This high volatility in the past few days is likely to wind down this week as the holiday season is upon us. Nonetheless, several key economic reports are expected to be released in the first few days of the week…
It’s hard to believe the holidays are here with so much action in the markets. We try to make sense of it all by understanding the different elements of the important Fed decision, the impact of oil prices various countries,…
Gold and silver resumed their recovery again, while the U.S. dollar sell offs against leading currencies took place. This week, however, the highly anticipated FOMC meeting could stir up the bullion market again and perhaps even change its direction. This…
Itai Furman, a treasurer at Intel, lays out his views on investing, market liquidity, the impact of the Fed on money markets and lots more. In addition to his interesting insights, we run down the recent market events: excellent US job…
The bullion market showed high volatility as gold and silver rallied during most of the week until the end when the non-farm payroll report showed a higher than expected gain in number of jobs. This week the JOLTS report will…
The recent NFP payroll report showed a higher than expected gain of 321K jobs in November. This news was enough to bring down gold and silver and pull back up U.S. dollar against the yen and Aussie dollar. Looking forward,…
U.S. employment sharply increase much higher than expected with 321K additional jobs, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure was higher than market expectations, which were at 231K and the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll added…
The ECB meeting and the NFP are the first big events of a busy last month of the year. We preview the big events that rock markets. We also look back at the meaning of crashing oil to markets, and the…
The recovery of precious metals came to halt last week as both gold and silver prices tumble down by around 2% and 5%, respectively. This week the main report of the week is the NF payroll report, which could impact…
Following the thanksgiving break, the markets will start working normal again. This week, the NF payroll report will take center stage in the U.S. Other financial reports from the U.S. include manufacturing PMI, factory orders and trade balance monthly updates.…