Mark O`Byrne

Precious metals analyst

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Silver Set To Soar As It Did In The 1970s

Silver remains very undervalued on a historical basis (charts below) and is undervalued even against gold (chart below). While gold has begun to receive some interest from a small minority of retail investors, silver remains the preserve of relatively few contrarian investors and the media and finan... (Nov 04, 2009 8:14AM)

Today is the 140 Year Anniversary of Black Friday 1869 and the Gold 'Crash'

Today is the 140 Year Anniversary of the original Black Friday on September 24th, 1869. Since then the word 'Black' has been used to describe any day that the stock market, currencies or financial markets have crashed. There have been many, many such crashes but the one that birthed the term happene... (Sep 24, 2009 11:42AM)

GoldCore Precious Metals Update

After weeks of strong signals that gold was ready for a surge upwards, it finally broke through several levels of resistance yesterday. In a very short period of time, gold moved from $955/oz to $975/oz and has already climbed to $978.30/oz this morning. Uncertain equity markets, a weak dollar and t... (Sep 03, 2009 7:17AM)

Rhodium: The World's Most Precious Precious Metal

While gold and it’s very attractive little sister silver have attracted the attention of some investors of late, there is a metal that is far, far rarer and has fundamentals that merit investment consideration. Some consider it the ultimate symbol of wealth—above and beyond gold, silver... (Aug 25, 2009 6:51AM)

Storing Bullion Internationally

One of the most widely read articles we have ever done was an article on 'Storing Bullion Internationally' published in February 2007 and picked up widely on the internet. In it and in numerous other articles in the preceding years we warned that the global macroeconomic fundamentals were increasing... (Jul 29, 2009 8:56AM)

BLOOMBERG: Buffett Gets ‘Comeuppance’ After Gold Outperforms - Say Gold and Silver Investments Limited: Bloomberg Chart of the Day

Bloomberg have covered our recent research concerning Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway poor performance versus gold in recent years. Buffett is the most successful investor in the world but his lack of diversification and almost exclusive focus on equities may bring further pain to his shar... (Jun 04, 2009 11:00AM)

Gold Investments Market Update - 23 out of 30 - a Very Respectable Score

A recent survey conducted by Bloomberg of 30 traders, investors and analysts, including ourselves, found that 23 of them expected the price of gold to rise this week on the back of the weakness of the dollar and inflationary fears (May 26, 2009 8:25AM)

Gold Investments Market Update

Gold rallied strongly yesterday to a high of $955, taking out the $945 resistance level in the process. Overhead resistance now stands at $967. (May 22, 2009 6:58AM)

Gold Investments Market Update - Inflation and the Dollar

Recent intense deflationary pressure had taken the shine off gold but with the dollar sliding yesterday, inflation came back to the fore causing gold to rise by more than 1.2%. This morning the metal was over $943, the highest in 8 weeks. This is a strong signal and it could be time for the resistan... (May 21, 2009 7:23AM)

Gold Investments Market Update - Gold Demand up 38% in the First Quarter

Gold demand soared 38% to 1015.5 tonnes in the first quarter of 2009 according to The World Gold Council’s “Gold Demand Trends” report. A combination of factors including diversification, safe haven buying and inflation hedge demand are attributed with the upsurge. However, George ... (May 20, 2009 6:43AM)

Gold Investments Market Update - Gold is Marking Time

Gold is marking time; however a break out of the $915 - $935 range will set the tone and direction in the short term. For now the medium term range of $870 to $945 remains intact. (May 19, 2009 7:45AM)

Gold Investments Market Update

Global markets perceive that economic green-shoots may be growing on stony ground as the rally in the Dow ran out of steam last week. Inflation figures published in the US suggested that core inflation may be higher than previously expected, contributed to the down week for the Dow and a minor stren... (May 18, 2009 7:27AM)

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