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4 Reasons To Remain Gold Bullish

May 24, 2013 – 1:01 AM Comments Off

Today’s letter is a bit on the long side. But I hope you’ll read it all the way through because it encompasses all of my thoughts on gold: one of the most important asset classes, …

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Bob Kirtley is the Editor at Gold-Prices.biz.

A Dead Cat Bounce for Gold Prices

May 22, 2013 – 4:29 PM | Comments Off
A Dead Cat Bounce for Gold Prices

On Monday, May 13, 2013 we wrote that Gold Prices would Re-Test $1350/oz level and so they did, trading sub $1340/0z at one stage. Gold had fallen for 7 straight days from $1470/oz before the …

Low Entry Levels in the Precious Metals

May 14, 2013 – 5:05 PM | Comments Off
Low Entry Levels in the Precious Metals

Gold prices have started the week weaker in the southern hemisphere, dropping around $18.00 to trade at $1429.00/oz, despite the amount of physical buying that is taking place the paper market still calls the shots, …

Is this a Dead Cat Bounce for the Gold Miners?

May 2, 2013 – 4:14 PM | Comments Off
Is this a Dead Cat Bounce for the Gold Miners?

In the last seven months or so we have seen the Gold Bugs index, HUI, fall from 520 in October 2012 to 283 today 01 May 2013, registering a loss of 45% in the value …

A US Dollar Retreat Could Ignite The Precious Metals Market

April 10, 2013 – 2:18 PM | Comments Off
A US Dollar Retreat Could Ignite The Precious Metals Market

The recent rally in the US$ was more a product of the fall in other currencies than a strengthening of the dollar. In particular we have seen the British Pound fall dramatically in the first …

Silver Wheaton Corp to pay Quarterly Dividend of US$0.14

March 22, 2013 – 10:52 AM | Comments Off
Silver Wheaton Corp to pay Quarterly Dividend of US$0.14

Today Silver Wheaton Corporation (TSX: SLW) (NYSE: SLW) declared its first quarterly cash dividend payment for 2013 of US$0.14 per common share. This dividend will be paid on April 2, 2013, and will be distributed on or about April …

Silver Prices Remain in a Consolidation Mood

February 18, 2013 – 5:52 AM | Comments Off
Silver Prices Remain in a Consolidation Mood

 So far this year silver prices appear to be range trading at around the $30.00/oz level. Gold prices have been under considerable selling pressure which in turn has tended to cap any rally that silver could muster. …

First Majestic Silver Corp: A Silver Gem

February 6, 2013 – 7:37 AM | Comments Off
First Majestic Silver Corp: A Silver Gem

We first met with Keith Neumeyer, President and CEO at a Silver Summit in London a good few years ago and from that meeting we decided to watch the development of First Majestic Silver Corporation …

Is 2013 the Year for Gold Stocks?

January 17, 2013 – 8:07 AM | Comments Off
Is 2013 the Year for Gold Stocks?

As investors look for leveraged exposure to gold prices we tend to favor unhedged gold mining companies such as those listed on the HUI, which is the AMEX Gold BUGS (Basket of Unhedged Gold Stocks) …

Gold Options Valuation: Is it worth Insuring against the GLD Collapse?

January 1, 2013 – 11:30 AM | Comments Off
Gold Options Valuation: Is it worth Insuring against the GLD Collapse?

Whether one should insure against the GLD collapse is a matter of understanding the probability of such an event occurring. However, the probability and the possibility must be reduced to numbers in order to make …

Gold Prices Experience a ‘V’ Shaped Bounce

November 27, 2012 – 10:51 AM | Comments Off
Gold Prices Experience a ‘V’ Shaped Bounce

For those taking close interest today there was an interesting move in gold prices as the below chart shows. A ‘V’ shaped bounce of some $35.00 or so just before the close must have given …