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The weakening Japanese economy and concerns that the country is heading towards deflation led the Bank of Japan to announce further monetary easing measures yesterday. This is the second month in a...

Despite its natural endowment of resources such as gold, platinum, palladium and many other precious, rare metals, the Southern African state of Zimbabwe has not been able to profit from the...

A sense of trepidation looms as residents on the northeastern US coast batten down the hatches in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. With storm surges expected to run at five to nine feet, low lying...

Safe-haven trades have increased in popularity over the last 24 hours, with news of disappointing Q3 earnings from Apple and a lack of agreement over the terms of the next tranche of aid to Greece...

A raft of disappointing U.S. corporate earnings results yesterday led to another bad day for “risk” assets, with stocks and commodities struggling. The Dow had its worst session in more...

Gold and silver struggled again on Friday, with a pickup in the US dollar versus the euro hurting bullion prices. December delivery Comex gold fell 1.2% to settle at $1,724 per troy ounce. The two-day...

Another weak day for gold and silver, Thursday, continued during Asian and European trading Friday, with gold falling below $1,750 and silver once again trading under $32.50. Thursday brought mixed...

The rating agency Moody’s decision to hold off on downgrading Spanish bonds to junk status has lifted Spanish and Italian bond prices, as well as the euro. Stocks and industrial commodities have...

Last week marked a very definite pause in the rally in the euro, stocks, commodities and gold that we’ve seen since the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank’s new stimulus measures...

Precious metal prices crept higher yesterday, as expectations that Spain will request a bailout increased among traders. Gains in the EUR/USD continue to coincide with gains in metals and other...

Strikes at South African mines have coincided with the sudden resignation of Aquarius Platinum's CEO. Stuart Murray has not offered any comments on his motives. But it seems clear that the situation...

Frau Merkel’s (swift) visit to Athens yesterday coincided with another weak day for the euro, which is now trading below $1.29, while yields on Spanish debt have nudged up by a couple of basis...

Precious metals have started the week on a weak note, with gold falling back to $1,770 -- after reaching an 11-month high of $1,796 on Friday -- while silver is trading just below $34. Platinum and...

Yesterday European Central Bank President Mario Draghi reiterated his commitment to intervene in sovereign debt markets in order to reduce borrowing costs for struggling eurozone governments. This...

Gold continues to battle away at the $1,780/oz mark; over the last few days any pushes into the $1,780-1,800 band of have been rebuffed by selling. Early Monday afternoon (GMT) it looked as though...

Another Monday and the start of another quarter. We are also heading into the Indian festival season, which is often a period of strength for precious-metals prices. Over the last decade, gold has, on...