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 – Interest Rates and Politics
Commentary for April 17, 2026 – Today gold closed up $72.20 at $4857.60, and silver closed up $3.13 at $81.74. Gold moved higher today as Middle East tension moved lower, at least in the short term, the dollar turned soft and technicians suspect a potential breakout is in the making. How long this latest peace attempt will […]
Gold – Middle East Peace?
Commentary for April 10, 2026 – Today gold closed down $30.30 at $4761.90, and silver closed up $0.04 at $76.32. Let’s consider another confusing week as traders sort out confusing crosscurrents which could send the price of gold and silver higher or lower without warning. Of course, this initial direction is almost wholly dependent on an extended […]
Gold – All Time Highs?
Commentary for April 2, 2026 – Today gold closed down $131.70 at $4651.60, and silver closed down $3.13 at $72.74. The bullish hope of all-time highs in gold moved to the back burner this morning as our shiny friend dipped seriously into the red as the dollar and oil prices rose. And Trump said the US […]
Gold – Higher on Lower Rates?
Commentary for March, 27, 2026 – Today gold closed up $116.50 at $4492.00, and silver closed up $1.88 at $69.55. The near term future of gold and silver prices is still a bit fuzzy as traders buy time to see what the Fed does with short term interest rates. Most believe they will stand pat at present […]
Gold – The Bears Roar
Commentary for March, 20, 2026 – Today gold closed down $30.30 at $4570.40, and silver closed down $1.54 at $69.36. In a blink of the eye this market goes from a bullish “how high can we go” to a bearish “how low can we go” over what amounts to political comments by the outgoing FOMC Chief relative […]
Gold – Bullish Consolidation
Commentary for March, 13, 2026 – Today gold closed down $63.30 at $5052.50, and silver closed down $3.76 at $80.91. The price of gold seems to be trending lower this week, which is not hard to believe as interest rates remain steady. And even though gold may test the psychologically important $5000.00 level, I believe investors […]
Gold – Iran & the Middle East
Commentary for March, 6, 2026 – Today gold closed up $80.80 at $5146.10, and silver closed up $2.13 at $83.82. Gold finished the week off a few hundred dollars which is surprising when you consider Israel’s claim it’s moving to the “next phase” of war with Iran (CNN). And European nations are being drawn into the conflict […]
Gold – Bullish Longer View
Commentary for Feb, 27, 2026 – Today gold closed up $54.00 at $5230.50, and silver closed up $5.68 at $92.68. Gold finished the week with a small amount of fireworks as it pushed to session highs of $5250.00 before settling somewhat. Yet finishing the day solidly in the green. Suggesting that this market may be resting and […]