Silver and gold prices fell again in the past week as the U.S. dollar kept rising and the market raised the odds of a December rate hike by the FOMC. Will this week be any different? The focus will shift…
It’s a very busy week: we start by providing updates regarding the main dish: the ECB meeting. We continue with analyzing the balanced US releases, previewing OPEC’s summit and continuing with the extremely busy week we have in US releases…
The U.S. dollar kept climbing up in the past week as the U.S. GDP showed a growth rate of 2.1% — a bit higher than expected. But more importantly, the market is preparing for the ECB’s upcoming rate decision and…
The BEA published U.S. GDP (second estimate) for Q3 2015: The growth rate reached 2.1% – 0.1 pp above market estimates. In the first estimate the GDP growth rate was only 1.5%. And in Q2, the GDP grew by 3.9%.…
As the U.S. dollar rallied against other currencies – mostly against the Euro and Yen – gold and silver kept slowly falling. Does it mean it’s only downhill from here on to the end of the year for precious metals…
The latest release of the minutes of the FOMC meeting didn’t much new information and in any case the tragic events in Paris at the end of last week took center stage all throughout the week. These events may have…
We start off by analyzing the FOMC minutes, continue by discussing the impact of the Paris Attacks on markets and continue with Thanksgiving seasonality and its moves before previewing the next events. You are welcome to listen, subscribe, provide feedback…
The recent recovery of the U.S. dollar also led to a fall in commodities prices including oil, gold, copper and silver. Even though the market is more incline to believe the Fed will raise rates in December, it doesn’t seem…
We start off with discussing the upbeat US figures and what it means for December, continue with tumbling oil prices and preview the upcoming events. You are welcome to listen, subscribe, provide feedback and pledge support on Patreon. December rate hike?: An upbeat…
This show is all about the ECB’s policy: what’s going on and preparing you for the huge December decision with two trade ideas: EUR/USD and German bunds. You are welcome to listen, subscribe and provide feedback. What the ECB did so…