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January 27

Gold surged to 1738.3 and silver to 34.09 as the rally continued. XAU climbed to 202.68 as gold funds responded. The dollar dropped to 78.80 and the long bond yield held at 3.06%

January 20

Gold climbed to 1668.0 and silver to 32.30, but XAU fell to 187.02. The dollar slid to 80.32 and the long bond yield rose to 3.10%.

January 13

Gold rallied further to 1640.7 and silver to 29.87. The dollar also kept rising to 81.59 but the long bond yield fell to 2.90%.

January 6

Gold edged up slightly to 1617.6 and silver to 28.85 in a new year rally. The dollar rose to 81.25 and the long bond yield jumped to 3.02%.

December 30

The year ended with gold sliding to 1567.0, up 10.3% for the year, and silver falling to 27.96, down 9.6% for 2011. The dollar ended at 80.25, up slightly for the year. The long bond yield closed down at 2.89%, far below its year beginning at 4.36%.

December 23

Gold edged up slightly to 1608.0 but silver slipped to 29.23 as gold funds tried to rally. XAU advanced to 185.12 as the dollar held at 80.00. The long bond yield climbed slightly to 3.06%.

December 16

Gold dropped to 1600.2, where it was in July, and silver to 29.84 as the dollar rose to 80.15. Gold funds had a really bad week and XAU crashed to 183.33, where it was in October. The long bond yield fell to 2.85%.

December 9

Gold slipped to 1712.3 and silver to 32.33. Gold funds had another poor week as XAU edged down to 200.64. The dollar held level at 78.60 and the long bond yield moved up slightly to 3.10%.

December 2

Gold rallied to 1746.3 and silver to 32.74 as Europe still had problems. XAU jumped to 208 before settling at 202.28 as all gold funds had a good week. The dollar climbed to 28.92 and the long bond yield edged up to 3.04%.

November 25

Gold fell further to 1681.3 and silver to 31.08 as the slide continued. XAU plunged to 187.58 as gold funds had another bad week. The dollar rallied to 79.69 and the long bond yield edged downward to 2.92%.

November 18

Gold plunged to 1724.7 and silver to 32.46 as gold had a bad week. XAU fell -7%, as did most funds. The dollar rallied to 78.06 and the long bond yield dropped to 3.00%.

November 11

Gold settled up at 1789.5 after reaching over 1800 during the week and silver rose to 34.76. The dollar dipped to 76.91 and the long bond yield ended at 3.11%.

November 4

Gold rose to 1755.0 and silver slipped slightly to 34.23. Gold stocks did better as XAU jumped to 208.97. The dollar moved up to 76.99 and the long bond yield fell to 3.10%.


The top gold funds for the week ending January 27 and for the entire month of January (percentage change):

 
 January 27        Fund           1wk   3wks   6wks   2012    nav
  PMPIX Profund Prec Mtls Ultr   11.1   12.2   15.2   17.7   39.51
  USAGX USAA Precious Metals .    9.7    9.7   12.0   13.6   35.17
  GDX   Mkt V Gold Miners ETF.    9.5    7.1    8.5   11.1   57.14
  HUI   Amex Gold Bugs Index .    9.4    6.0    7.5   10.0  548.70
  MIDSX Midas Fund           .    9.2   11.3   14.4   16.0    4.14

 January 31                       1mo   3mos  12mos   2yrs   3yrs
  SLV   iShrs Silver Trust ETF   19.8   -3.5   17.9  103.0  157.8
  PMPIX Profund Prec Mtls Ultr   16.3   -0.4   -2.0   51.2   81.3
  MIDSX Midas Fund           .   14.3   -2.6  -16.5   22.8   98.4
  VGPMX Vanguard Prec Metals .   14.2   -1.1   -0.9   33.8  135.8
  RYPMX Rydex Prec Metals    .   13.5   -0.9   -2.7   37.5   78.4




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