FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 9-23-16
Fed Gives Up the Spotlight. The Fed’s September open market committee meeting on September 20-21 came and went without an interest rate hike. All year the Fed has managed to […]
Fed Meets, Does Nothing
Same Old Song and Dance From The Fed Re Rate Hike Policy The Federal Reserve ended its two day meeting yesterday and concluded that while the economy was ‘picking-up’ and […]
Russia Adds Nearly Twenty-Two Tons of Gold To Reserves
Even as Russia Struggles With Budgetary Issues, it Adds Gold to Reserves. The Russian Central Bank announced this week that its gold reserves had reached 49.1 million troy ounces (approximately […]
U.S. Mint Set To Release 30th Anniversary American Silver Eagle Proof Coin
U.S. Mint Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the American Silver Eagle Coin with Release of Specially Engraved Proof Version The American Silver Eagle was first minted in 1986 and sold over […]
Resurgent American Gold Eagle and Buffalo Sales
Gold sales head back up after a period of declining sales. Sales of gold at the U.S. Mint peaked in 1999 when 2,055,500 ounces of 22K American Gold Eagle coins […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 9-16-16
Up Next Week: Fed Meeting – Rate Hike Fears Still Linger The Fed’s upcoming open market committee meeting on September 20-21 remains on market participants’ minds as the possibility of […]
America The Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Coins Regain Popularity
The United States Mint’s Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coins See Sales Burst Sales of the U.S. Mint’s ‘other’ silver bullion coin, the American The Beautiful (ATB) coin have surpassed all […]
Over 1200 Tons of Gold Withdrawn From the Shanghai Gold Exchange Through August
144 Tons of Gold Withdrawn from the Shanghai Gold Exchange in August Through August, over 1,200 tons of gold have been withdrawn from the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Twelve hundred tons […]
The Last Fed Speech Before The Fed’s September 20-21 Meeting Was Dovish
Fed Governor Lael Brainard and the “New Normal” Fed Governor Lael Brainard gave a speech yesterday entitled: ‘The “New Normal” and What It Means for Monetary’. Last month, Fed Chair […]
China Continues To Add Gold To Reserves Even as Her Overall Reserves Fall
Chinese Central Bank Reports 1,834 Tons of Gold as Reserves in August Chinese Gold Reserves In August 2016, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 5 tons of gold to […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 9-09-16
Fed insists Rate Hike Still On the Table Despite Recent Poor Jobs and Economic Reports The Fed reappeared on market participants’ radar screens last month when a few Fed Presidents […]
Perth Mint Sells 376,461 Ounces of Silver in August
August 2016 Sales of Silver at the Perth Mint down 47% Year Over Year. The Perth Mint sold 376,461 ounces of silver in August 2016. This was up down 46% […]
Unique French Gold Coin – The Gallic Rooster – Now Available
Historical Gold French Rooster Art Work on a Coin at an Affordable Price The French Gold Rooster Coin is a gold coin minted in France during the Art Nouveau period […]
India Heads into Gold Buying Season With Massive Pent-Up Demand
Indian Gold Imports Down from 76% from April to July As India heads into its traditional fall gold-buying season there is probably enormous pent up demand. India relies almost entirely […]
American Gold Eagle Sales Pop 67% in August
Sales of American Gold Eagle Coins Rebound in August. Through August 2016, American Gold Eagle Sales Are Up 15% Over Same Time Period Last Year. After a 378% increase in […]
August Silver Eagle Sales Fall As Gold Eagle Sales Surge
Sales of American Silver Eagle Coins Fell Again in August. American Gold Eagle Sales Rise Sharply After selling an average of more than four million one ounce American Silver Eagle […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 9-02-16
Federal Reserve Remains at the Center of Attention Again Last week, we noted that the Fed had been out of the spot light for a few weeks. When that happens, […]
Canadian Mint Gold Sales Surge 53% in Second Quarter
The Royal Canadian Mint Sold 464,000 Ounces of Gold in First Half of 2016 The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) released its second quarter 2016 report last week. The RCM’s 2015 […]
Theodore Roosevelt America The Beautiful Silver Coin Now Available
The United States Mint Introduces the Fourth Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin In the 2016 America The Beautiful Series. The much anticipated Theodore Roosevelt National Park silver bullion five ounce […]