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The American Liberty One-Tenth Ounce 2018 Gold Proof Coin is now available from Bullion Exchanges.

The first issue of the new 2018 Proof Platinum American Eagle (Life) in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence Series has been released.

For the week, gold rose $21 or 1.7% to close at $1,279 as of the last trade on the New York COMEX on Friday afternoon. Let's take a look.


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We continue to see a steady stream of evidence showing that high-powered money is entering the gold market in record numbers.

A worldwide movement of capital into precious metals is what will account for the bull market that we believe is just in the beginning stages of developing.

We have a strong confluence of resistance levels within a tight range, this represents a high probability zone for the next gold target

The Perth Mint presents the new 2018 Silver Australian Kookaburra coin.

Sept. 25th will see the release of the latest of the Queen's Beasts series, the highly-anticipated Unicorn of Scotland. This series is one of the newest available on the market, with its first release as recent as 2016. Honoring over 500 years of British monarchy and history, this release features an exciting new update to the design.

Summer slow time of year for most of the financial markets is over.The strong seasonal period begins in August and continues through September.

It is important for investors to follow the valuation of the US dollar because when the dollar sees periods of decline investors seek safety in gold.

After silver "flash crash" last week, we believe over the long run, silver will eventually be moving higher.

Gold price fell sharply following the Fed meeting on Wednesday, giving up $20. Investors consider the last FED news is seen as gold-negative.

The New Silver Rectangular Circle

We are on alert for what is going to be a significant breakout of gold priced in Japanese yen terms. It could have an impact on gold as priced in the USD.

This Fed decision is due Wednesday at 2 pm EST. Will gold be forming another important low in the surrounding days?

In November, gold price saw its single-highest ever monthly trading volume on the New York COMEX exchange.

The World Gold Council released this week show that gold demand for the third quarter came in at the lowest level since 2009.

Would it be better to sell gold or silver? There is no right or wrong answer - the questions lie with the individual investment goal.

After successfully released series of gold and silver medals in 2016, the KOMSCO offers the new 1/10 oz Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medal debuts with beautiful, colorized assay packaging (White, Black, Blue, and Red Assay cards).

Silver fell by 1.8% or $0.31 cents this week, close at $16.68 and it was the third weekly loss for silver in a row. What should we expect going forward?

This week is all about the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which starts on Tuesday. The Fed will release a policy statement summary of economic projections and a press conference with Fed Chair Janet Yellen.

The most important news for precious metals investors was the price increase of gold in Japanese yen terms. Gold price broke above its 2016 high level.

You can see that yen and gold have been highly correlated since 2011, moving closely in tandem during both corrections and surges nearly six years.

Gold and silver have recovered moderately over the past two weeks, which is certainly a positive sign that buyers remain ready to step in anytime.

The volatility in the gold market could increase massively throughout the second half of 2017 and into 2018. Gold is in the process of forming a long-term breakout.

The failed breakout and reversal back below the long-term declining trendline at $1,280 for gold this past week is a negative development for the entire precious metals complex. From a technical standpoint, it is exactly what we did not want to see as far as a market ready for a major advance.

Calling the Wild

The technical roadmap for silver is mixed over the short-term but is setting up positively for late-2018.

The turning of the calendar gives us the opportunity to review gold price.

We anticipate gold has just formed an important price low in the $1,240 region last week. A period of consolidation with an upward bias is expected.

To a large extent then, silver prices are going to be pushed or pulled in the general direction of the broader industrial commodities at this juncture.

Two important events in US financial field are coming within the next two weeks. Fed monetary policy and the new Fed chair.

The message of the market remains: gold is retesting the breakout from it's long-term 2011 - 2017 trendline while silver breaks lower.

For the week as a sum, gold closed lower by 2.1% or nearly $28 to finish at $1,291 as of the final trade on the New York COMEX on Friday afternoon.

Exactly 16 years ago today, let us rewind back to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to examine the price action in gold from a technical basis.

Gold has now made its most legitimate breakout attempt - and furthermore, it has sustained the breakout for two full weeks.

How is JPY/USD related to gold? The similarity between these two charts is striking. Our article offers a direct comparison between JPY/USD and Gold.

Here is the technical perspective for gold for the short and intermediate timeframes, which shows that gold volatility begins lessening.

The CRB index has recently broken below its 15-month support zone between 176 - 179, which had held since April 2016.