The recent speculations around the potential progress in finding ways to end the U.S government shutdown may have contributed to the sharp rally of U.S stock market, US dollar and several commodities such as oil. On the other hand, gold…
The highly anticipated minutes of the FOMC meeting came out yesterday, and as many had expected, the minutes revealed that the recent no-taper decision from the September FOMC meeting wasn’t a clear cut decision. Some members thought it’s high time…
The minutes of the recent FOMC meeting were came out today. The minutes revealed that several members thought it was high time to taper QE3 back in the September meeting. In the end, all members sans one decided to maintain…
The prices of gold and silver remained nearly flat yesterday after they had rallied on Monday. Their low volatility might be related to the U.S government shutdown, which may have reduced the volume of trade in the financial markets. Moreover,…
The gold and silver market continues to seek direction and much like last week, prices of precious metals have changed direction from Friday and bounced back. Their recent rally coincided with the recovery of the Euro against the USD. The…
Last week, leading commodities including oil and silver rallied. Conversely, other commodities such as gold and natural gas declined. The uncertainty around the progress of the U.S economy as the government shutdown continues may keep commodities moving in different directions.…
The bullion market has cooled down as gold and silver prices fell during most of September. The recent decision of the FOMC to keep QE3 program unchanged wasn’t enough to pull back up precious metals prices. The aftermath of the…
The prices gold and silver kicked off the month on a negative note as both precious metals tumbled down. This recent fall may have been related to the expiry of future contracts as more investors have exited the bullion market.…
The prices gold and silver moved in an unclear trend in the past week. This indecisiveness in the markets might be stemmed by the uncertainty regarding the FOMC’s next step and U.S policymakers’ inability to reach an agreement on budget…
During last week, leading commodities prices mostly fell including natural gas, oil and silver; in the forex market, the USD appreciated against several risk currencies such as Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar. In the forthcoming week several reports and speeches…