Hedging Versus Speculating That Metal Prices Have Bottomed
The prices of gold and most other metals have fallen sharply over the past two years, to levels at which many mining companies are financially stressed. Many of these companies do…
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The Indian Government’s Moves On Gold
Faced with large current account deficits and heavy demand for foreign currency to pay for petroleum and other imports over the past several years, the Indian government has taken…
Comex Is Not Running Out Of Gold, Still
There are stories circulating in the gold market that Comex does not have enough gold in its inventories to meet hypothetical demand, that the ratio of gold in Comex depositories…
The Non-Existence Of A London Gold Forward Backwardation
There are stories circulating among gold mining executives, fund managers, and other gold market participants at present that there is a backwardation the London gold forward…
Investors pouring into platinum futures and options
Platinum has been a focal point for investors in the first half of 2014. This precious and strategic metal has many interesting fundamental developments suggesting prices will…
Massive Swiss gold imports
While the gold market has been inundated with talk about the massive flows of gold from New York, London, and Switzerland to China and other parts of Asia, the reality is that…
The real lesson of Barclay’s fine
On Friday 23 May news broke that Barclays Bank had been fined 26 million pounds, nearly $44 million, in a case related to a trader who pushed the gold price lower at the fix on 28…
Molybdenum’s dramatic price response
Molybdenum prices in Europe have risen rapidly following the World Trade Organization’s confirmation that the export duties and quotas imposed by China on molybdenum are…
Much ado about nothing
William Shakespeare titled his play this way to emphasize that it was a fluffy enjoyable romantic comedy: No King Lear. What we these days call a summer date flick. This piece…
Platina- och palladium-marknaden år 2013
Det är tredje gången som CPM Group håller sin årliga Precious Metals Mining Investment Seminar. Erica Rannestad, råvaruanalytiker på CPM Group, ger i denna video en…