Precious Metal & Rare Coin Market News

Fed Slashes Its Key Interest Rate for the Third Time This Year The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, pushing it down to 4.25% to 4.5%. The stock market fell after the Fed's announcement and gold dipped modestly. Precious metals weakened as the Fed signaled that it would only cut rates twice in 2025, versus the previously signaled four interest rate cuts. Wednesday's interest rate ... >> Read More        

Want to buy a new laptop, smartphone or video game system? You might want to buy it now, because major American CEOs are warning that they are going to be raising prices soon. While this may be painful for American consumers—rising prices means more inflation—and that's good for gold. On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump promised to enact a 10 to 20% tariff on imports from all foreign countries, and a 60 to 100% ... >> Read More        

Precious metals prices soared higher in 2024, with gold and silver both showing 25%+ gains since January. After gold hit a new record high above $2,780 in late October, the precious metal slid lower, pressured by a rising U.S. dollar, profit-taking by short-term traders and on the news that U.S. presidential election would not be contested. If you haven't been watching the price of gold closely, you probably missed this latest dip in the price ... >> Read More        

Much of the time, gold steals all the headlines and the spotlight. But, there is another precious metal in the background—that offers a less expensive entry point for accumulation—yet still offers the same portfolio diversification and risk reduction benefits. That's silver of course. Historically, silver has proven its value during economic and geopolitical crises. In ancient and modern times, silver has acted as a store of value, an asset to preserve and grow wealth, a ... >> Read More        

In 1974 in Dallas, a successful real estate developer named Mack Pogue brought home a gift for his 10-year-old son Brent—a bag of Lincoln wheat pennies. Mack had bought the bag of coins from his brother Jack for $100 and wanted to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit in his son. So, he gave his son Brent an "option" to buy the bag of pennies from him for $110 within one week. Brent dutifully took the bag ... >> Read More        

U.S. Treasury bonds have long been seen as the gold standard for safety. In times of financial crisis, war and recessions, investors around the globe turned to the perceived safety of U.S. Treasury debt. After all, Treasuries are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government. Simply put, our government has promised to pay back lenders with interest. Yet times are changing. Analysts at Bank of America recently raised this ... >> Read More        

Fed Cuts Interest Rates for Second Time in 2024 As expected, the Federal Reserve delivered its second interest rate cut of 2024 on Thursday. The central bankers updated their policy statement saying: "The Committee judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are roughly in balance." The Fed cut its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.50-4.75%. How did markets react? Gold traded $32.50 higher Thursday afternoon at $2,703.30. Silver also ... >> Read More        

Americans across the nation were sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for results on election night. We didn't have to wait long. In the wee hours of the morning Wednesday, the AP called the election for Donald J. Trump after it became clear he won enough of the key battleground states to tip him over the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the victory. Republicans also gained control of the U.S. Senate ... >> Read More        

With gold up 31% since the start of the year, you may be curious, what do professional money managers think of gold and its outlook ahead? Barron's recently published its exclusive Big Money Poll: What's Ahead for Stocks, Bonds and the Economy and money managers articulated the case for gold. With many money managers voicing concern that the stock market is overvalued with the S&P 500 currently trading at 21 times 2025 estimated earnings, above ... >> Read More        

It is widely known that Chinese and Indian citizens have bought gold for centuries. Accumulating and owning precious metals has been a cornerstone of those societies approach to wealth preservation and wealth building. What is less widely known is the healthy appetite for gold on the European continent. A new survey from the World Gold Council revealed that German investors place great value in gold's role as an inflation hedge and a portfolio diversifier. And ... >> Read More