Shouldn’t gold be rising?
Yes, but nothing happens in a vacuum. There are some simple explanations as to why gold remains in a funk.
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Why Has Gold Been Down?
Is Gold Washed Up?
While stocks lost 12%, gold rose about 10%. For the 11th year in a row (we’ve lost track) our “sell stocks/buy gold” formula paid off. Between falling stocks and rising gold there’s a spread of 22%. Not bad.
January 4th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Will 2012 Be The Return of Gold Stocks?
The fact that gold producers are paying a dividend on gold stocks is worth exploring. First, it means gold producers have cash flow. Now whether or not the best use of free cash flow is to return it to shareholders instead of pouring it into new exploration is for the punters to decide. But the fact is, gold is set to finish higher for the 11th straight year.
December 21st, 2011 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
Gold Are You In Or Out?
Hey…what’s going on with gold? The dollar up, gold down. When we checked yesterday the price was crashing through the $1,550 level.
December 16th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Gold Down 5 Per Cent: Thank You Mr Market!
‘But…but…I thought gold was a safe haven…’
If you’re having thoughts like that after gold’s horror $115 slide over the last 30 days… relax. Gold is, was and always will be a safe haven.
December 15th, 2011 | Greg Canavan | 1 comment | Continued
Trickle of Chinese Money into Australian Housing and Equities Small Compared to Growth in Bank Lending
Chinese bank lending surged by over US$1.35 trillion in 2009, according to Shaun Rein at Forbes. Much of that money went into stocks. And a lot of it went into Shanghai and Beijing real estate. Whether China bought itself a bubble is a very good question. One important point is that Chinese lending is based on savings…and isn’t borrowed (in U.S. fashion).
January 12th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
Surge in Chinese Bank Lending in 2009 Leads to Fall in Bank Capital
And while we’re on the subject of China we should relay that Citic Pacific Ltd, which is an arm of China’s largest state-owned company, is set to spend more on magnetite iron ore projects in Australia. Magnetite is a lower grade ore than the hematite ores that BHP and Rio have all but locked up in the Pilbara.
November 26th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
More Quantitative Easing by Fed has Markets Spooked About Inflation
Bullard said, that, “If the economy came in very weak, let’s say, in 2010, weaker than expected, we would have the option of doing further quantitative easing.” The Fed would do this through additional asset purchases, presumably with more, uh, “money” it created.
November 24th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 43 comments | Continued
Gold Reaches One Month Low
Good news everyone. Gold has reached a one-month low. In fact, February gold futures on Comex fell the most in six weeks. They tumbled four percent on the day, down US$34. This is very good news. It means you will have a chance to buy gold at lower prices before it goes up higher later this year. Much higher, in fact, according to the 2009 forecast made by Diggers and Drillers editor Al Robinson…
January 13th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 11 comments | Continued
