Hints and tips:
...“That rings warning bells for a substantial correction,” O’Connell said. “Once the momentum stops there will be profit-taking.”...
...However, on Wednesday, the gold price reached a record high of $2,295 per troy ounce. I think that’s a “klaxon” signalling it’s time to examine the reasons for holding it....
...“It’s a bellwether and the bell is ringing.” For some, this is validation of long-held beliefs on the security of the global economy....
...One example in the UK equity income sector — which is home to 13 sub-£500mn trusts — is Troy Income & Growth....
...The itinerary will progress from explorations of Byzantine Istanbul and Bursa (the preserve of medieval Ottomans), along the Dardanelles and to the battlefields of Gallipoli and Troy....
...The shares popped at the opening bell but then dropped to trade 4.3 per cent lower for the day....
...The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index fell as much as 1 per cent after the opening bell on Wall Street before recovering to end the day 0.4 per cent higher....
...Mr Bell thinks the miners can achieve 20 per cent this year on this metric....
...Gold climbed more than 2 per cent to $1,985 a troy ounce and silver was up nearly 4 per cent to $27.49 an ounce....
...The technology-laden index fell for a third straight session, declining 4.1 per cent in a rout that gathered momentum in the hour before Tuesday’s closing bell....
...Gold for December delivery settled 0.3 per cent higher to $2,039 a troy ounce....
...The euro was up 0.3 per cent to $1.1797 by Wall Street’s closing bell, having flitted between gains and losses....
...Gold added 0.9 per cent to $1,887 a troy ounce, extending its ascent as investors searched for stores of value amid falling returns on bonds....
...The haven metal certainly glistens and has climbed above its 2011 nominal peak to $1,945.26 a troy ounce on Monday. Traders expect a test of $2,000 and there are signs of that positioning....
...The price of gold jumped 1.5 per cent to $1,643.51 a troy ounce on Friday, having hit its highest level in seven years earlier in the session....
...Intended or otherwise, all this has contributed to a steady fall in gold demand, setting off alarm bells in the industry....
...The S&P 500 finished 0.1 per cent higher, fighting back from a decline of as much as 2 per cent soon after the opening bell....
...The speed of the upswing should sound a warning bell, however, as this can often precede a fall....
...In the space of a few days, the price of gold increased by more than $100 per troy ounce to peak just shy of $1,440 on Tuesday, before pulling back....
...Gold was trading 0.3 per cent higher at $1,285 per troy ounce while the Japanese yen strengthened as much as 0.9 per cent to hit a seven-month high ¥108.71 per dollar....
...Gold, another haven asset that had received a boost from last week’s market turmoil, was 0.3 per cent softer at $1,229 per troy ounce....
...Gold rose as much as 1.1 per cent before giving back some of that gain to trade 0.8 per cent higher at $1,230 per troy ounce....
...US stock index futures were higher ahead of the opening bell on Friday as Wall Street looked to bounce back from the heavy losses notched in the prior session....
...The price of the yellow metal rose above $1,500 per troy ounce this month for the first time in six years....
...Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.1 per cent, with half an hour to go before opening bell in New York, having been down 0.8 per cent during morning trade in London....
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