Nov. 11 2010 | The factors that have driven gold this far are very much in place, says Brenton Saunders, director, Taurus Funds Management. However, he tells CNBC's Oriel Morrison why his top trade in the precious metals space is palladium.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Will Rhind, head of U.S. operations at ETF Securities, say investor demand is soaring for the first U.S. physically backed platinum and palladium ETFs as traders look for riskier allocations in the precious metals market.
Gold Gains on Weak Dollar , Silver Declines, Platinum Advances : today Gold rose in New York as the dollar weakened, boosting demand for precious metals as hedge against Inflation . Gold rose to $935.25 in the afternoon still not reaching the $1,032.70 record of March 2008. Gold typically moves inversely to the U.S. dollar so expectations for the dollar of a strengthening dollar in the coming weeks are likely to cap gains in Gold. Silver fell to $14.20 an ounce in New York , Platinum rose to $246.15 an ounce , Palladium gained 1 percent to a record 319,451 ounces yesterday,
Gold is in a Downward Trend to the lowest in more than three weeks as a rallying dollar eroded interest in the precious metal as a haven investment. Silver has got a little bit more upside $14.63 an ounce, still the lowest since May 27. The Dollar Index, advanced for a second day after Russia’s Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and before him the Japanese Finance minister declared the nation has full confidence in the U.S.Dollar.Among other precious metals The Platinum slid 1 percent at $1,242.50 an ounce and Palladium was down 1.2 percent at $250.50 an ounce so far ..
precious metal market outlook Platinum and Palladium continue to rise partially thanks to GM banckruptcy these metals are mainly used in polution control in car industry Analysis and Discussion with Rob Kurzatkowski of OptionsXpress Holdings (Bloomberg News)