Posts Tagged ‘treasuries’

By April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries fell and the dollar slid, sending commodity indexes to two-year highs, amid speculation the Federal Reserve will lag behind other central banks in lifting interest rates. Gold touched a record and oil rose to a Full story

Prieur du Plessis submits: I noted the following on January 10 in a Words from the Wise review:Will we perhaps look back at these assets a year from now and see one of the worst and one of the top performers respectively for 2010? Full story

Stocks rose in the Chinese mainland, led by gold producers and consumer companies, as speculation that the US Federal Reserve Board will buy more Treasuries spurred a rally for bullion, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc recommended liquor makers. Zijin Mining Full story

Gold investors tend to focus overwhelmingly on the relationship between the US dollar and gold, citing the fact that a lower dollar leads to higher gold prices in US dollars. Whilst this may be generally true, there is another relationship that does not get as much attention as we believe it deserves, and that is the relationship gold has with US real interest rates. For ... Full story

* Gold cuts losses but remain 1 pct lower after FOMC * Touches session lows, rebound as dollar vacillates * Fed said it commits to buy $600 bln more in Treasuries * Coming up: U.S. Full story

Tom Lydon submits: Gold might be a record-breaker, but silver exchange traded funds are ones to watch. While gold is up nearly 18% year-to-date, silver is up nearly 25%. Full story

AM By: GoldCore Gold rose again yesterday and had a new record daily high close (nominal) as renewed concerns about European banks and sovereigns led to a flight to the relative safety of US Treasuries, German bunds, the yen and the Swiss franc. Gold Full story

Tim Iacono submits: Anyone wanting to see a demonstration of how a “bond-bullion barbell” portfolio moves on a day when nearly everything seems to be going down need look no further than a few representative indexes and ETFs as shown below, in which Treasuries and gold bullion are the only green in a sea of red. Full story

June 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Full story

In the wake of continuing global financial turmoil, we hear quite a bit about “safe havens.” Ask someone today and they’d tell you that the US Treasuries are a safe haven and probably Gold also. On a day-to-day basis, certainly the US Dollar and US Treasuries are safe havens. The financial media loves to point Full story