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08 April 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Ukraine war second phase and impact on gold

Russia appears to have totally withdrawn its forces back to Belarus from the north of Ukriane which had threatened Kyiv and Chernihiv. The withdrawal is almost certianly a sign of a lack of success in this part of the offensive, but will enable Russia to concentrate on the east and south where it can directly resupply its forces directly from Russia. However evidence of atrocities committed by Russian troops in occupied areas is likely to harden Western sanctions imposition, the inflationary impact of which would be positive for the gold price.

04 April 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Another weekend and no seeming end to the Ukraine war.

Putin's Russia seems to have lost the high ground in the media war as the ground war continues. The twi effects of the Ukraine war and the gradual exit from coronavirus controls is boosting inflation hugely and we suspect that will put gold on an ongoing upwards path throughout the remainder of the year,

01 April 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Russia, Ukraine, Inflation and Gold

Some further thoughts on the Russia/Ukraine war and its direct and indirect impacts on inflation and the gold price.

28 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Putin’s war of unintended consequences.

The gold price in particular has shown sone considerable vo#latility alongside the fortunes of the Russian military in its war on Ukraine. However President Putin may have made some serious miscalculations on the likely level of Ukraine's resistance to the supposedly impregnable Russian forces as well as inflicting some severe long term damage on his nation's own economy and world standing.

17 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Gold loses almost all its Ukraine gains as FOMC only raises rates marginally

The latest FOMC meeting only implemented a 25 basis point interest rate rise, but with the promise of more rate rises to come this year. We consider this latest interest rate increase insufficient to have any effect on seemingly continuingly rising inflation.

09 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: America tries to target Russian gold reserves

The U.S. Senate is trying to pass a bipartisan bill to prevent Russia from using its huge gold reserves to mitigate the impact of economic sanctions on its economy. With the world's two biggest gold consumers unlikely to follow such a bill will likely only have a symbolic effect.

09 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: China gold demand holding up but perhaps not growing

l figures from the Shanghai Gold Exchange for February show there that gold demand is holding up but perhaps no longer growing

05 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Gold moves ever closer to $2,000 as equities and bitcoin drop

The military conflict in Ukraine, coupled with rising inflation, and attempts to control it has seen the gold price almost inevitably move towards the $2,000 level. If things continue without a diplomatic solution we feel that this level is inevitable and will be reached sooner rather than later

05 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Gold moves ever closer to $2,000 as equities and bitcoin drop

The military conflict in Ukraine, coupled with rising inflation, and attempts to control it has seen the gold price almost inevitably move towards the $2,000 level. If things continue without a diplomatic solution we feel that this level is inevitable and will be reached sooner rather than later

02 March 2022

LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Palladium price saved by sanctions on Russia!

Palladium prices had been trending sharply downwards in the second half of 2021, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the resultant severe sanctions imposed to try and cripple the Russian economy have changed palladium supply/demand fundamentals drastically and the price has picked up strongly which has caused us to hugely revise our previous pessimistic price forecasts for the metal this year.