Precious Metals

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2008


06/20 Gold Climbs on Inflation Concerns as Energy Costs Gain, Dollar Declines
06/20 Gold Extends Gains to Trade Near $906 Mark
06/19 Gold Gains in New York Trading on Concern That Inflation is Accelerating
06/19 Gold Futures Rise as U.S. Dollar Trades Mixed
06/19 Gold Climbs Above $900/oz After Oil Ticks Up
06/18 The Short View on Gold
06/18 Is gold too low compared with oil – or is it that oil is just too high
06/18 Gold, Silver Climb in New York as Rising Oil Spurs Inflation-Hedge Demand
06/18 Gold Steady as Traders Eye Dollar, Oil
06/17 As Good as It Gets or Is the Best Yet to Come
06/17 Silver Bulls Predict Price Bounce
06/17 Gold Off Lows on Soft Dollar but Oil Weighs
06/17 Gold, Silver Drop as Energy Costs Fall, Eroding Demand for Inflation Hedge
06/17 Gold Under Pressure as Oil Falls
06/16 Gold Jumps in New York as Euro Surges Against Dollar; Silver Also Advances
06/16 Gold Futures Rally Over 2% as Dollar Declines
06/16 Gold Rises 3% on Weak Dollar, Record Oil
06/13 Gold Heads for Weekly Decline as Dollar Rises Versus Euro, Crude Oil Falls
06/13 Gold Futures Lower as U.S. Dollar Gains Strength
06/12 India - gold demand beginning to pick up as prices fall
06/12 Gold Tumbles as Dollar Rallies on Interest-Rate Outlook; Silver Declines
06/12 Gold Tumbles as Retail Sales Hike Demand for Dollar
06/12 Gold Tumbles to Lowest Since Early May
06/11 Gold Rallies as Dollar Falls Against Euro on Rate Outlook; Silver Gains
06/11 Gold Futures Rally, as Greenback Falls vs. Rivals
06/11 Gold Extends Gains on Soft Dollar, Firm Oil

06/10 Gold Drops Most in Week as Dollar Climbs for Second Day Versus Euro, Yen
06/10 Gold Futures Fall Sharply as Dollar Rises Vs. Rivals
06/09 Gold Rises in N.Y. on Demand for Haven as Iran, Israel Tensions Escalate
06/09 Gold Extends Friday's Rally; Other Metals Lapse
06/09 Gold Near $900 as Dollar Comes Off Lows; Oil Prices Eyed
06/06 Gold Futures Surge Most in Six Months on U.S. Jobs Data, Dollar's Tumble
06/06 Gold Futures Gain as Much as $23 an Ounce
06/06 Silver's more than a sparkle in investors' eyes
06/06 Weak U.S. Jobs Data Spurs Gold to 1-Week High
06/05 Gold Drops as Dollar's Rally Limits Precious-Metal Demand; Silver Gains
06/05 Gold Futures Drop to a Five-Week Low
06/05 Gold Off Lows as Dollar Weakens vs. Euro
06/04 Gold Futures Rebound in New York as Easing Dollar Renews Inflation Concern
06/04 Gold Futures Fall, Set to Mark Second Straight Day of Loss
06/03 Fed chairman’s worries weigh on oil and gold
06/03 Gold Futures Decline as Bernanke Indicates U.S. Interest Rates Are on Hold
06/03 Gold Futures Off as Much as $19 an Ounce
06/02 Gold Rises in New York as Last Week's Slump May Spur Demand; Silver Gains
06/02 Gold Futures Edge Up, but Hold Below $900
05/30 Gold Heads for First Weekly Drop in Four in London as Oil Price Slides
05/30 Gold Futures Climb, but Set For a Weekly Loss
05/29 Gold Falls Most in a Month in N.Y. as Dollar Rallies; Silver Also Tumbles
05/29 Gold's Set to Extend Its Losing Streak to Three Sessions
05/29 Gold Slips on Oil
05/23 Gold Futures Head for Third Straight Weekly Gain on Inflation Concerns
05/23 Gold Futures Advance, Bolstered by Weaker Dollar
05/23 Gold Firms on Bargain Hunting, but Jewelers Wait
05/22 Gold Falls From 1-Month High as Dollar Rebounds; Silver, Platinum Decline
05/22 Gold Futures Fall as Dollar Gains vs. Rivals
05/22 Jewelers Sell Scrap Gold After Bullion Hits 1-Month High
05/21 Gold Rallies as Oil Record Spurs Demand for Inflation Hedge; Silver Gains
05/21 Gold Edges Up on Dollar Weakness, Soaring Oil
05/21 Gold Price May Double in Long-Term: Citigroup
05/20 Gold Gains on Dollar's Slump, Inflation-Hedge Demand; Palladium Rallies
05/20 Gold Futures Touch $915 an Ounce on Dollar Decline
05/20 Gold Holds Above $900 on Oil but Caution Prevails
05/19 Gold Futures Climb to Their Highest Level in a Month
05/19 Gold Climbs Modestly
05/16 Gold Rallies to Three-Week High on Record Energy Costs, Weakening Dollar
05/16 Gold Futures Climb Past $900 as Oil Prices Surge
05/15 Gold, Silver Gain in New York as Dollar's Rally Stalls, Energy Costs Climb
05/15 Gold Futures Rise as Dollar Falls, Oil Futures Rally
05/15 Gold Jumps 2 Percent on Surging Oil
05/15 Gold Recovers, Silver Slips Further
05/14 Gold, Silver Futures Tumble on Reduced Demand for Hedges Against Inflation
05/14 Gold Futures Edge Down After Tame CPI Data
05/13 Gold Drops as Dollar's Rebound Curbs Investment Demand for Precious Metal
05/13 Gold Futures Drop as Much as $24 on Dollar Strength
05/13 Gold Declines, Silver Rises Sharply
05/12 Gold Little Changed, Erasing Earlier Loss, as U.S. Dollar Index Declines
05/12 Gold Futures Fall, Pressured by Dollar, Crude
05/09 Gold Futures Fall in New York on U.S. Interest-Rate Outlook; Silver Drops
05/09 Gold Futures Pace Gains with Rising Oil, Falling Dollar
05/09 Opening Glance: Gold Miners Open Lower in Early Trading
05/08 Gold Futures Rise, Underpinned by Soft Dollar
05/08 Gold Gains 1 Percent as Dollar Slips From Highs
05/07 Gold Drops in New York as Dollar Strengthens Against Euro; Silver Declines
05/07 Gold Futures Fall, as U.S. Dollar Rises vs. Rivals
05/07 Silver Could Average Close to $17/oz in 2008 Amid Firm Investment Demand - GFMS
05/06 Gold Futures Rise in New York as Dollar Declines, Oil Tops $122 a Barrel
05/06 Gold Futures Rise as Crude Oil Hits Record High
05/05 Gold Futures Rise in New York as Dollar Falls Against Euro; Silver Climbs
05/05 Gold Futures Rise, Boosted by Rally in Crude Oil
05/02 Gold Futures Edge Up After Jobs Data
05/02 Gold Heads for Longest Losing Streak in London in One Year as Dollar Gains
05/02 India Silver Demand Picks Up, More Falls Eyed
05/01 Gold Futures Knocked Lower by Rising Dollar
05/01 Gold Slumps to Three Month Low Close to $850/oz as Dollar Strengthens
04/30 Gold Declines, Heads for Second Monthly Decline Amid a Rally in the Dollar
04/30 Gold Futures Extend Decline Ahead of Fed Decision
04/30 Silver Seen Higher in Lat -08, Early -09: CPM Group
04/29 Gold, Silver Futures Drop as Dollar's Rally Erodes Demand for Commodities
04/29 Gold Futures Fall Sharply on Dollar, Oil
04/28 Gold Futures Gain in New York After Oil Rises to Record; Silver Climbs
04/28 Gold Rises as Record Crude Raises Inflation Concerns
04/28 Silver Likely to Drop Faster Than Gold Once the Dollar Stabilizes
04/28 Gold Ends Higher on Record Oil but Caution Reigns
04/26 Will dollar revival and gold decline be shortlived?
04/25 Metals: Precious Little Supply
04/25 Gold Futures Rebound in New York on Gain in Energy Costs; Silver Advances
04/25 Gold jewellery demand drops on price volatility in Q4 2007
04/25 Metal Stocks: Gold futures edge down, as dollar gains vs. rivals
04/25 Metals: Precious Little Supply
04/24 Storm in a gold teacup
04/24 Platinum may hit $2,400 an ounce this year: GFMS
04/24 Platinum Falls in N.Y. on Catalyst Replacement; Palladium Drops 
04/24 Metal Stocks: Gold futures drop 2% as dollar strengthens
04/23 Indian Traders Group Wants to Ban Futures Trading in Gold & Silver
04/23 Bears beat up on gold bullion
04/23 Gold Falls as Euro, Oil Decline From Records; Silver Slides 
04/22 Investec predicts platinum price north of $2400 by December
04/22 Butler: Then and Now
04/22 Metal Stocks: Gold futures advance on weaker dollar, rising oil
04/22 Gold, Silver Climb as Surging Oil, Euro Spur Investor Demand for Metals
04/21 Metals Stocks: Gold futures gain, as dollar falls
04/21 Got Gold Report - Popular Silver Demand Surging in U.S.
04/21 Gold tests $950 again – and found wanting
04/21 Gold Rises as Dollar Extends Slide; Silver Erases Earlier Drop

04/21
Govt may fix gold prices for global market
04/21 Gold hedging falls 8 pct in Oct-Dec 2007 - report
04/18 Gold Is Not Going To Crash Vaughn
04/18 Metals Stocks: Gold futures decline sharply as dollar rallies
04/18 Gold Falls Most in Two Weeks as Dollar Rebounds Against Euro; Silver Drops
04/17 How much risk is gold discounting?
04/17 Gold, Silver Futures Fall in New York After Dollar Rebounds Against Euro
04/17 Gold Futures Edge Down as Dollar Strengthens
04/16 Rush to Silver if you want to make Moolah
04/16 Platinum Supply to Remain in Deficit in 2008
04/16 Miners are the winners as consumers buy metals at almost any price
04/16 Gold, Silver Futures Climb as Dollar Falls to All-Time Low Against Euro
04/16 Gold Futures Rally 2% as Dollar Falls Sharply
04/15 Gold Climbs in New York as Record Energy Costs Trigger Inflation Concerns
04/15 Gold Futures Edge Higher, as Crude Oil Hits Record
04/15 High gold prices encourage miners to reconsider more difficult projects
04/15 Gold, Silver Recover on Higher Global Cues
04/14 Gold, Silver Futures Rally in New York as Dollar Declines Against Euro
04/14 Gold Gains as Dollar Falls; Other Metals Mixed
04/11 Gold, Silver Drop in New York on Signs Rally in Precious Metals May Stall
04/11 Gold Futures Decline; Other Metals Also Trade Lower
04/10 Gold, Silver Decline as Euro Pares Gain, Reducing Appeal of Precious Metal
04/10 Gold Futures Drop; Other Metals Mostly Lower
04/10 IMF to Sell 12% Gold for Funds
04/10 Precious Metal Surprise: Silver a Real Comer
04/09 Gold, Silver Futures Rebound in New York as Dollar Weakens Against Euro
04/09 Gold Futures Rally, as Dollar Drops vs. Rivals
04/08 Gold Falls as Lower Oil Cost Cuts Demand for Inflation Hedge; Silver Drops
04/08 Gold Drops Over 1% as IMF Announces Gold Sales
04/08 Comex Gold Softer Due to Crude, Dollar Moves
04/07 Gold, Silver Climb as Surging Food, Energy Costs Spur Inflation Concerns
04/07 Gold Futures Soar 2%; Other Metals Also Rise
04/07 Gold Edges Higher as Weak U.S. Payrolls Keeps Pressure on Dollar
04/04 Gold, Little Changed in New York, May Rise as Dollar Declines, Oil Climbs
04/04 Gold Gains in Wake of Disappointing Jobs Data
04/04 NY Gold Futures Turn Higher on Weak US Payrolls
04/03 Gold Rises for Second Day on Speculation Dollar Gain Against Euro to Stall
04/03 Gold Futures Rally as Dollar Slips After Jobs Data
04/02 Gold Futures Rise on Speculation Dollar's Rally Against Euro Might Stall
04/02 Gold Edges Up as Dollar Loses Steam
04/01 Another Look at the Bull Market in Commodities
04/01 Gold Sinks Below $900
04/01 Gold Futures Tumble Over 4% as Dollar Rallies
04/01 Opening Glance: Gold Companies Fall
04/01 Butler: Real Regulatory Reform
03/31 Gold Futures Drop, Along With Other Metals, Oil
03/28 High prices spark fresh gold rush in California
03/28 Gold Drops in London as Oil Falls, Dollar Rises; Silver, Platinum Slide
03/28 Gold Futures Down 2% as Other Metals Fall
03/28 Gold Falls 2 Percent in Broad Commodities Sell-Off
03/27 Gold, Silver Futures Fall in New York After Dollar Rebounds Against Euro
03/27 Gold Futures Edge Down, Stronger Dollar Weighs
03/27 Gold On Track For Sustained Comeback
03/26 Gold, Silver Futures Climb in New York as Dollar Declines Against Euro
03/26 Gold Futures Rise as Dollar Falls
03/26 Gold Rises as Dollar Weakness Continues to Spur Buying
03/25 Gold Futures Rise in New York as Euro Rebounds Versus Dollar
03/25 Early Rally in Gold as Dollar Falls Sharply
03/25 Metals - Gold Steady, Continuing Recovery From Pre-Easter Blues
03/24 Gold, Silver Prices Rebound on Speculation Last Week's Plunge..Overdone
03/24 Gold Rebounds After Last Week's Sharp Decline
03/24 Gold Rises in N.Y. on Speculation Dollar's Rally May Stall
03/20 Commodities retreat, punished by cash raising
03/20 Commodity Prices Part Speculative - IMF


KEY ARTICLES
2008
03/17 Gold Futures Ease Back Off $1,033 Record
03/12 Measurement technique probes surface structure of gold nanocrystals
03/12 Consumers in a Rush to Cash in as Gold Price Nears $1,000 U.S.
03/05 Rising Price of Gold Has Not Spurred Production
03/03 Gold Advances to Record $992 as Dollar Declines; Silver Reaches 1980 High
02/27 Gold dehedging persists in Q4 07, more expected in ’08
02/20 Silver Association: Past the Point of No Return
02/19 Five fundamentals will drive gold price higher in 2008
02/07 M&A Activity Likely to Stay Strong in Mining Sector
02/06 Is the gold price really being manipulated?
02/06 Citigroup boosts 2008-10 gold forecasts to $900-1000/oz
02/05 Commodity Investment Set to Increase in 2008, Led by Metals, SocGen Says
02/04 The Coming Gold Surge
01/22 Butler: The coming investment boom in silver
01/19 Investing: The (new) case for gold
01/17 GFMS Gold Survey 2007 Update: "Gold at $1,000 "A Clear Possibility" in 2008
01/16 Gold Nanoparticles Shine Brightly in Tumors
01/11 Gold challenging $900 level
01/11 Old Mutual Gold Fund Manager says 2008 good for gold
01/07 Prediction: 2008 gold price high of $1088?
01/03 Gold takes just one 2008 trading day to set new record price

2007
12/28 Gold to Pass Record in 2008 on Inflation, Survey Says
12/28 Survey: Gold will blow by record in 2008
12/28 Top Reasons to Invest in Gold
12/16 Analysts: Gold Will be Strong in 2008
12/14 Goldman Sachs reduces '08 base metals forecast, maintains $750 gold
12/13 Interview: Precious Metals to Outperform in 2008
12/12 Taiwan Scientists Discover gold Nanoparticles Stabilize Organic Memory
12/12 Safe Ways to Invest in Gold
12/11 U.S. Economy to Drive Gold in 2008
12/11 Gold looks to a diesel-powered future
12/11 All About Gold Mining in India
12/10 Gold Bug Variations in the Industrial Usefulness of PGMs
12/10 More gold in auto catalysts - bad news for PGMs?
11/15 Barrick Says Gold Supply to Fall Faster Than Expected
11/14 Shelter in the Storm: Gold Demand Soars on Subprime Mess
11/08 Gold Hits a New 27-Year High
11/07 GFMS
' Interim Silver Market Review
11/06 Credit Suisse Report Sets Gold Market on Fire
11/05 Supply/demand dynamics may trigger quantum upward change in the gold price
11/02 Gold pushes past $800 mark
11/01 China's Gold Output Grows 13% in First Nine Months
10/31 Gold 'will rocket more than $1,000 an ounce'
10/18 Gold Nanorods Shed Light on Fighting Cancer
08/02 Will China Be the Top Gold Producer by 2010?
07/16 Silver: The Poor Cousin to Gold?
07/06 Photographic recycling of silver sliding
06/19 GOP Longshot: Ditch Fed, Go Back to Gold
06/05 Forbes Mag 6/18: Gold Joins the Mainstream
06/03 Gold Coins are Attracting a New Class of Investors
05/31 New Demand for Gold from Diesel Engine Pollution Control Catalysts
05/30 New market for Silver Could be Worth $1.2B in Electronics Sector
05/27 Should Central Banks Manipulate the Gold Price?
05/25 Investment, ETF Launch Sent Silver Price Soaring in 2006
05/23 Single ETF Captures 13% of World Silver Output
05/21 The World's Big 4 Gold Mining Nations are Rapidly Losing Their Status
05/17 U.S. Gold's McEwen Forecasts $2,000/oz Gold Price by 2010
05/14 GMP Forecasts $700/oz Gold with Significantly Higher Short-Term Price
04/30 China is World's 3rd Largest Gold Consumer
04/27 Unprecedented Paper on Human Use of Silver
04/24 Gold nanoparticles to be used in early diagnostics and treatment...
04/03 Butler: The Excellence of Silver
03/28 Embry: The time for gold 'to go ballistic' approaches (pdf)
03/27 Metal prices will determine hybrid battery type
03/19 GFMS Forecasts Gold De-hedging Pick-Up This Year
03/15 CPM Forecasts Central Bank Gold Sales to Decline...
03/12 Citigroup Forecasts $3/lb copper, $700/oz Gold...
03/01 Global Gold Hedge Book Now at Lowest Since 1994
02/27 Platinum May Reach Record on Auto Demand
02/08 Silver in Pajamas could combat hospital bacteria
01/12 Scientists Discover Gold Clusters Stabilize Platinum Electorcatalysts...
01/08 US Gold Price Performance Will Depend on Periodic Strength of Dollar

2006
12/17 Silver is the Top Pick for 2007 But Trade Carefully
12/14 Do Hedge Funds See Gold as an Alternative Currency
12/08 Business Week: Gold Will Top $1,000 an Ounce
12/06 GFMS: Silver Forecast Demand to Fall by Just Over 3% This Year
12/06 Gurus Go For Gold
11/30 Gold is Golden... Shultz Sees $1,500 Gold
11/27 How to Value a Mining Share
11/24 Shanghai in front rank of world gold trading
11/17 China plans to open gold markets, facilitate gold trade
11/06 Promising Signs for Platinum-Based Solar Cells
11/03 Gold Still Aiming for $1,000 an Ounce - But When?
11/02 Managing Political Risk in Mining
10/26 World Gold Output is on the Decline
10/10 Injections of Pure Gold Could Ease Arthritis
09/14 GFMS: Gold Survey 2006 Highlights
09/13 Embry: Manipulation of Gold's Price Obvious...
08/22 Scientists Trial Non-Toxic Gold Transaction
08/18 Long-Term Gold Forecasts Have Soared in Past Few Years
08/15 Better Than Ever Butler
08/07 Gold Market Manipulation and Missing M3 Figures
06/24 The American Buffalo - 24 carat of Pure Gold Coin
06/19 New Gold Coin is Purest Yet From US Mint
06/08 Gold Producers See Good Times Ahead
06/13 Butler: Silver Default Looming?
06/07 Oceanographers Turn to Silver for Particle Count
06/07 This War Against Germs Has a Silver Lining
06/06 Double-Counting of Gold by Central Banks -- Price Suppression
05/09 Gold Tops $700, Dow's Close 2nd Highest Ever
05/08 Butler: Buffett Loses His Silver
05/07 Warren Buffett Sells the Family Silver
05/01 A Look Into Jim Roger's Crystal Ball
04/30 Marc Faber Sees Gold in Full Gear
02/01 Chevreux Gold Report @ GATA
01/29 The Key to Silver's Next Big Move

2005
06/15 Gold Derivatives: Skewing the World
06/09 Gold Reconsidered  
06/05 Believing (and Believing and Believing) in Bullion
04/22 Bottom for Both Gold and Bonds?
03/31 More on Gold Manipulation
02/10 Not Free, Not Fair Update
02/01 Silver by the Numbers

2004
12/08 Déjà Vu: Central Banks at the Abyss
08/10 The New Silver Era
06/30 Investment Success and the Long-Term Gold Bull
06/28 Hard Money Markets

When hurricanes threaten financial skies,
And wealth starts sinking as waters rise,
Take counsel from the wisdom of old,
And build an ark of silver and gold.
- R. Young, April 2004 (for FSO)

Gold and Economic Freedom
Alan Greenspan, 1966

GREAT ARTICLES


Scientists Discover How Gold Eases Pain of Arthritis
Bacteria Linked to Gold Nugget Formation
Thar's Gold in Them Thar Microbes
Why is Silver Tarnishing Faster
Use of Silver Nanoparticles Rapidly Expanding...
Gold Nanoparticles to Trap Toxins
Gold Set to Become Even Scarcer
Samsung Unveils Bacteria-Killing Washing Machine
The Visible Hand Sprott Asset Management
Dear Silver Investor from Michael Gorham, Director US CFTC 5/14/04
European Central Bank Press Release on Gold 3/2004
Money, Gold & the Great Depression Bernanke/Federal Reserve
Fed's McTeer on Gold
Why Gold's Gleam Isn't Likely to Dim BusinessWeek
The Case for Silver (Forbes 12/22/2003)
Greenspan or Gold? Lawrence W. Reed, mises.org
Gold is Shining Again Hans Sennholz
Healing the Wounds of Hedging McKay/Mining Web
Auction Brings $7.6 Million for Double Eagle
Gibson's Paradox Revisited, GoldenSextant.com
Gibson's Paradox, GATA 
How To Price a Gold Stock Robert Moriarty
Gold and Economic Freedom by Alan Greenspan, 1966
Holding Gold, CNN-Money
A Historical View of the American Gold Market, Gold-Eagle
Gold in the IMF: A Factsheet, IMF

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