Money Metals' Weekly Market Wrap Podcast

Precious metals markets are trading quietly this week even as inflation data comes in hotter than expected. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are retreating this week as official U.S. employment data comes in surprisingly strong.  | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets enter trading for the month of September with bulls hoping positive seasonal forces kick in. Gold and silver markets have traded mostly lower since late spring. They did rally, though, during the second half of August. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are rebounding this week as central bankers from around the world gather at Jackson Hole. Investors nervously awaited remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Fears of a hawkish tone to this year's conference helped drag down the stock market on Thursday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://ww...

Precious metals markets are extending their losing streak as the U.S. dollar pushes higher. The Dollar Index rose for a fifth straight week through Thursday's close. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

The upshot of soft market conditions for gold and silver is favorable buying opportunities for bargain hunters. Not only are spot prices down, but so are premiums on popular bullion products available through Money Metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Credit ratings agency Fitch this week issued a surprise downgrade of the U.S. government's once vaunted AAA credit rating. Recent political brinksmanship surrounding the debt ceiling helped prompt the move. But broader concerns about the size and sustainability of the national debt itself also figured into the downgrade. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to ca...

Rate hike concerns are weighing on precious metals markets this week. The Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark funds rate by a quarter point as expected on Wednesday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the U.S. dollar continues to lose purchasing power at home and prestige around the world, a major presidential candidate is calling for a return to sound money.  Also, let's review this week's market action in precious metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

A potentially pivotal week of trading is seeing precious metals markets push higher. The main catalyst is a breakdown in the U.S. Dollar Index. On Thursday, the dollar slid to its lowest level in more than a year versus a basket of foreign currencies. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As President Joe Biden touts "Bidenomics," ordinary Americans continue to feel the pinch of "Bidenflation." Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's ongoing efforts to fight inflation have Investors fearing more rate hikes to come. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets continue to probe for support levels as the summer doldrums set in.  Gold futures tested the $1,900 level on Thursday before getting a bit of a bounce. As of this Friday recording, the monetary metal checks in at $1,928 per ounce, up slightly for the week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneyme...

Welcome to this week's Market Wrap Podcast, I'm Mike Gleason.  Hawkish posturing from Jerome Powell is putting downward pressure on precious metals markets.  The Federal Reserve chairman testified before Congress this week on the subject of U.S. monetary policy. Powell said persistently high inflation remains a top concern. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to...

As the Federal Reserve begins to back off on tightening, the U.S. dollar is becoming increasingly vulnerable to selling. The Fed left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at just above 5% at this week's policy meeting. It was the first time in over a year that central bankers decided not to hike. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  h...

Precious metals markets are getting a bit of a lift this week as investors anticipate a pause in the Federal Reserve's rate-hiking campaign. |  Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, after months of political melodrama, Congress finally did what it was always does in the end - and that is to authorize more deficit spending. On Thursday night, the U.S. Senate approved the deal hashed out by Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling through 2024. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.mon...

As the debt ceiling fight in Washington heads down to the wire with the risk of a technical default looming, investors are growing nervous. Some are fleeing to physical precious metals as a safe haven from risky financial assets. But on the futures exchanges that determine spot prices, a wave of selling took place this week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access t...

After knocking on the door of new record highs over the past few weeks, the gold market is pulling back. Bulls had faced a lot of overhead resistance in futures trading. It finally proved to be too much to overcome -- at least for the near term. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, it looks like gold bulls will have to wait at least another week for any sort of upside breakout to occur. Gold continues to contend with resistance selling whenever it approaches its former all-time high near $2,080. That was the case again this week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As more cracks in the foundation of the banking system appear, gold prices have once again been knocking on the door of new records, although we're seeing a pullback here on Friday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, investors seem to be brushing aside headline risks in the banking system, the government's finances, and the economy. The stock market surged on Thursday despite entering the week on shaky footing amid fears of another major bank failure. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As gold bulls defend the key $2,000 level, sound money proponents are scoring big wins in state legislatures. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Excitement is building among precious metals investors as gold prices continue to push up toward record highs. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the gold market marches toward new records, it is proving the naysayers wrong and vindicating longtime bulls. Gold posted a record high close on a quarterly basis at the end of March. Now the monetary metal has its sights set on setting a new all-time high here in the coming days. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here:  https://www.mon...

As gold prices continue to hold firm near the $2,000 level, bulls are eying big developments ahead for the monetary metal along with the global monetary system. Gold's potential ascendancy to new record highs is coinciding with a decline in the global status of the U.S. dollar as world's reserve currency. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started...