Gold Supported by Oil at Yearly High; USD Near Record Lows

Mark O’Byrne submits: Gold Gold is currently trading at $1,055.60/oz. With oil reaching a new high for the year above $79 a barrel, and the Federal Reserve signaling interest rates will stay near record lows for the foreseeable future, the beleaguered greenback fell to a 14-month low on the dollar index. The poor jobs number [...]

Threat to Petrodollar Sees Gold Surge to Near Record Highs

Mark O’Byrne submits: Gold The dollar came under sustained pressure as the Independent of London’s Robert Fisk broke a story stating that a group of Arab countries, Russia, France, Japan and China and others were in secret discussions to use a basket of currencies and gold to replace the dollar in order to trade oil. [...]