Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) has been showing solid numbers in terms of profit margins and revenues growth: as of the third quarter of 2012, the company’s revenues rose by 21% and its operating earnings by 27.6%. The company’s operating…
Major commodities traded mostly down on the first business day of the week: the price of Brent oil and WTI oil changed direction and fell yesterday; natural gas Henry Hub future (short term delivery) also changed course and inched up…
The prices of gold and silver continued to rise last week. The rally of precious metals coincided with the appreciation of the USD against several currencies including the Euro and Canadian dollar, and the rise of other commodities such as…
Gold and silver continued to trade up last week; their rally coincided with the appreciation of the Euro and Canadian dollar again the USD and other commodities such as oil. The FOMC kept its policy unchanged. This news, however, seems…
Major commodities prices including oil, gold and silver continued to trade up during last week while certain other commodities such as natural gas fell. Next week several reports, decisions and events may affect the financial markets. These include: ECB and…
The prices of precious metals zigzagged during the week only the finish the week on a positive note. Both metals rose on a weekly scale. The FOMC left its policy unchanged, but it this news seems to have been crowded…
Major commodities traded mostly up on the last business day of the week: the price of Brent oil and WTI oil increased yesterday; natural gas Henry Hub future (short term delivery) changed course and fell yesterday; the prices of gold…
The price of gold didn’t do much during January; silver price, on the other hand, bounced back from its tumble during December and rose during last month. The little movement in the price of gold on a monthly scale might…
The prices of precious metals changed course and tumbled down yesterday after they spiked on Wednesday. China’s manufacturing PMI (opens pdf) inched down to 50.4, which means the manufacturing sectors in China are expanding at a slower pace than in…
Today, the U.S. Manufacturing ISM report was published; according to the recent report, the U.S. Manufacturing PMI index rose again to 53.1% during January 2013. The U.S. Manufacturing PMI is an index estimates the economic development of the U.S. manufacturing…