Gold trading held prices $50 below last week s all-time high on Thursday as analysts from Shanghai to New York warned about momentum traders in futures and options divorcing the market from its supply-and-demand fundamentals
Gold hit fresh all-time highs on Monday while silver prices spiked near 3-year highs after Comex speculators grew their speculative betting on futures and options contracts and the SLV ETF expanded
Gold and silver ETF investment funds are seeing a split between US vs. European flows as the GLD expands, the SLV shrinks but the PHAG surges amid March s price action
Gold prices set another fresh all-time high Monday afternoon in London trading after speculators in Comex futures and options doubled their bullish position but ETF investors sold out yet again
The gold price rallied back through $2000 per Troy ounce in London on Thursday, but only just, as weak retail sales data offset this week s earlier surprise in strong US inflation data