Our Almost Famous Gold Newsletter
Welcome to Our Almost Famous Gold Newsletter with Richard Schwary, written regularly after the CME close. This commentary will look at the gold, silver, platinum and palladium markets and consider what happened to create these changes on the trading floor. It will also offer world class commentary from other sources in a balanced and straightforward manner.
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The Gold Newsletter Week in Review
Gold – Prices Rebound Cautiously
Commentary for Friday, Aug 14, 2026 (www.golddealer.com) – Today gold closed up $16.80 at $4380.40, and silver closed up $0.12 at $64.99. The price of gold only moved modestly into the green going into the weekend. Which may be a disappointment to bullish sentiment given rising tensions in the Middle East, a weakening dollar, and the United States claiming […]
Gold – Prices Surge Higher
Commentary for Friday, Aug 7, 2026 – Today gold closed up $98.70 at $4340.70, and silver closed up $1.89 at $63.33. The price of gold rallied this morning, ($4368.00), the best week since Jan as the expectation of higher interest rates faded. The reason being that experts looked for a gain of 85000 jobs in US […]
Gold – Drifts Lower
Commentary for Friday, July 31, 2026 – Today gold closed down $51.00 at $4049.10, and silver closed down $1.23 at $57.59. The price of gold moved lower going into the weekend as traders believe a change in the Middle East war might be in the making. I don’t see this as some sort of regime change which […]
Gold – Stuck in Neutral?
Commentary for Friday, July 24, 2026 – Today gold closed up $21.00 at $4067.60, and silver closed up $0.86 at $58.66. While some insiders believe the price of gold is stuck in neutral, I am more optimistic that what traders are now considering is a basing price model for gold which is hindered by a hawkish FOMC. […]
Gold – $4000.00 Consolidation?
Commentary for Friday, July 17, 2026 – Today gold closed up $27.10 at $4012.70, and silver closed up $0.14 at $56.04. I think bullish sentiment is not ready to celebrate this week, but this picture is not all that bad as gold closed north of $4000.00. Now you might think this finish is no big deal considering […]
Gold – Another Tough Call
Commentary for Friday, July 10, 2026 – Today gold closed down $26.50 at $4104.10, and silver closed down $0.57 at $59.81. As we approach the weekend it appears gold has developed several crosswinds which may suppress prices the rest of this year. Depending on whether you are pitching or batting as our English friends are fond […]
Gold – Becoming More Interesting?
Commentary for Thursday, July 2, 2026 – Today gold closed up $44.40 at $4112.70, and silver closed up $0.55 at $60.64. While this week has been rather frightful and volatile, today’s close to the upside suggests that Independence Day may welcome increasing bullish sentiment. Now of course this is no guarantee going into a long holiday […]
Gold – Firm into the Weekend
Commentary for Friday, June 26, 2026 – Today gold closed up $48.20 at $4078.70, and silver closed up $0.87 at $59.22. It has been a tough week for the bulls but today’s bounce to the upside may be just what the doctor ordered considering $4000.00 gold is an important psychological figure, as is now in play. […]