Even while gold, silver, and platinum steal most of the headlines , there are stealth bull markets advancing in other precious metals. Take palladium for instance. Indeed, while platinum may have the prestige, palladium has the profits. Pall...
Peter Krauth
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October 28, 2012
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Germans, like Indians and Chinese, love their gold - although their reasons for buying and keeping bullion are somewhat different. In China and India, gold jewelry is a status symbol - a sign of wealth and success. In Germany, owning gold bars and coins, maybe a 24-karat ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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January 24, 2020
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The StockTalk Podcast Hosts Expert Panel on Palladium & PGMs Palladium is a rare, precious metal – one of the six platinum group metals (PGMs). Its very name conjures up exotic images of a glistening, space-age metal with a price-tag that matches its scarcity. ...
Dave Jackson
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October 31, 2019
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Gold is the most popular precious metal to invest in. Gold is what’s known as a “safe haven asset” where investors buy-in as a way of diversifying risk, especially through futures contracts and derivatives. Like other markets, gold is subj...
Stockhouse Editorial
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July 24, 2019
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Silver is expected to begin the next decade newly burnished, through a combination of higher industrial and investment demand, and tightened supply owing to mine production issues and output cuts. As December winds down and precious metals trade volumes dwindle, market an...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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December 27, 2019
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Gold is one of the most sought after precious metals on earth. It has been, historically and culturally, a symbol of wealth and status (with majority of the demand coming from jewelry production), while also having an important function within the global financial structure. W...
Stockhouse Editorial
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July 24, 2019
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Every fiscal quarter the World Gold Council puts out a wonderful little report on the gold market, that is made into an article by just about every mining news outlet. For reasons unknowable to mere mortals like us, the report focuses on gold demand. The reader has to go dee...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 4, 2020
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In recent months, the World Gold Council released a few interesting reports. What can we learn from the publications? We’ll then supplement it with the view of the Fed policies. Will gold like the message? Gold Demand Trends Q2 2019 On August 1, the WG...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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August 27, 2019
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Once upon a time, the Chinese government forbade ownership of all precious metals. But now, the ban has been lifted. In fact, China just introduced silver bars for investment. And now, state-run China Central Television (CCTV) is running a campaign encouraging the populati...
Peter Krauth
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October 28, 2012
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Gold and silver prices jumped Monday on fresh safe-haven demand following a 10-drone strike on Saturday that took out two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility, but the US government said Iran was behind it. Iran reje...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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September 20, 2019
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