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    News in 60 Seconds: Gold hits a new "all time high" of 1,259.25!

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    Sean Hyman
    , 06-18-2010 at 09:40 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Gold hits a new "all time high" of 1,259.25!

    Biggest % gainers: NZD/USD up 0.16%, AUD/USD on very mild USD weakness vs. the commodity currencies.

    Biggest % losers: USD/ZAR down 0.47%, USD/SGD on mild USD weakness vs. the exotic currencies.

    U.S. Stock Futures Declined upon Greenspan's comments: U.S. stock-index futures fell, paring the second weekly gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. may soon face higher borrowing costs.

    ECB's Paramo says that they will not give their banks capital even if stress tests show that they need it.

    JPY advancing as speculation grows about Europe's ...
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    Huge moves across the board today!

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    Sean Hyman
    , 05-06-2010 at 02:36 PM (News in 60 Seconds)
    something I've never seen before intraday...a 6% move on the day! wow!

    See the yen pairs go! (visual attached).

    Risk aversion day, JPY, CHF, USD and Gold ($1,190) are all prospering big time today.

    VIX jumps above 30...highest since Nov. 2009.

    Nasdaq down 3.48% today!

    Dow down 284 points!

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    Learning Markets: The Gold Bug Story

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    TheLFBcom
    , 12-18-2009 at 02:34 AM
    TheLFB-Forex.com A Forex Trader Portal

    Learning Markets:

    The Gold Bug Story

    In an article by John Browne at LearningMarkets.com the historical moves in gold are used to reveal what the impact of recent gold plays will be on the Usd. As the price of gold has pulled back from its recent run up to $1,200, many investors are left to ponder what exactly drives the movement of such an important and financially sensitive commodity.

    Most people are aware that gold prices respond to inflation expectations and that central banks, as the largest holders of gold, are big players in the market. But there is a very murky understanding as to why and how these players affect prices, and what their     ...
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    News in 60 Seconds! Gold/Silver Break out! ECB Holds Rates Steady!

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    Sean Hyman
    , 09-03-2009 at 09:05 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Gold broke out to the upside as expected out of its daily triangle pattern. It will eventually reach its minimal price target of $1,170. Above $1.030 would be an "all time high".

    The media outlets will pick it up and run with it and could run it well past the minimal target as gold and silver are both thriving right now.

    Commodity currencies being helped today by gold's breakout higher: NZD/JPY, NZD/USD, AUD/JPY, largest % gainers on the day so far. EUR/NZD and USD/ZAR are the biggest % losers on the day on NZD and ZAR strength.

    Remember, Australia and South Africa are major gold exporters and benefit/profit when the price of gold rises. They "dig it up out of the ground" at ...
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