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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.
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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Tomoko Kodera Wins 1st Prize of HRD Awards
Antwerp: Tomoko Kodera, from Japan, won first prize and $10,000 at the recent 17th edition of the HRD Awards. Kodera’s winning piece, “Rice Husks,” is a brooch containing 400 handmade rice husks. This year’s design brief was to find inspiration from a designer’s own culinary heritage. The four other finalists were Shiu Liang and Freeman Johnson from China, and Evi
SGBS to Add Glitter to Gold Investors
Mumbai: The sovereign gold bond scheme is an attractive product and may address the pure investment demand for gold, says India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). Gold sovereign bonds may triumph over other comparable products in the market such as gold exchange traded funds and physical bars, and can lead to a reduction in India’s current account deficit. Also, gold sovereign
IDW in Israel from 14 to 18 Feb, 2016
Ramat Gan: With the fourth edition of the Israel Diamond Week in New York behind us, the organizing committee of the International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI) has begun the preparations for the event’s winter edition that will be held at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), February 14-18, 2016. Moti Fluk, the IDWI’s parting chairperson, said he expected the February
Diamcor Readies for “Largest” Rough Tender
Johannesburg: Diamcor Mining said it is preparing a diamond inventory for its “largest” tender to date, with about 6,800 carats of rough diamonds recovered from its Krone-Endora project in South Africa set to go under the hammer. It said in a statement that rough diamonds in this initial tender of the company’s third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2015, would
Tomoko Kodera Wins 1st Prize of HRD Awards
Antwerp: Tomoko Kodera, from Japan, won first prize and $10,000 at the recent 17th edition of the HRD Awards. Kodera’s winning piece, “Rice Husks,” is a brooch containing 400 handmade rice husks. This year’s design brief was to find inspiration from a designer’s own culinary heritage. The four other finalists were Shiu Liang and Freeman Johnson from China, and Evi
SGBS to Add Glitter to Gold Investors
Mumbai: The sovereign gold bond scheme is an attractive product and may address the pure investment demand for gold, says India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). Gold sovereign bonds may triumph over other comparable products in the market such as gold exchange traded funds and physical bars, and can lead to a reduction in India’s current account deficit. Also, gold sovereign
IDW in Israel from 14 to 18 Feb, 2016
Ramat Gan: With the fourth edition of the Israel Diamond Week in New York behind us, the organizing committee of the International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI) has begun the preparations for the event’s winter edition that will be held at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), February 14-18, 2016. Moti Fluk, the IDWI’s parting chairperson, said he expected the February
Diamcor Readies for “Largest” Rough Tender
Johannesburg: Diamcor Mining said it is preparing a diamond inventory for its “largest” tender to date, with about 6,800 carats of rough diamonds recovered from its Krone-Endora project in South Africa set to go under the hammer. It said in a statement that rough diamonds in this initial tender of the company’s third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2015, would
