Gold Snaps 3-Day Rally, Silver Dips 4.5 Cents
Breaking a three-day winning streak, gold edged 0.6 percent lower Thursday as investors took profits and a mix of caution set in following the previous day's rally.
"We're in no-man's land," MarketWatch quoted Matt Zeman, head trader and strategist at Kingsview Financial in Chicago. "People are still digesting the rally" on Wednesday and weighing how gold will be impacted by the central banks's action, he added.
After jumping $31.40 Wednesday, gold prices on Thursday retreated $10.50 to $1,739.80 an ounce in the February futures contract on the Comex in New York [...]
2011 Lucretia Garfield First Spouse Gold Coins and Medals Available
The United States Mint made the 2011 Lucretia Garfield First Spouse Gold Coins available on Thursday, December 1, at noon Eastern Time. The 24-karat gold collector coins are the fourth issue of this year and the twenty first in the series.
The strikes are available in two versions, proof and uncirculated. The proof's price is $1,029.00 and the uncirculated coin's price is $1,016.00. Like other numismatic gold offerings from the United States Mint, prices may change weekly, depending on the rise or fall of gold prices on the London Fix.
The new coins honor Lucretia Garfield, wife of James Garfield who served as the twentieth President of the United States. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield married her husband in 1858 while [...]
In The Lead – Dude, Where’s My Rally?
New York precious metals action opened with minor losses in gold and with mild advances in other metals, except for palladium, which continued it stunning two-day climb by adding 4% more to values in the spot price.
Gold fell $2 to the $1,747 mark while silver advanced 44 cents to the $33.25 level on the bid-side. The yellow metal hit a two-week high yesterday, buoyed by the spreading 'Buy Everything!' syndrome -- one that made for the Dow's best day of 2011 and its best session since early 2009 at the same time. What's wrong with that picture? Most everything that one has come to historically rely upon [...]
Gold Prices Rally 1.8%, Silver Rebounds 2.7%
Gold rallied 1.8 percent Wednesday, advancing the most in its third straight day of gains, as central banks around the world coordinated to make it cheaper for European banks to borrow U.S. dollars.
"You are seeing an enhancement of the loose monetary situation around the world and continued currency devaluation, and that's what causing the rise in gold today," Reuters quoted Michael Cuggino, portfolio manager of the Permanent Portfolio Funds.
Gold prices gained $31.40 to $1,750.30 an ounce in the February futures contract on the Comex in New York. Gold traded between [...]
US Mint Sales: Annual Sets, Uncirculated Silver Eagle and Commemoratives Lead
Buyers keyed on annual sets, the uncirculated Silver Eagle and commemorative coins in the absence of new product releases, the latest sales figures from the United States Mint revealed.
With the popular proof Silver Eagle sold out -- its individual sales total remained at 850,000, the companion uncirculated Silver Eagle received a bit of a bump. Collectors ordered 5,142 versus the previous 2,784. That brought sales of the uncirculated Silver Eagle to 199,848 since its September 15 launch. The collectible was not the Mint's best-seller, but it did rank fourth [...]
In The Lead – Concerted Grosso
As gold has been trading along the lines of what a risk asset normally displays as opposed to what a safe-haven one does, the spike seen today is unsurprising.
Spot gold opened with a $15 sprint to the $1,730 per ounce level, while silver lagged significantly but still opened four cents higher and was quoted at the $31.96 bid.
Ironically, the reading of the CFTC market positioning reports had shown that specs had substantially reduced their net-long bets in gold and silver just before this (CCBA) gift was sent to the commodities' markets today. Confidence in the ability of most metals and oil had shown signs of being absent in the latest reporting period [...]
Gold Gains for Second Day, Silver Dips 0.7%
Gold advanced modestly Tuesday for a second straight day of gains as the yellow metal was supported by a drop in the U.S. dollar and a rise in other commodities.
"The strength in other commodities is helping gold," Sterling Smith, an analyst at Country Hedging Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota, said in a telephone interview that was cited on Bloomberg. "The weaker dollar is also lending support."
Gold prices edged up $4.40, or 0.3 percent, to $1,718.90 an ounce in the February futures [...]
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set Available
The United States Mint placed the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set on sale today, Tuesday, November 29, at 12:00 PM (noon) ET for $9.95, the same price as last year's circulating coin set.
The product is the last of four unique annual sets that solely contain all five of the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters®. The earlier sets were the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set, the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set, and the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set [...]
Olympic National Park 5 Oz Silver Uncirculated Coin Launches
Fans of very large coins received another opportunity to add to their collections. The 2011-P Olympic National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin launched at noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, November 29, 2011, from the United States Mint.
With a price of $229.95, the three-inch diameter Olympic silver coin is estimated to rack up approximately over $2 million in sales during its first few days of availability. It is the third 2011-dated five ounce collector strike and the eighth overall in the super-sized America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ series that honors fifty-six national sites throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories [...]
Gold Rises $25.10 Above Last Week’s Close, Silver Prices Rise 3.7%
Gold rebounded Monday to rise $25.10 above last week's close and break a two-session losing streak. A weaker U.S. dollar and bargain-hunting were among factors supporting higher prices.
"Gold today has to do largely with the dollar pullback," Businessweek quoted Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital in London, by phone. "Support for gold is well intact."
Gold prices gained 1.5 percent to settle at $1,710.80 an ounce in the December futures contract on the [...]
