Monthly Archives: April 2008

By Polya Lesova Last update: 2:21 p.m. EDT April 30, 2008 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures gained in electronic trading Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 2%, meeting Wall Street’s … Continue reading →

   Interest in Metals Picks Up as Hedge Against Inflation Wall Street Journal By ALLEN SYKORA April 25, 2008 Demand for precious metals in self-directed Individual Retirement Accounts is growing for many of the reasons other investors have been drawn … Continue reading →

April 23, 2008 by Corey Rosenbloom   Intermarket analysis is a fascinating branch of market research, and I wanted to show you the performance of gold and the US Stock Market. There’s been an inverse relationship, such that when gold … Continue reading →

April 23, 2008 by Corey Rosenbloom Let’s look at two markets with a powerful negative correlation: The US Dollar Index and the Gold Market. Gold traditionally is a hedge against inflation, and inflation often is correlated with a weak dollar … Continue reading →

By JCK Staff JCK India, Apr 23, 2008   The current financial turmoil period has made gold a Safe Haven.   As the subprime credit crisis issue further aggravates, the international financial markets reached into a further bleak period. The … Continue reading →

  By Fran Wang, AFP  Monday, April 21, 2008   Shoppers examine gold jewelry at a department store in Beijing in this Dec. 2, 2007 file photo.  Figures from the World Gold Council showed sales of gold jewelry in China … Continue reading →

by Polya LesovaLast update: 11:41 a.m. EDT April 16, 2008 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures rallied Wednesday, propelled by sharp weakness in the U.S. dollar, which fell to a new low against the euro. Gold for June delivery rose … Continue reading →