Hard Assets

Gold prices are modestly up and hit a three-week high in early U.S. trading Thursday.
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Hungary tripled its gold reserves in one of the biggest purchases by a central bank in decades — the latest sign of governments turning to the precious metal as a safeguard of value.
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Mints worldwide are seeing unprecedented demand for physical bullion, with the Perth Mint the latest to announce record sales for the first quarter of 2021.
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Iron ore prices rose on Tuesday, boosted by strong Chinese demand.
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Copper price jumped on Monday as investors assessed a decision by Chile to close its borders during April.
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A growing chorus of market observers are wagering that silver and assets such as the Sprott Physical Silver Trust are poised for more upside following a disappointing first quarter.
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The uranium market is emerging from years in the doldrums as the overhang from the nuclear disaster in Japan is cleared and global demand picks up steam. 
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Gold rose over 1% on Thursday buoyed by a retreat in the dollar and U.S. bond yields, while grim U.S. jobless data clouded the outlook for an economic recovery, adding to the metal’s safe-haven appeal.
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Gold hasn’t been getting much love from investors lately due to rising bond yields, and bullion-backed gold mutual funds and ETFs have seen significant outflows so far this year through the end of February.
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Gold rose on Thursday as a slight pullback in the dollar and U.S. bond yields helped bullion regain some its appeal as an inflation hedge against the backdrop of President Joe Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure investment plan.
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The blistering pace of gains that has pushed South African platinum stocks to the highest in more than 12 years looks likely to be sustained as an upswing in demand and supply constraints fuel the rally.
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As H2-powered vehicles become a popular part of decarbonization plans, the metal’s prices soar.
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Copper prices rose on Friday, tracking gains in the equities market buoyed by optimism over the global economic recovery on positive US labour data and its faster-than-anticipated covid-19 vaccination roll-out plans.
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While IMPACT Silver Corp. shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good run recently, with the share price falling 28% in the last quarter. But that scarcely detracts from the really solid long term returns generated by the company over five years.
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Gold was up on Thursday morning in Asia, steadying as U.S. Treasury yields eased.
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