Following the better than expected NF payroll report, in which the USD rallied, while precious metals took a nose dive, this week the U.S JOLTS report will complete the NF payroll report; this report may offer another data point about…
U.S. employment rose by a higher than anticipated rate as 248K jobs were add, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure was above market expectations, which were at 220K and the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll…
SPDR Gold (GLD) lost over 6% off its value during September. What is up ahead for this gold ETF? Let’s review how the progress of the U.S economy may impact the direction of GLD starting with the labor market. This…
Are you really prepared to trade? We ask some questions you should ask yourself as well, before diving into the big events of October, which is a very promising month, especially on the background of September’s turmoil. Welcome to a…
The bullion market didn’t perform well again last week: Silver lost 1.7% off its value, while the price of gold inched down by 0.1%. As a result, the gold to silver ratio rose again by 1.6% to around the 70…
The weakness in the bullion market and the recovery of US dollar continued last week. This week, we have a lot of news items that could push around the foreign exchange and commodities markets. In the U.S we have the…
The weakness in the gold market has also reflected in the fall in the price of SPDR Gold (GLD) – the ETF lost 5% during September. Will GLD recover from its recent fall? Let’s review the latest developments related to…
Gold and silver took another tumble as both bullion prices: For gold, it reached its lowest level since the beginning of the year; silver came down below $18 for the first time since August 2010! The latest FOMC meeting had…
Following the FOMC meeting the commodities markets took a beating as oil, gold and silver tumbled down. These losses coincided with the recovery of USD against leading currencies such as Euro and Yen and the rally of U.S equities. On…
Gold ETFs SPDR Gold (GLD) didn’t perform well this month so far as it lost more than 4% of its value (up to date). Will GLD continue to come down in the coming days? How will the upcoming FOMC meeting…