The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

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The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

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CIBJO President Meets Pope Francis I in Vatican

Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has had a private audience with Pope Francis I, the head of Catholic Church. It took place during a conference in Vatican City in Rome on Saturday, organised by the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation on the theme, “New Policies and Lifestyles in the Digital Age.” During their discussion, Dr. Cavalieri stressed the responsibility of the business

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ABN Amro Closing NY, Dubai Diamond Lending Offices

New York: ABN Amro is closing its diamond and jewelry lending offices in both New York and Dubai as it continues to cut back on financing to the trade as a whole, reports National Jewellery. Brigitte Seegers, a spokeswoman for the Amsterdam-based bank, said it made the announcement during its first quarter earnings call May 14 that it will “discontinue”

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GIA India Classroom in Surat Moves to a New Location

Surat: GIA India is set to open a new classroom in Surat in early May. The new classroom will offer programmes in diamonds, coloured stones, pearls, jewellery design and merchandising, to help students, professionals and business owners acquire specialised skills to help them succeed in the gem and jewellery industry. Located at Piplod, Surat, the classroom will enhance the learning experience of

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Reena Ahluwalia's New Collections at JCK Las Vegas

Las Vegas: This JCK Las Vegas, the globally renowned jewellery designer Reena Ahluwalia will bring more innovation, color and flower power by launching her new collections!“We have worked very hard and poured our soul in the two new collections for JCK,” Reena says. She gives detail of the collections below: 1) New all-SILVER Soul Carousel collection, my partnership with Aaron

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CIBJO President Meets Pope Francis I in Vatican

Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has had a private audience with Pope Francis I, the head of Catholic Church. It took place during a conference in Vatican City in Rome on Saturday, organised by the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation on the theme, “New Policies and Lifestyles in the Digital Age.” During their discussion, Dr. Cavalieri stressed the responsibility of the business

Read More »

ABN Amro Closing NY, Dubai Diamond Lending Offices

New York: ABN Amro is closing its diamond and jewelry lending offices in both New York and Dubai as it continues to cut back on financing to the trade as a whole, reports National Jewellery. Brigitte Seegers, a spokeswoman for the Amsterdam-based bank, said it made the announcement during its first quarter earnings call May 14 that it will “discontinue”

Read More »

GIA India Classroom in Surat Moves to a New Location

Surat: GIA India is set to open a new classroom in Surat in early May. The new classroom will offer programmes in diamonds, coloured stones, pearls, jewellery design and merchandising, to help students, professionals and business owners acquire specialised skills to help them succeed in the gem and jewellery industry. Located at Piplod, Surat, the classroom will enhance the learning experience of

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Reena Ahluwalia's New Collections at JCK Las Vegas

Las Vegas: This JCK Las Vegas, the globally renowned jewellery designer Reena Ahluwalia will bring more innovation, color and flower power by launching her new collections!“We have worked very hard and poured our soul in the two new collections for JCK,” Reena says. She gives detail of the collections below: 1) New all-SILVER Soul Carousel collection, my partnership with Aaron

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