The Week of June 10 2013 in Review -Ongoing Market Manipulation-

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to discuss with you some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of June 10th 2013.: Japan Nikkei 225 Index fell 843.94 points or 6.35 percent on Thursday, June 13[…]

Why Investing in Platinum & Palladium

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this blog article we want to discuss with you why investing in Platinum and Palladium can be so lucrative and why some analysts and investment advisors nicknamed Palladium, “The Metal of the 21st Century” Platinum and Palladium are both precious metals, which together with rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium form a group of elements referred[…]

The week of June 3 2013, in Review -Ongoing Currency War-

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to discuss with you some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of June 3rd 2013. The following world currencies received a haircut this week: The Australian Dollar, fell[…]

Highlights of the period of May 24 – 31, 2013

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to discuss with you some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money which are: The Bank of Israel cut interest rate to 1,25 percent on Monday, May 27 2013. Widespread protests against[…]

Ensco Plc announces Cash Dividend & Stock Repurchase program

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, On Monday May 20th 2013, Ensco PLC, (NYSE: ESV) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.50 per Class A ordinary share payable on 21 June 2013 to holders of Ensco’s shares as of the 10 June 2013 record date. The current dividend annualizes to an even US$2.00 per share,[…]

The Silver Flash Crash of May 19 & Rebound of Precious Metals on May 20 2013

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, Yesterday, Sunday, May 19 2013, in the first few minutes following the opening of electronic trading on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange,  silver futures slumped 9.4% to a low of USD 20.250 a troy ounce. As a consequence of this the Silver trading was stopped for[…]

The week of May 13 2013, in Review -Ongoing Currency War-

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to discuss with you some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money which are: The price of Gold testing the low of May 15, 2013, of USD 1,350.00 an oz.[…]

The Week of May 6 2013, In Review -Currency War & Manipulation-

  Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to discuss with you some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money which are: The Reserve Bank of Australia cut rate at record low on Tuesday, May 7th 2013.[…]

The week of April 29, 2013 in Review

Dear PGM Capital Blog reader, During this weekend blog edition we want to elaborate on the following events that happened in the capital markets, world economy and the world of money: The changes in USA GDP measurements. The ECB interest rate was cut to a record low on Thursday May 2nd 2013 DOW-30 and DAX-30 to[…]

What happened with Precious Metals on Friday April 12 2013?

  Dear PGM Capital, Blog readers, Last Friday Gold sank more than five per cent, entering bear-market territory as institutional investors fled Gold amids of other safe-haven assets amid concerns about central bank sales and souring sentiment. In the table below we can see the damage done to Gold and other precious metals last Friday,[…]