As a rout in energy prices spreads to global equities, investors are returning to gold to take cover. Assets in the SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest exchange-traded product backed by the metal, rose yesterday at the fastest pace since July. The holdings are up almost 1 percent in December, snapping four straight months of […]
LATEST NEWS: Gold Bulls Return as Wagers on Stimulus Accumulate: Commodities
Speculators boosted bullish gold bets to a three-month high on signs central banks will act to counter low inflation, reviving the allure of bullion as a hedge. The net-long position in New Yorkfutures and options climbed for a third week, the longest expansion since July, government data show. Short holdings fell to a 14-week low. […]
LATEST NEWS : Gold Wagers Gain as China Rate Reduction Stems Rout
Hedge funds added bullish gold wagers at the fastest pace since June as central bank action from China to Japan and Europehelped stem the rout in prices. The net-long position in New York futures and options expanded 56 percent, U.S. government data show. Short holdings fell to a two-month low and long wagers climbed for […]
LATEST NEWS : Gold Bulls Lured Back for First Time in Two Months: Commodities
Speculators added bullish gold bets for the first time in nine weeks as concern that global economic growth is slowing whipsawed equity markets. The gain in the net-long position in New York gold futures and options snapped the longest run of reductions since 2010. Prices rose for a second week as global equities retreated to […]
LATEST NEWS : Gold Bulls Lured Back for First Time in Two Months: Commodities
Speculators added bullish gold bets for the first time in nine weeks as concern that global economic growth is slowing whipsawed equity markets. The gain in the net-long position in New York gold futures and options snapped the longest run of reductions since 2010. Prices rose for a second week as global equities retreated to […]
LATEST NEWS : Gold Extends Rebound From 2014 Low as China Returns From Break
Gold rose as the drop to this year’s low lured Chinese buyers returning from a weeklong break, while investors awaited minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting. Platinum extended a rally from a five-year low. continue reading at bloomberg.com
LATEST NEWS : Gold Shines Again as Hedge Funds Boost Wagers on Advance
Gold is precious again. After investors sent bullion tumbling in 2013 by the most in three decades and kept dumping the metal earlier this year, demand is now up and prices are defying bearish forecasts. Money managers increased net-long positions for a fourth straight week through July 1 and holdings in exchange-traded products are climbing […]
LATEST NEWS : Gold Set for Weekly Gain on Haven Demand Amid Iraq Tumult
Gold futures capped a second straight weekly gain as escalating violence in Iraq boosted demand for the precious metal as a haven. Silver posted the longest rally in almost four months. Crude oil jumped to the highest in more than eight months on concern that a civil war looms in Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer. Gold gained 6 […]
LATEST NEWS : Gold Set for First Back-to-Back Weekly Gain Since April
Gold was little changed near the highest in more than two weeks as investors weighed whether escalating violence in Iraq will increase demand for the precious metal as a haven. Gold rallied this week while oil extended gains today and European equities fell as Iraq’s Shiite-led government struggled to retain control of Sunni-majority regions, after army units […]
Gold Declines as Traders Book Profits After Advance
Gold declined in New York, trimming a monthly advance, as some traders booked profits after prices climbed to a 17-week high and amid speculation a weaker yuan may hurt demand fromChina. Gold is the third-biggest gainer, after coffee and lean hogs, in the Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities this year on speculation haven demand […]
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