Financial Sense Junior Gold Index

What an extraordinary week. The US Dollar surged by 3.39% gaining 2.49 index points to close at 75.85, the highest close seen since February 20th, 2008. For the Dollar, the weekly gain of better then 3%, was only the 19th time in its traded history in which the Dollar Index has been able advance by 3% or more in a single week. That history for the US Dollar Index goes back to March 28th,1975 and encompasses a period of 1,742 trading weeks over a period of 33 years. In the last 14 years, there have been only two other instances when the US Dollar gained 3% or more in a given week, one in January 2005, the week ended 1/7/05 with a gain of 3.39% and the other, the week ending 3/16/01, with a gain of 3.44%. Read more

Significant News and Editorials

08/21 Gold Leads Gains in Precious Metals in London as Dollar Weakens
08/21 Gold, Other Metals Rally on Credit Jitters, Dollar Fall
08/21 Gold at 10-Day High as Markets Chagne Tack
08/21 American Eagle Gold Coins Sold Out After Spree
08/20 Gold Futures Edge Higher as Oil Prices Rise
08/20 NY Gold Reverses After Hitting $825 Resistance
08/20 India Gold Demand Picks Up as Prices Remain Weak
08/19 Gold, Silver Fall as U.S. Producer Price Index Rises
08/19 Gold Futures Fall on Weaker Oil, Eye Dollar
08/19 Gold Price Fall Seen Set to Revive Indian Imports
08/18 Gold Rises After Biggest Weekly Slide in 25 Years Draws Buyers
08/18 Gold Futures Rise as U.S. Dollar Falls vs. Rivals
08/18 Gold Up 1 Pct Just Below $800, Other Metals Jump
08/15 Gold Heads for Biggest Weekly Drop Since March on Dollar Rally
08/15 Gold and Other Metals Tumble as Dollar Surges
08/14 Gold, Silver Fall as U.S. Consumer Prices Rise Most in 17 Years
08/14 Gold Futures Fall as Traders Eye Dollar, Oil
08/13 Gold Rallies From Seven-Month Low on Jewelry, Investment Demand
08/13 Gold Futures Rebound After Long Losing Streak
08/13 Platinum Rebounds From 29% Plunge Since June; Palladium Drops
08/12 Gold May Rise on Outlook Dollar Rally to Stall; Silver Gains
08/12 Gold Futures Extend Decline to Trade Below $827
08/12 Gold Plunges to 8-Month Low as Investors Jump Ship
08/11 Financial Sense Junior Gold Index Weekly Review by Frank Barbera
08/11 Russian Bear Delivers Crude Oil and Gold... by Nadeem Walayat
08/11 Gold Futures Fall Sharply as Oil Drops, Dollar Gains
08/11 Spot Gold at 7-Month Low On Oil Drop, Strong Dollar
08/11 Platinum Declines in New York on Dollar Rally; Palladium Gains
08/08 How to Calculate Your Own Gold Price Projection by Jeff Clark
08/07 Gold & Silver – the August lows are upon us! by Peter Degraaf
08/07 Gold Falls, Erasing Gains, as Dollar Rebounds; Silver Declines
08/07 Gold Futures Turn Lower as Dollar Gains vs. Rivals
08/06 Gold Futures Fall in New York, Extending Slide; Silver Declines
08/05 Gold and Silver: Safe-havens in Troubled Times? by Julian Phillips
08/05 Financial Sense Junior Gold Index Weekly Review by Frank Barbera
08/05 Gold Falls Below $900 as Energy Costs Decline, Dollar Climbs
08/05 Gold Futures Drop Below $900 an Ounce
08/04 Gold, Silver Drop as Oil's Fall Cuts Demand for Inflation Hedge
08/04 Gold Losses Accelerate, Tracking Tumbling Oil Prices
08/01 Gold Drops in London as Dollar Strengthens on U.S. Jobless Data
08/01 Gold Futures Pare Most Losses as Oil Rallies
08/01 U.S. Platinum Tumbles on Demand Fears, Gold Drops
07/31 Gold Rallies as Dollar Decline Boosts Investor Demand for Metal
07/31 Gold Futures Rise as U.S. Dollar Falls vs. Rivals

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