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- The Week Ahead in Gold
April 7, 2020 · Robert Levy
Both stocks and gold are getting the week off to a strong start. In late morning trade, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher by nearly…
- Strong Start
March 31, 2020 · Robert Levy
The trading week has gotten off to a strong start for equity investors. On Monday, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average gained nearly 700 points for…
- Cluelessness
March 15, 2020 · Robert Levy
A reporter on Bloomberg earlier in the week commented that fear was not yet present in the markets. Global stocks have seen enormous selling pressure, but…
- A Long Week Ahead
March 9, 2020 · Robert Levy
If market action on Monday is any indication, the trading week could be a long one. As global markets grapple with the rapid spread of the coronavirus…
- A Fed Suprise
March 3, 2020 · Robert Levy
The global coronavirus has continued to spread, and to spread rapidly. New cases in Italy, Iran and the U.S. have recently fueled a large degree of risk…
- Perspective Adds More Clarity
February 29, 2020 · Border Gold Corp.
Perspective adds more clarity to market action instead of looking at events in isolation. A very telling example this past week was US equity markets had…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
February 24, 2020 · Robert Levy
Stocks are set to open the new trading week Monday lower, sharply lower. The benchmark S&P 500 futures contract is down over 100 points, while the Dow…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
February 17, 2020 · Robert Levy
As the holiday-shortened trading week gets going Tuesday, investors will be on the lookout for any new developments in the ongoing spread of coronavirus.
- Near Term Distractions
February 14, 2020 · Robert Levy
The most noteworthy observation on the financial markets a month and a half into 2020 seems to be the resiliency of US stock markets. No market moving…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
February 11, 2020 · Robert Levy
The gold market is under moderate selling pressure as stock markets move higher and risk appetite is on the rise. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told a House…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
February 3, 2020 · Robert Levy
The stock market is sharply higher Monday as the new trading week gets underway. As stocks rise, global risk aversion is on the decline and perceived safe…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
January 27, 2020 · Robert Levy
The gold market is gaining further ground as the new trading week gets going. Fears of the coronavirus from China are on the rise, as new cases have been…
- Reasons to Own Gold
January 24, 2020 · Robert Levy
Don Coxe famously quipped, “never invest on the basis of a story on Page one, invest on the basis of a story that’s on Page 16─that’s on its way to Page…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
January 21, 2020 · Robert Levy
The gold market is slightly lower today following the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday yesterday. The yellow metal is lower by over $2.00 per ounce at…
- Monetary Obsolescence
January 17, 2020 · Robert Levy
In 2019, 49 central banks cut interest rates 71 times. The Bank of Canada was not one of them. The US Federal Reserve accounted for three of those…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
January 13, 2020 · Robert Levy
The New Year has been a busy one thus far, a trend that could be set to continue for some time. Although the gold market kicked off the new trading week…
- New Year, New Targets
January 6, 2020 · Robert Levy
For nothing more than an arbitrary statistic, as of Fridays close gold prices in US dollars are already up 2.3% on the year. That follows an approximately…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
January 6, 2020 · Robert Levy
The gold market has come off Sunday night’s nearly 7-year high of over $1590 per ounce, in a sign that the bulls may be exhausted. The market is still…
- The Week Ahead in Gold
December 30, 2019 · Robert Levy
This week could be slower than last, as many investors avoid work, the markets and other responsibilities until the end of the holidays. The weaker dollar…
- Clear as Mud
December 13, 2019 · Robert Levy
As North American equity markets generally made their way higher in 2019 (with hiccups in May and August), it was against headwinds of caution and…