To hike or not to hike? The answer is coming and you should get ready. The September Fed decision is here and markets are holding their breath. We cover the Federal Reserve’s dilemma about a rate hike, potential market reaction and all the moving…
Gold and silver prices fell again last week, as the U.S. dollar depreciated against leading currencies. Will gold and silver change course this week? We could dance around the obvious and talk about the other reports and events that are…
The main event of the month is upon us – the FOMC meeting. Even though the expectations for a rate hike at this time are low, market volatility is still likely to pick up regardless of whether the Fed push…
Is the NFP good enough for the Fed? We try to provide a good answer as the big event looms. We then digest the other big event that has long term implications: the ECB decision and the Draghi show. We end with a…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report came up short with only 173K jobs added in August. The ADP report estimated an increase of 190K jobs and the market expectations were at 220K for August – this means the NFP came by…
The high volatility in the financial markets has also kept moving gold and silver prices – albeit mostly downward. Although they did bounce on Friday, precious metals were still down for week: gold and silver fell by 2% and 5%,…
It is unusual to see such strong action in August and lots more is coming. We look at the major phenomenons: the situation in China and the euro’s erratic behavior before previewing the big events ahead. You are welcome to listen, subscribe…
So the recent U.S. GDP report (second estimate) came out and showed a higher-than-expected growth rate of 3.7% in Q2 –market expectations were around 3.2% and the pervious estimate was only 2.3%. This was enough to drive back up equities…
The recent news from China regarding the low manufacturing PMI, which reached 47.1 the lowest since 2009, has brought down the U.S. stock market. And even the minutes of the FOMC seem to have lowered a bit the odds of…
The ongoing concerns over China’s economic growth has dragged down the U.S. stock markets and energy prices have also declined. The minutes of the last FOMC meeting didn’t offer a lot of insight either than keeping the markets guessing on…