March 29, 2010

Strikes at Buenaventura silver and gold mines scrapped

Workers have agreed not to strike at two Buenaventura mines in Peru, but have walked out at a third mine.

March 26, 2010

London Trader Warns CFTC In Advance Of JPM’s Silver Price Take-Down

Gold traded within a ten dollar range all day long on Wednesday… finishing up a few dollars on the day.  Nothing to see […]

March 25, 2010

HSBC’s Head of Gold Trading Bows Out of CFTC Hearing

Wednesday’s gold price action started off just like it did on Monday and Tuesday… trading sideways [despite an ever-rising dollar] until 2:00 p.m. in Hong Kong before the […]

March 23, 2010

Gold and silver manipulation claims to be aired at CFTC hearing

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission hearing will examine the creation of speculative limits for commodities markets in a hearing to be held Thursday.

March 23, 2010

Silver Thursday Plus 30

Unless you are a real silver bug or a much studied gold bug, the concept of Silver Thursday will have little meaning […]

March 22, 2010

An Up and Down Day

It’s been an interesting start to the week as the Dow opened lower and looked like it could fall even more. Now […]

March 22, 2010

The Stealth Palladium Bull

The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finishing line – Anonymous – Palladium was the […]

March 22, 2010

Memo To CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler… From: JPMorgan et al… Subject: UP YOURS!

It was an interesting day yesterday… and it turned out just about as I suggested in my closing comments yesterday. All through […]

March 22, 2010

Peru’s gold production rose 27,036 ounces in February

Silver, lead and tungsten production dropped at Peruvian mines in February although gold and moly operations reported increased output.

March 21, 2010

$5,000 Gold: Likely or Just ‘Pie in the Sky’?

At the beginning of the last decade gold was trading at $255 an ounce and by the end of 2009 was trading […]