About the Author
Alasdair Macleod
Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. He can be contacted at Alasdair.Macleod@GMYF.org and followed on Twitter @MacleodFinance.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 10, 2013
Attention is now firmly focused on Chinese and Indian demand for gold, which between them is absorbing all non-Asian mine supply. Chinese net purchases of gold totaled 320.54 tonnes in the first quarter 2013.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 3, 2013
The question we would all like an answer to is having consolidated after the massive knock-down last month, will gold and silver prices continue to fall, or have they bottomed?
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By Alasdair Macleod |
April 5, 2013
The sell-off in precious metals gathered pace this week into what is often called capitulation. Money-managers (hedge funds) cut their long gold positions on Comex by 19,044 contracts in the week to Tuesday, March 26.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 28, 2013
The chaos that is Cyprus has mesmerized markets, including gold and silver. At the time of writing there are signs that markets were beginning to emerge from their hypnotic trance.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 25, 2013
The monthly figures for the U.S. dollar components of Austrian, or True Money Supply, for February are now in. TMS plus excess reserves amount to the quantity of money that can be drawn down without notice only foregoing interest.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 22, 2013
This week will be remembered for the Cypriot banking crisis. The largish jump in gold open interest last night on a small fall in the price suggests new buyers are accumulating positions at these levels.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 15, 2013
Last weekend the Bank Participation Report was released, which shows the outstanding net short position in gold futures markets for both U.S. and foreign banks.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 14, 2013
It seems that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is discussing internally the possibility that gold and silver is being manipulated at the London fixings.
