NYSEARCA:AGQ - NYSE Arca - US74347W3530 - ETF - Currency: USD
Robert Kiyosaki, the author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”, is bullish on silver and has advised accumulating the commodity at a time when all other assets including bonds, stocks and real estate are crashing.
Gold (XAUUSD:CUR) and silver (XAGUSD:CUR) bulls waiting for a dip might have their opportunity after just-released FOMC minutes (late-July meeting) say the central bankers were surprised by the strength in household spending in wake of the economic crash.That headline has helped send gold to a 3.25% decline and silver down 4.2%.
Exchange operator CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) reportedly is raising Comex gold futures initial margins by 6.9% to $10,320 per contract from $9,750 previously.CME also is said to raise Comex silver futures margins by 15.2% to $13,250 per contract from $11,500.The moves come after gold and silver futures plunged today.ETFs: GLD, SLV, IAU, PHYS, PSLV, USLVF, AGQ, SIVR, SGOL, UGLDF, BAR, UGL, GLDM
In what felt like "a mini-crash," gold (XAUUSD:CUR) plunged 4.6% to settle at $1,946.30/oz. for its steepest one-day dollar decline since April 15, 2013, and biggest percentage slide since March 13, based on the most-active contracts.Other precious metals also took a beating, with silver -11% to settle $260.04/oz.
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