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The Pod of Gold: Gold hold steady as Fed pauses

In this episode The Federal Reserve Bank pauses but assures the market there’s more hikes to come, the Aussie dollar hits its stride but does it have staying payer? Silver’s price moves remain tied to China’s slow moving economy and we have some v…

May 2023 Technical Report

Nick Frappell, Global Head Institutional Markets, ABC Refinery Good day  and welcome to the May  monthly report, looking at gold, silver, the Dollar Index and the AUD via a more or less technical lens. As always, The Pod of Gold podcast with Shae R…

The Pod of Gold: Will gold attack US$2,075 again?

In this episode we look at what is keeping gold at US$2,000 per ounce and how big bar demand is increasing despite the elevated price. We discuss managed money’s pivot into gold, how silver’s is riding both gold and copper’s coattails, and why the…

March 2023 Techincal Report

Nick Frappell, Global Head Institutional Markets, ABC Refinery Good day and welcome to the (end of) March monthly report, looking at gold, silver, the Dollar Index and the AUD via a more or less technical lens. As always, The Pod of Gold podcast wi…

NOVEMBER TECHNICAL REPORT

Nick Frappell, Global Head Institutional Markets, ABC Refinery Good day and welcome to the November monthly report, looking at gold, silver, the Dollar Index and the AUD via a more or less technical lens. As always, The Pod of Gold podcast with Sha…

PALLION FY22 ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

ABC Refinery and its parent Pallion are pleased to share its most recent annual sustainability report, Considerate® Precious Metals.The Pallion Considerate® Precious Metals Report details Pallion’s initiatives in implementing the Pallion Sustainab…

September Technical Report

Nick Frappell Global  Head Institutional Markets, ABC Refinery 28 September 2022 Dear reader, Good day and welcome to the September monthly report, looking at gold, silver, the Dollar Index and the AUD via a more or less technical lens. As alwa…

ABC Refinery's Nicholas Frappell in Gold Mining Journal

Ahead of this year’s Diggers and Dealers Conference, click here for Nick Frappell's profile in the latest Gold Mining Journal on ABC Refinery’s Nicholas Frappell. Nicholas gives a rare insight into the world’s gold market, and how Australia’s gold…

Rates, gold and the market that matters the most

In this episode of The Pod of Gold, Recorded at the Australian Gold Conference on 14th June, in this episode of The Pod of Gold, Nick Frappell & Shae Russell start with ‘the market that matters the most’, the Fed’s 75 basis point increase, d…

The US dollar, war, stagflation and their impact on gold

  In this episode of The Pod of Gold, Nick Frappell & Shae Russell discuss how the US dollar may be nearing the peak of its 39-month cycle, why Russia’s war on Ukraine increased inflation risks and what these mean for spot gold.

Instability risks in China grow as gold sniffs out support

In this episode of The Pod of Gold, Nick Frappell & Shae Russell discuss the muted moves in spot gold and how support for the yellow metal is inching higher. Nick takes a deeper look at the dollar cost of China’s relentless pursuit of Covid …

Fed hawks drive dialogue as gold finds support

In this episode of The Pod of Gold, Nick Frappell & Shae Russell look at how Managed Money has reduced their exposure to gold for the third week in a row, why the Fed’s terminal limit is higher than we think, and what the synchronised slowdo…

March Report: Precious Metals Technical Analysis

Huge events since the last report of course with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine generating huge repercussions through a variety of channels, some as yet unknown, but principally via shortages in the energy, certain metals and agricultural space. Gold…

July Report: Precious Metals Technical Analysis

The USD continues its powerful rally. Why? The yield gap between the Dollar and its major trading pairs continues to dominate. The ECB is also not only slow to tighten, but the Eurozone also faces serious trade balance issues that arise directly fro…

Fed sticks to their plan as the gold price falls

In this episode of The Pod of Gold, Nick Frappell & Shae Russell discuss the tilt of positioning in gold, some bullish price targets for silver and why the Fed didn’t want to spook the market. Plus, we have an update on China’s property sect…