The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial

Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.

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The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial

Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.

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KP Warns of Fake Certificate from Cameroon

Dubai: The United Arab Emirates received a shipment from Cameroon, which was declared to the UAE Customs. Upon inspection they noticed that the Kimberley Process (KP) Certificate accompanying the shipment was fake. Cameroon authorities confirmed this. The document was uploaded on the restricted side of the KP website as well. The KP has therefore called on all its members to

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Chow Tai Fook to Sell Diapers and Cookies

Beijing: China’s largest jewelry retail chain, Chow Tai Fook, is spreading its wings further afield and is aiming to expand more broadly into retail in a bid to capture some of the business of Chinese retail giant Alibaba and other Internet retailers. It invested $54 million in shopping platform CTFHOKO.com in December and a mall to showcase products sold online,

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Botswana Diamonds Loss Widens to £274,000

Gaborone: Botswana Diamonds, which is currently exploring for diamonds in Botswana, recorded a £274,000 loss during the six months to 31 December 2015 from £174,000 recorded a year earlier. The increase in loss was, however, due to an exchange difference on translation of foreign operations. Operating losses dropped to £155,000 during the same period under review compared to £166,000 recorded

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UAE for Standardization of Rough Prices

Dubai: Kimberley Process (KP) chairman UAE has sponsored an initiative aimed at standardizing rough diamond prices, due to be launched later this year, according to a report in The National. It comes as a response to NGO criticism of transfer mispricing practices in the diamond trade, which have allegedly deprived diamond producer states of tax revenue. “We feel that should

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KP Warns of Fake Certificate from Cameroon

Dubai: The United Arab Emirates received a shipment from Cameroon, which was declared to the UAE Customs. Upon inspection they noticed that the Kimberley Process (KP) Certificate accompanying the shipment was fake. Cameroon authorities confirmed this. The document was uploaded on the restricted side of the KP website as well. The KP has therefore called on all its members to

Read More »

Chow Tai Fook to Sell Diapers and Cookies

Beijing: China’s largest jewelry retail chain, Chow Tai Fook, is spreading its wings further afield and is aiming to expand more broadly into retail in a bid to capture some of the business of Chinese retail giant Alibaba and other Internet retailers. It invested $54 million in shopping platform CTFHOKO.com in December and a mall to showcase products sold online,

Read More »

Botswana Diamonds Loss Widens to £274,000

Gaborone: Botswana Diamonds, which is currently exploring for diamonds in Botswana, recorded a £274,000 loss during the six months to 31 December 2015 from £174,000 recorded a year earlier. The increase in loss was, however, due to an exchange difference on translation of foreign operations. Operating losses dropped to £155,000 during the same period under review compared to £166,000 recorded

Read More »

UAE for Standardization of Rough Prices

Dubai: Kimberley Process (KP) chairman UAE has sponsored an initiative aimed at standardizing rough diamond prices, due to be launched later this year, according to a report in The National. It comes as a response to NGO criticism of transfer mispricing practices in the diamond trade, which have allegedly deprived diamond producer states of tax revenue. “We feel that should

Read More »

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