There are periods in history when events move quickly yet systems remain largely intact. Elections come and go, markets rise and fall, conflicts flare and subside and although the headlines may feel urgent, the architecture beneath them remains recognisable and broadly trusted. Then there are periods when the architecture itself begins to change, not through […]
Recent movements in the silver market have once again reminded investors that this is not a passive or predictable asset. Headlines can feel urgent. And when volatility intensifies, it becomes easy to focus on the immediate move rather than the broader structure beneath it. That reaction is natural. Silver has always exhibited sharper fluctuations than […]
At the time of writing gold and silver had pulled back slightly, even as wider risk appetite has improved late in the week. Gold has eased back toward the $5,080 area, while March silver has slipped under $83, with traders watching a familiar cocktail of trade headlines and rate-cut speculation. We have also seen fresh […]
At the time of writing both gold and silver are lower in midday U.S. trading. The move appears driven by short-term profit taking and position-adjusting ahead of a heavy run of U.S. economic data, rather than any sudden deterioration in fundamentals. Traders are clearly cautious ahead of tomorrow’s U.S. jobs report, which includes annual revisions […]
If you were watching the precious metals markets at the US open today, you will have seen just how volatile things have become. Gold briefly traded above $5,600 an ounce before falling sharply by around $500. Silver saw a similar move, dropping by roughly $14 in a very short space of time. There was no […]
This week has given investors plenty to think about. Gold pushed toward new highs, briefly eased as tariff threats softened, while bond markets and currencies reminded everyone how quickly confidence can return and then fade again. Political tensions appeared to cool, yet the underlying uncertainty did not disappear. Against that backdrop, one question keeps coming […]
Over the past day, global markets have shifted decisively. The U.S. dollar has weakened, U.S. equities opened sharply lower, and European markets followed suit as tensions between Washington and Europe resurfaced around trade and geopolitics. Comments from President Trump ahead of this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos (including renewed insistence that there would be […]
A dominant driver feature of markets this week has been the news around index rebalancing. Large commodity benchmarks, most notably the Bloomberg Commodity Index, periodically adjust exposure to enforce diversification. When a commodity outperforms and grows beyond its permitted weighting, it must be reduced. The process is scheduled, rule driven, and indifferent to price or […]
A very Happy New Year to you, and to the start of 2026. We have no doubt that the year ahead will be an interesting one indeed, and we look forward to speaking with many of you over the coming months about precisely that. If the opening weeks are any guide, this is already shaping […]
2025 has been a remarkable year for gold and silver. Record prices, heavy demand and growing public interest have forced even long-time sceptics to pay attention. In this conversation, we look at why this year felt different and why the move in precious metals has not been driven by speculation alone. We discuss how inflation […]