Silver prices in China, the world s dominant solar-power manufacturer, have now run above $25 per Troy ounce since mid-November. But the ratio of gold to silver prices has jumped to crisis levels above 90, suggesting a weak industrial outlook
Gold and silver prices fell further on Monday, dropping 8.5% and 13.6% from last week s sudden spike as China s deflation deepened and the Shanghai gold premium rose
The Dollar gold price flirted again with $2000 per ounce Monday after bullish speculation in Comex futures and options made its 2nd fastest jump on record amid Israel s deepening incursion into Gaza
Gold ETF the GLD continued to go in the opposite direction to the TLT Treasury bond trust fund on Tuesday fell but government bond prices rose Tuesday, extending the break from their more typical pattern of moving together after bullion-backed ETFs shrank yet again despite longer-term interest rates easing from the highest in 16 years.
Gold bullion fell to new 7-month Dollar lows Friday after strong US jobs data, while gold ETFs the GLD and IAU have shrunk to the smallest since the eve of the 2020 Covid pandemic amid the bond-market plunge