Money Metals' Weekly Market Wrap Podcast

As the Christmas holiday approaches, bulls are celebrating some continued strength in gold and silver markets. And the big institutions that hold short positions on futures exchanges will not want to see gold post a headline-grabbing close above $2,100 an ounce for 2023.  When gold surged above that level in overseas futures trading two weeks ago, it got abruptly slammed back down before U.S. markets opened. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

A long-awaited dovish pivot by the Federal Reserve is helping to push precious metals markets in a bullish direction this week. On Wednesday, Fed policymakers left their benchmark interest rate unchanged as expected. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Gold had posted a new all-time closing high on a monthly as well as a weekly basis last week. With such powerful technical strength, a follow-through rally early in this week's trading seemed inevitable. And indeed, prices did spike to over $2,100 per ounce in futures trading before Monday’s U.S. market open. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Barring a severe selloff in the days ahead, gold will finish 2023 with its highest ever annual close. Pretty good considering the headwinds it has faced this year from rising interest rates and negative sentiment. Meanwhile, The mainstream financial media has virtually ignored gold. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As markets reopen following the Thanksgiving holiday, investors are feeling thankful that interest rates are no longer rising.  Stocks, bonds, and precious metals have all gained ground in recent days as long-term rates have come down. Meanwhile, expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut its benchmark short-term rate in 2024 have risen. Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Under the new leadership of House Speaker Mike Johnson, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill on Tuesday to once again avert a government shutdown. It was quickly approved by the Senate on Wednesday, then signed into law by President Joe Biden. Like the last one, this latest bipartisan budget scheme includes no spending cuts.  | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As central bankers stubbornly refuse to admit they are done hiking interest rates, precious metals markets are wavering. The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged at a 22-year high at the conclusion of its meeting last week.  But Fed chairman Jerome Powell is keeping up the fight against inflation, at least rhetorically. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the Federal Reserve puts a hold on interest rates, investors have to ask themselves whether the elevated inflation rate is also on hold. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, if you believe the reporting coming out of the mainstream financial media, then the economy is going gangbusters. The Fed has succeeded at crushing the bond market, freezing the housing market, and plunging many sectors of the stock market into deep downtrends. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As financial markets gyrate, investors are finding safe haven in precious metals. The stock market sold off on Thursday on interest rate fears. It’s not so much the threat of additional rate hikes by the Federal Reserve that has investors scared. It’s more the spike in longer-term bond yields. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

A hotter than expected inflation report helped trigger a spike in bond yields and a selloff in stocks. Precious metals, meanwhile, are garnering some safe-haven buying as the threat of a larger-scale war grows pitting the United States and Israel against Hamas, Iran, and other avowed enemies of the Jewish state. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, the shift in the calendar has so far failed to produce any shift in the trend for precious metals markets. Gold and silver are extending their recent price declines here in the first few trading days of October and of the fourth quarter. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets got hammered earlier this week as interest rates continued their relentless march higher. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Fears of inflation remaining stubbornly high, and interest rates going higher, rattled financial markets this week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are trading quietly this week even as inflation data comes in hotter than expected. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are retreating this week as official U.S. employment data comes in surprisingly strong.  | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets enter trading for the month of September with bulls hoping positive seasonal forces kick in. Gold and silver markets have traded mostly lower since late spring. They did rally, though, during the second half of August. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are rebounding this week as central bankers from around the world gather at Jackson Hole. Investors nervously awaited remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Fears of a hawkish tone to this year's conference helped drag down the stock market on Thursday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are extending their losing streak as the U.S. dollar pushes higher. The Dollar Index rose for a fifth straight week through Thursday's close. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

The upshot of soft market conditions for gold and silver is favorable buying opportunities for bargain hunters. Not only are spot prices down, but so are premiums on popular bullion products available through Money Metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan