Gold – Fed Taps the Brakes
Commentary for Friday, Oct 4, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $11.30 at $2645.80, and silver closed down $0.06 at $32.13. The price of gold this week traded between $2668.00 and $2631.00 suggesting that traders are getting used to these higher prices. The same thing is true for silver which traded between $31.08 and $32.34. While […]
Gold – Pulls Back from Record Highs
Commentary for Friday, Sept 27, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $2.45 at $2646.75, and silver closed up $0.02 at $31.54. Gold closed the week on a quiet note, which presents a small red flag because traders pushed prices higher 4 out of 5 days this week. Today’s defensive pricing is likely the result of lower […]
Gold – Rate Cuts Fuel Bullish Sentiment
Commentary for Friday, Sept 20, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $31.90 at $2619.90, and silver closed up $0.09 at $31.18. Both gold and silver surged Thursday and Friday as traders and momentum players jumped on the higher prices created by lower interest rates and a solid technical outlook. So, the theme this week might pose […]
Gold – Bullish Sentiment Increases
Commentary for Friday, Sept 13, 2024 – Today gold closed up $30.10 at $2581.30, and silver closed up $0.96 at $30.70. Both gold and silver made new recent highs today as traders anticipate an aggressive interest rate cut at the upcoming FOMC meeting (September 17th and 18th). The notion of lower interest rates has been part […]
Gold – A Dovish Fed?
Commentary for Friday, Sept 6, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $17.90 at $2493.50, and silver closed down $0.91 at $27.81. The bullish gold trade got a piece of good news from New York Fed President Williams this week: ‘It is now appropriate to dial down the degree of restrictiveness in the stance of policy’. And […]
Gold – It’s About Inflation
Commentary for Friday, August 30, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $31.90 at $2493.80, and silver closed down $0.83 at $28.73. Traders took profits today, pushing the price of gold lower as the PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures) continued to suggest that inflation is moving lower. And yet, during the same week there were experts who believed […]
Gold – Still Working On It
Gold – Still Working On It Commentary for Friday, August 23, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $29.50 at $2508.40, and silver closed up $0.78 at $29.79. The title page today should reflect Thursday’s profit taking drop even as the Dollar Index moved lower two points this week. But today’s jump to higher ground sets the […]
Gold – Bullish Excitement Builds
Gold – Bullish Excitement Builds Commentary for Friday, August 16, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $45.50 at $2498.60, and silver closed up $0.44 at $28.78. While the price of gold this week was typically choppy, this “up and down” trade finished on a bright bullish note as gold promised a close about the vaulted $2500.00 […]
Gold – Higher Highs or Lower Lows?
Gold – Higher Highs or Lower Lows? Commentary for Friday, August 9, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $9.90 at $2432.10, and silver closed down $0.01 at $27.49. The trading theme at the end of this week is simply that gold needs fresh news or may be stuck in a trading range which favors the bulls […]
Gold – Cross Currents
Gold – Cross Currents Commentary for Friday, August 2, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $9.30 at $2425.70, and silver closed down $0.08 at $28.25. The trading theme this week for gold is familiar as we have been down this path more than once these past few months. While both gold and silver bullion are a […]
Gold – A Fundamental Plus
Gold – A Fundamental Plus Commentary for Friday, July 26, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $28.10 at $2380.00, and silver closed up $0.05 at $27.86. For the first three days of this week the metals looked tired, but it would be an overstatement to claim that gold and silver were losing base support as Biden […]
Gold – Rhetoric Verses Reality
Gold – Rhetoric Verses Reality Commentary for Friday, July 19, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $56.30 at $2395.50, and silver closed down $0.91 at $29.09. On Tuesday gold finished up a whopping $39.50 as the bulls roared looking forward to even higher prices as the expectation of lower interest rates gained traction. On Friday the […]
Gold – Volatility Returns
Gold – Volatility Returns Commentary for Friday, July 12, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $1.00 at $2414.00, and silver closed down $0.50 at $30.89. After Thursday’s round of fireworks to the upside it must be a disappointment to bullish sentiment to see gold momentum fizzle into the weekend. Still the optimism cup is more than […]
Gold – It’s Still About Interest Rates
Gold – It’s Still About Interest Rates Commentary for Friday, July 5, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $28.70 at $2388.50, and silver closed up $0.84 at $31.39. While this week began rather quietly it woke up nicely on Wednesday and Friday, even though our domestic trade was closed Thursday for Independence Day. The prime mover […]
Gold – A Choppy Week
Gold – A Choppy Week Commentary for Friday, June 28, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $3.20 at $2327.70, and silver closed up $0.32 at $29.24. It has been another one of those choppy weeks, with plenty of noise from both sides of the aisle. But all in all, gold is still holding ground above the […]
Gold – Another Surprise!
Gold – Another Surprise! Commentary for Friday, June 21, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $37.40 at $2316.40, and silver closed down $1.21 at $29.57. While the early market trade was flat, traders in a rather surprising turn sold this market and gold plummeted towards $2310.00. The reason behind this surprise is the latest PMI numbers. […]
Gold – Short Term Uncertainty
Gold – Short Term Uncertainty Commentary for Friday, June 14, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $31.20 at $2331.40, and silver closed up $0.41 at $29.40. Gold and silver prices are still trying to get on their feet after the rather dramatic reaction to last week’s economic and inflation rhetoric. But gold and silver traders seemed […]
Gold – What a Ride!
Gold – What a Ride! Commentary for Friday, June 7, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $65.10 today at $2305.20, and silver closed down $1.91 at $29.34. Another surprise finish to a week of very volatile pricing as traders move between bullish and bearish scenarios for both gold and silver. The trading quandary was in place, […]
Gold – Continues to Find Support
Gold – Continues to Find Support Commentary for Friday, May 31, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $20.00 at $2322.90, and silver closed down $1.09 at $30.30. This was a short week considering the domestic markets were closed for Memorial Day. Gold prices did spike higher on the open but reversed direction and finished the day […]
Gold – The Big Pushback
Gold – The Big Pushback Commentary for Thursday, May 23, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $54.20 at $2335.00, and silver closed down $1.02 at $30.28. This was not an optimistic week for the bulls, as overhead resistance proved stronger than most believed, and the technical outlook moved from promising to ominously bearish. This quick turn […]
Gold – Above $2400.00!
Gold – Above $2400.00! Commentary for Friday, May 17, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $32.20 at $2412.20, and silver closed up $1.38 at $31.05. Another solid week for gold and silver as each metal moved to recent highs with conviction this morning. Gold challenged $2415.00 and silver broke through $30.00 overhead resistance with a few […]
Gold – Gaining Momentum
Gold – Gaining Momentum Commentary for Friday, May 10, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $35.20 at $2367.39, and silver closed up $0.15 at $28.28. As they say, you can’t argue with success, and today’s “break” to the upside in gold reinforces its technical picture and the notion that the Fed is moving away from its […]
Gold – Volatility Increases
Gold – Volatility Increases Commentary for Friday, May 3, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $0.20 at $2299.00, and silver closed down $0.13 at $26.45. Price volatility this week certainly took the buzz out of bullish sentiment in the short term, but let’s not prematurely frown. This volatility may be the harbinger of good news for […]
Gold – Opportunity or Trouble?
Gold – Opportunity or Trouble? Commentary for Friday, April 26, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $5.00 at $2334.80, and silver closed down $0.10 at $27.24. The bulls are definitely not happy this week considering Monday’s large drop of $66.20 but the interesting part of this story is that while gold did drift a bit lower […]
Gold – The Middle East & The Fed?
Gold – The Middle East & The Fed? Commentary for Friday, April 19, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $16.10 at $2398.40, and silver closed up $0.48 at $28.81. Gold, while still firmly priced within the range, saw a back and forth seesaw in pricing this week as the Middle East danger rose dramatically and then […]
Gold – All Time Highs!
Gold – All Time Highs! Commentary for Friday, April 12, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $1.40 at $2356.20, and silver closed up $0.08 at $28.26. You would not think now is the time for the price of gold to become unstable, but reading the tea leaves correctly always requires a bit of wisdom and good […]
Gold – Another Amazing Week
Gold – Another Amazing Week Commentary for Friday, April 5, 2024 – Today gold closed up $36.90 at $2325.70, and silver closed up $0.26 at $27.40. The price of gold soared four of the five days this week making new highs on Friday. This jump has caught everyone by surprise because the price of gold faded […]
Gold – Optimistic!
Gold – Optimistic! Commentary for Thursday, March 28, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $26.80 at $2217.40, and silver closed up $0.17 at $24.80. This has been another great week for metals. Higher prices, more positive buzz and larger physical buy orders suggest an optimistic outlook. And perhaps even higher prices over the longer term. Of […]
Gold – The Fed Turns Dovish
Gold – The Fed Turns Dovish Commentary for Friday, March 22, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $24.30 at $2158.10, and silver closed down $0.16 at $24.69. This is a great week to realize that the Fed’s monetary policy remains complex and full of contradictions. Early weekly gains in gold have turned into a profit taking […]
Gold – Raising or Lowering?
Gold – Raising or Lowering? Commentary for Friday, March 15, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $5.70 at $2157.30, and silver closed up $0.33 at $25.20. As is typical these days, the gold bulls and gold bears have delt with cross winds all week. The bulls will have to turn logic on its head, believing this […]
Gold – A Remarkable Week
Gold – A Remarkable Week Commentary for Friday, March 8, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $20.60 at $2178.60, and silver closed down $0.03 at $24.34. The gold bulls have reasons to smile this week, beginning with a solid technical picture being that prices have risen 5 trading days in a row! And while I’m usually […]
Gold – A Bullish Friday
Gold – A Bullish Friday Commentary for Friday, March 1, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $41.20 at $2086.90, and silver closed up $0.48 at $23.15 . While gold opened choppy today it quickly moved past 4 week highs, surprising even insiders with higher prices and increased enthusiasm. This latest move is a big deal in […]
Gold – The “No Hurry” Fed
Gold – The “No Hurry” Fed Commentary for Friday, Feb 23, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $18.90 at $2038.60, and silver closed up $0.20 at $22.97. Gold surprised even insiders today as it threatened $2040.00 out of the clear blue sky. Perhaps this strong finish will remind us of the popular 1930 story by Watty […]
Gold – Rate Expectations Hold Sway
Gold – Rate Expectations Hold Sway Commentary for Friday, Feb 16, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $9.40 at $2011.50, and silver closed up $0.53 at $23.46. The story of interest rates driving gold prices, either up or down, is an old story, but traders should be used to this dynamic considering the length of this […]
Gold – Above $2000.00 – For Now
Gold – Above $2000.00 – For Now Commentary for Friday, Feb 9, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $8.90 at $2023.30, and silver closed down $0.04 at $22.53. On the open its price was steady at $2032.00 before moving to lows of $2020.00 and finishing the day modestly off lows. Not a big deal, this pattern […]
Gold – The Bearish Scenario
Gold – The Bearish Scenario Commentary for Friday, Feb 2, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $16.90 at $2036.10, and silver closed down $0.43 at $22.70. Gold dipped on the open today after the January jobs report roared, coming in at nearly double the expected number. This after a strong jobs showing in December suggests dynamic […]
Gold – Steady for Now – Pulse or Minus $50.00
Gold – Steady for Now – Pulse or Minus $50.00 Commentary for Friday, Jan 26, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $3.00 at $2016.90, and silver closed up $0.05 at $22.81. This was another one of those weeks in which traders waited for that second shoe to fall, relative to Fed interest rate policy. Patience is […]
Gold – Surprisingly Quiet
Gold – Surprisingly Quiet Commentary for Friday, Jan 19, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $7.90 at $2026.50, and silver closed down $0.10 at $22.57. This was a week where the market struggled with conflicting data and speculation with the center player in this dilemma being the Fed. Not long ago sentiment shifted to the dovish […]
Gold – Political Tension & Safe Haven
Gold – Political Tension & Safe Haven Commentary for Friday, Jan 12, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $32.40 at $2046.70, and silver closed up $0.62 at $23.16. The price of gold finished the week with a bang today, touching $2060.00 before settling lower on the day. (Reuters) United States and Britain launched strikes against sites […]
Gold – Interest Rates Rule
Gold – Interest Rates Rule Commentary for Friday, Jan 5, 2024 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $0.10 at $2042.40, and silver closed up $0.13 at $23.12. As the New Year develops, interest rates are still the determining factor controlling the price of gold. Commentators are split as to whether the bullish trade got carried away with […]
Gold – Higher Price Expectations
Gold – Higher Price Expectations Commentary for Friday, Dec 29, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $11.50 at $2062.40, and silver closed down $0.28 at $23.85. Going into the long New Year’s weekend gold continued to settle, trading between $2072.00 and $2058.00 with a mild downward bias. The end of the year is a typically quiet […]
Gold – An Optimistic 2024
Gold – An Optimistic 2024 Commentary for Friday, Dec 22, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $18.00 at $2057.10, and silver closed down $0.02 at $24.29. Going into the holiday season the gold bulls should be happy enough in that prices this week have moved higher 4 days out of 5. This is not a Christmas […]
Gold – Terminal Interest Rate
Gold – Terminal Interest Rate Commentary for Friday, Dec 15, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $9.10 at $2021.10, and silver closed down $0.23 at $23.87. On Wednesday Chief Powell created a thunderclap by claiming the latest Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index suggest that a terminal interest rate has been reached. Jerome then put […]
Gold – More Surprises in Store?
Gold – More Surprises in Store? Commentary for Friday, Dec 8, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $31.60 at $1998.30, and silver closed down $0.76 at $22.97. The price of gold moved significantly lower today in the domestic trade as a strong US jobs report rewrote the short-term pricing picture. Reuters believes that there is less […]
Gold – Will Prices Hold Up?
Gold – Will Prices Hold Up? Commentary for Friday, Dec 1, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $32.90 at $2071.00, and silver closed up $0.21 at $25.50. This week some traders are considering the possibility that the price of gold will not substantially retreat despite higher interest rates and hawkish Powell comments. This seems a bit […]
Gold – A Christmas Surprise?
Gold – A Christmas Surprise? Commentary for Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $7.90 at $1991.40, and silver closed down $0.17 at $23.67. The big story this Thanksgiving week must be the price of gold moving above $2000.00 on Tuesday. This was not a seminal moment; It was expected but the fact that […]
Gold – The Inflation Question
Gold – The Inflation Question Commentary for Friday, Nov 17, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed down $2.30 at $1981.60, and silver closed down $0.08 at $23.81. Even in the midst of confusion this has been interesting and perhaps a pivotal week for gold. Consider the pricing action on Tuesday of this week as inflation numbers softened. […]
Gold – Rising Bearish Sentiment
Gold – Rising Bearish Sentiment Commentary for Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $12.70 at $1964.20, and silver closed up $0.18 at $22.83. Another week of trouble for the bulls as gold’s technical picture falters, crude oil weakens, and Fed hawkishness seems resolute. (Reuters) – “Oil prices slid over 2% on Wednesday to […]
Gold – The Fed Pause?
Gold – The Fed Pause? Commentary for Friday, Nov 3, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $5.90 at $1991.50, and silver closed up $0.45 at $23.20. Now that the Fed has “paused” its interest rate program, the question becomes what has the investor learned from this latest insight? Is this good or bad for […]
Gold – Possible Outcomes?
Gold – Possible Outcomes? Commentary for Friday, October 27, 2023 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $1.40 at $1988.60, and silver closed down $0.02 at $22.77. Gold closed quietly at the end of this trading week. With escalating troubles in the Middle East and a positive technical picture I’m surprised that both gold and silver […]