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The gold price has pulled back from the record-setting levels seen earlier this year, but Jeff Clark, editor of Paydirt Prospector, believes the yellow metal will continue moving upward in 2024. "The next target or level is US$2,500 (per ounce), and I do think we'll get to that this year because history tells me we will. We've had a 38 percent rise in the gold price in this upcycle ... but the average upcycle is much higher, and if this upcycle were to end now it would be the lowest in history," he told the Investing News Network in an interview. "I'm forced to believe because of history that ...
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Gold has long held the interest of investors looking for portfolio diversification, collectors on the hunt for rare pieces and fashionable people searching for accessories to complement their style. But outside of its financial and retail applications, gold has important uses elsewhere. According to the World Gold Council, of the 4,898.8 metric tons (MT) of gold produced in 2023, 12 percent, which works out to 297.8 MT, was consumed by the technology sector. Of that amount, 241.3 MT went toward electronics, while 47.1 MT was used in other industrial markets and 9.5 MT was allocated to dentistr...
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Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining (TSX:MUX,NYSE:MUX) and Michael Meding of McEwen Copper sat down to speak about the outlook for gold and copper, as well as news from their respective companies. Looking first at gold, McEwen said it has space to move higher in 2024, and pointed to eye-watering predictions from a number of market participants. Citi is calling for US$3,000 per ounce before the end of 2024, while Bloomberg Intelligence expects US$7,000 by 2025. Meanwhile, Pierre Lassonde has given a US$19,000 to US$20,000 target. "The whole sector has been underinvested for quite awhile, and I think it...
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) swiftly addressed a technical issue on Monday (June 3) that caused incorrect displays of share price information for a variety of companies listed on the exchange. The glitch, which the exchange attributed to a problem with limit up-limit down (LULD) bands, caused the Class A shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) to plummet nearly 100 percent during morning trading. Major miner Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX,NYSE:GOLD) was also affected, as was NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR). GameStop (NYSE:GME) was impacted too, although the NYSE issue wasn't the only ...
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A recent study by SWISSAID shows that a high level of gold is being smuggled out of Africa, with over a metric ton (MT) of the yellow metal per day being illegally transported out of the continent in 2022 alone. The study, which provides a comprehensive analysis of Africa's artisanal and small-scale gold production, reveals that at least 435 MT of gold, worth approximately US$31 billion at current prices, was smuggled out of the continent that year. “Our study concerns a phenomenon that is already known, but whose magnitude we could only imagine until now,” said Yvan Schulz, co-author of the s...
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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis released its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index data for April on Friday (May 31). The release shows that PCE remained steady on both a monthly and yearly basis, matching the March rises of 0.3 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively. Core PCE, which excludes the food and energy categories, was up 0.2 percent on a monthly basis, a decline from March’s 0.3 percent rise; however, year-over-year it matched the 2.8 percent gain from the previous month. Increases to personal income cooled slightly on a monthly basis, coming in at 0.3 percent, down f...
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Speaking to the Investing News Network, Chris Ritchie, president of SilverCrest Metals (TSX:SIL,NYSEAMERICAN:SILV), shared his thoughts on how inflation continues to impact gold and silver miners, and explained why his company has chosen to hold precious metals on its balance sheet in this environment. SilverCrest's Las Chispas operation in Mexico went into production about two years ago, and Ritchie said that after paying back all of its debt in seven months the company had to decide what to do with the cash it had coming in. "Some of the knee-jerk responses were, 'Let's go build a new mine.'...
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The gold price has reached historic highs in 2024, rising above US$2,400 per ounce. For Australian investors, the price of the yellow metal has surged above the AU$3,700 mark in just the past few months. These gains have come as investors anticipate interest rate cuts, and against a backdrop of continued geopolitical turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East. Gold has also been buoyed by central bank and Chinese buying. For many investors, gold is a tool for diversification. The precious metal is known for its ability to act as a safe haven and hence operates as a protective option when building ...
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The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) lost 7.22 points last week to close at 607.95. Statistics Canada released consumer price index (CPI) data this past Tuesday (May 21). In the report, the agency indicates that CPI rose 2.7 percent in April on a year-on-year basis, dropping from a 2.9 percent year-on-year uptick in March. Inflation has now declined for the fourth month in a row, improving odds for a June rate cut as CPI inches closer to the Bank of Canada’s 2 percent target. The Canadian dollar lost a quarter percent on the news to close the day at US$1.37. South of the border, t...
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Lynette Zang, founder and CEO Zang Enterprises, shared her thoughts on gold and silver prices in 2024, explaining how more and more people globally are turning to precious metals to safeguard their wealth. "That gives me tremendous hope, because that's who we need to wake up to what's happening. They're starting to buy gold, and that thrills me," she told the Investing News Network during an interview. "If we can get even 3 percent of the public to have a quiet revolution and convert their fiat money into sound money — physical gold and physical silver — it's all you have to do for a quiet rev...
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