gold price forecast and outlook
As many had expected the FOMC decided to taper again its asset purchase program, AKA QE3, from $65 billion a month to $55 billion a month. This is the first major decision taken under new Chair Janet Yellen. This decision…
The prices of gold and silver bounced back during last week. The weakness in the equities markets and recent depreciation of the US dollar against the Japanese yen and Euro may have contributed to the rally of precious metals. The…
Leading energy commodities dropped, while precious metals rallied during the past week. The US dollar depreciated against leading currencies such as Euro and Japanese yen during last week. This week several reports, speeches and events will come to fruition including:…
In previous years, the FOMC’s expanding monetary policy (e.g. lowering interest rates) has raised the demand for gold, which supposes to protect its investors from the potential devaluation of the U.S dollar. Therefore, the FOMC’s recent decisions to cut down…
The prices of gold and silver moved in an unclear trend during last week. Their prices started off strong at the beginning of the week only to change course and plunge at the end of the week. Several U.S reports…
The commodities markets rallied mainly at the end of the week including stocks and energy commodities following the publication of the U.S NF payroll report, in which a higher than anticipated number of jobs were added in February. This week…
Following the previous FOMC meeting, which ended with a mini-taper, the FOMC will convene again for the second time this month. This upcoming meeting could stir up the markets as it did in the previous meetings. Despite the tapering of…
Gold and silver prices slipped during last week. The latest economic reports about the U.S and China may have contributed to the recent developments in the precious metals market: U.S new home sales jumped by 9.6%; pending home sales index…
The commodities markets slowed down last week; in the forex market the U.S dollar slightly depreciated against the Euro. This week will be packed with many news items, decisions, reports and events that could affect the commodities and forex markets.…
The slow rise of gold has also put some wind in the sails of gold producer Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) as its stock soared by over 22%, year to date. Besides the recent rally of gold, are this company’s fundamentals still…