Gold and silver kicked off the year on a positive note as both precious metals rallied during last week. The release of the minutes of the FOMC meeting from December didn’t seem to have a strong adverse impact on bullion…
The last NFP payroll report didn’t cause too many waves in the markets as it showed a 252K gain in jobs in December – inline with market expectations. Moreover, the recent minutes of the FOMC meeting also didn’t stir up…
U.S. employment rose, as expected, by 252K additional jobs, according to recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Market expectations and the ADP report were close to this figure – 241K jobs during December. According to the recent U.S.…
EUR/USD had a spectacular crash in the wake of 2015. We explain what’s behind it, what is already priced in and what isn’t. The Fed is seems to be smooth sailing towards hiking, but there are bumps on the road and data…
The prices of gold and silver took another tumble to end the year on a negative note. This week will the first full working week of 2015 that is likely to see a rise in volatility. This week the main…
The first full week of 2015 is upon us and the markets are likely to heat up from their holiday slumber. The main news headlines from the U.S. including minutes of the recent FOMC meeting and the NF payroll report.…
An exciting 2014 has ended and we have a packed show previewing the currencies and commodities in 2015: when will the Fed hike and how will the dollar react? How low can the euro go? Can it bounce back? And the same…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much last week as gold inched down by 0.1% and silver rallied by 0.8%. This low volatility is likely to continue on the last week of 2014. There are still a couple…
The last week of the year is likely to be another slow paced one in the financial markets. In the U.S. there are a few reports that will be released including: manufacturing PMI, pending home sales, consumer confidence, and unemployment…
In this episode of Market Movers we have compiled a special holiday edition of the most popular topics: the risk reward ratio (make it your new year’s resolution?), the correlation (or lack of) between gold and inflation and Japan: the…