GOLD ANALYSIS

China's gold output and demand could be far greater than ‘official' data suggest

Thursday , 02 Feb 2012
Comment from Jeff Nichols suggests that Chinese gold production and consumption may be considerably higher than the statistics released by the country would indicate.

Gold continues after strongest January showing in 32 years

Wednesday , 01 Feb 2012
Gold rose 11% in January, the largest one-month gain since August 2011 and the best for the month of January since 1980, as the euro rebounded following upbeat German economic data.

China enhances position as world No. 1 gold producer - but where's it all going?

Wednesday , 01 Feb 2012
China's gold output rose again in 2011 confirming its position as global No. 1 producer, but is it surreptitiously taking all its domestic production into its reserves?

Gold raises possibility of climb toward fresh high

Tuesday , 31 Jan 2012
Gold seems poised to set fresh highs this year, as prices continued to rise on Tuesday on a weaker dollar, raising the possibility of a climb toward 2011's record high of just over $1,900/oz.

The reasons behind gold's break out

Tuesday , 31 Jan 2012
The knee jerk assumption is to place all the credit on the Fed's doorstep but, Julian Phillips believes there are other factors at play in what is, increasingly, a one way market

Gold soaring but speculators yet to climb in

Tuesday , 31 Jan 2012
With the US Fed committed to keeping rates low until at least 2014, and speculators yet to fully com back into the market, Ross Norman believes the market still has some legs

Yesterday's Top Story: Anti-German backlash could boost gold and silver

Tuesday , 31 Jan 2012
German arrogance that it has the only solution to the Eurozone crisis could misfire and precipitate break-up with uncertainty boosting gold and silver prices.

China's Dragon Lunar New Year sets gold buying records

Monday , 30 Jan 2012
Gold fever swept China during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday with gold bullion and gold jewelry sales exploding since the Year of the Dragon began.

Central-bank gold holdings reach 6 year high: joining the dots

Monday , 30 Jan 2012
Central banks are holding more gold but they're holding very much more wood-pulp and although there may ultimately be a change in structure of a global reserve currency this may still be some time away.

Safe haven status boosts gold's momentum

Monday , 30 Jan 2012
The Fed's move last week to keep interest rates very low, rates has clearly provided the trigger for the yellow metal to stay in the positive zone and push for more in the next few days, analysts say

Gold the hottest currency - just ask the Chinese

Monday , 30 Jan 2012
Gold's fall to $1525 in December triggered renewed buying by the Chinese, who are the new incremental buyers in the world.

Emphasize gold miners over bullion ETFs-Don Coxe

Monday , 30 Jan 2012
Coxe Advisors' Don Coxe urges gold investors to invest in gold equities suggesting a "huge outperformance" is in the making for gold mining companies with the least endogenous risk.

Positive news from senior, mid tier gold miners should give juniors traction: Ker

Saturday , 28 Jan 2012
While current market conditions are affecting the junior mining space, they are also helping investors to identify low-risk opportunities. Gold Report interview

Has the Fed given gold's safe haven appeal a new lease on life?

Friday , 27 Jan 2012
The latest FOMC statement puts currency debasement arguments squarely back on the table but, is this enough to win back investors after last year's volatility.

Gold headed for biggest weekly gain after Fed's low rates vow

Friday , 27 Jan 2012
After surging towards $1,730/oz on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve vowed to keep interest rates on hold until at least 2014, the yellow metal continued its upward move in the lead up to the weekend.

Gold set to rise for 12th straight year? More predictions

Friday , 27 Jan 2012
Polls and investment banks predicting rises for gold this year but India and China perhaps the wild cards in the deck

US Fed Reserve interest rate news sees gold hit 7-Week high

Thursday , 26 Jan 2012
The US Federal Reserve's announcement to keep interest rates as low as possible until at least 2014, one year later than previously promised, prompted investors to buy gold.

Gold at highest since December as Fed view boosts markets

Thursday , 26 Jan 2012
Gold hit a peak of $1,717.99 an ounce, its highest gain since Dec. 9, as stock markets, commodities and the euro all rallied after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it planned to keep interest rates low for some years.

Hold gold and silver and prepare for junior mining stock mania: Alimohamed

Thursday , 26 Jan 2012
Fayyaz Alimohamed foresees a "mania" in junior mining stocks and recommends holding physical gold outside the banking system as a safety net. Gold Report interview.

Gold jumps to 6-week highs on US Fed rate promise

Thursday , 26 Jan 2012
Gold rose to its strongest in more than a month on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to keep rates low for at least two more years.

Gold Commission return - would it raise gold price or lead to confiscation?

Wednesday , 25 Jan 2012
Julian Phillips looks at the ramifications of a Gold Commission being set up in the U.S. as per Newt Gingrich's electioneering rhetoric.

Fiat currency system meltdown has huge implications for gold and silver - Embry

Wednesday , 25 Jan 2012
While not something he wants to see happen, Sprott Asset Management's John Embry says, he can't see the global financial situation improving, which has bulilsh implications for gold.

Short term prospects for gold - where next but up?

Wednesday , 25 Jan 2012
The old seasonal pattern in gold price performance seems to have largely disappeared. Jeff Nichols looks at the reasons and sees the gold price moving positively in the near term.

Gold lower as investors eye Fed Reserve policy meeting

Wednesday , 25 Jan 2012
Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting, which could weigh on the U.S. dollar.

While the West argues over bonds, China is buying gold

Wednesday , 25 Jan 2012
Gold's upward momentum continues and David Levenstein believes that continued buying in China is likely to see prices soon challenging the $1700 an ounce level

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