Foreign Secretary and staunch “Leave” vote advocate told the Italian prime minister this week that Brexit talks could begin as soon as early 2017. Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, campaigned heavily for Great […]