Life should be like the precious metals, weigh much in little bulk

With the way the precious metals and the oil continue to soar, I think the market may be just a bit worried that the Fed may signal it indeed has a little bit of work left to do.

The rand, as a commodity-based currency, should benefit from the surge in precious metals' prices as it has in recent times.

Geopolitical tensions continue to keep people invested in gold. People are content to be long in precious metals than the dollar, or other investments.

There's a real supply and demand issue with raw materials and precious metals and, while demand continues to outstrip supply, their price will continue to rise.

There has been little clear trend in precious metals prices in recent trading, with the markets recovering when they look the most bearish and stalling when they look the most bullish.