Gold reached a new record peak just yesterday at $916.10 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). Today, corrections appear to be in order. Profit taking came into the mix after the dollar gained strength against the euro and oil prices declined.
Many analyst had indeed forecasted corrections occurring shortly after gold went above $900 an ounce.
Not to be cynical, but given there are market analysts on both sides of the fence and standing on top of it, a percentage of predictions are bound to be right some of the time.
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Driven by investors, gold has climbed to its latest record of $876.40 an ounce or more than $7 above last week’s historic high of $869.05.
Spurring gold was a softening of the US dollar as investors weighed in the likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates at the their Jan. 30 meeting.
China is also launching a gold future trading contract tomorrow, adding further motivation to gold’s rise.
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Gold climbed to its newest 28 year high Monday, November 5. It reached $814.20 on the New York Mercantile Exchange and finally settled to $810.80 an ounce.
In reaction and as CoinNews.net analyzed and then predicted Friday, Nov. 2, the United States Mint halted Uncirculated Gold American Eagles sales once again.
Similar to their very first suspension on September 13, the U.S. Mint listed below each of their American Eagle Gold uncirculated products (one ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, one-tenth ounce and four-coin set) the following statement:
"Due to the increasing market value of gold, the American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coins are temporarily unavailable while pricing for this option can be adjusted; therefore, no orders can be taken at this time."
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Gold hit two thresholds today, November 2, making it a popular topic of interest across major news outlets.
One threshold was closing above $800. The other was a new 28 year high. For a time, gold actually hit $810.70 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It finally closed at $808.50 an ounce.
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Since many coins contain a precious metal, we expanded our website to include charts and spot prices of silver, gold and platinum (found here). In doing so, I was reminded of a common misconception many people have regarding the system of weight for precious metals. Many think an ounce of gold is the same “weight” as an ounce of beef. It’s not!
When you step on the scale, you don’t think of it but what’s being measured uses the system of weight known as avoirdupois. If we’ve lost a few pounds, we’d say something like, “I lost 2 pounds!” We wouldn’t say, “I lost 2 avoirdupois pounds!” Read the rest of this entry »
