Gold and silver spiked during yesterday’s trading. The volume of trade also rose as the ramifications of Bernanke’s remarks may have contributed to the rally of not only precious metals prices but also equities. The current expectations are that the…
The high volatility in the financial markets including forex and commodities during yesterday’s trading may have stemmed, in part, by the recent publication of the minutes of the FOMC meeting and Bernanke’s speech. The dovish remarks of Bernanke may have…
The minutes of the latest FOMC meeting were published today. The minutes didn’t present too much added value information that wasn’t covered in the statement of the FOMC meeting and the press conference that followed. But the market is reacting…
The prices of gold and silver rose again for the second consecutive day. Will this upward trend continue today? The minutes of the last FOMC meeting will come out and could stir up the precious metals markets if the minutes…
Precious metals prices changed direction and following their sharp tumble on Friday, they bounced back on Monday. Will their rally persist? The recent rally of precious metals came in a slow business day as volume of trade wasn’t high. The…
Silver imports in China have decline in recent months. Conversely, China’s gold imports continue to pick up. The sharp drop in the prices of gold and silver are likely to only pull up the demand for gold and silver in…
During the previous week, gold and silver prices continued their downward trend even though they have started the week on a positive note. Their fall coincided with the weakness of leading currencies such as Euro and Aussie dollar that depreciated…
Last week may have been a short one in the U.S but this didn’t stop the markets to heat up especially the U.S equities and crude oil prices that sharply rose. Conversely, silver and gold prices started off the week…
The prices of gold and silver moved in an unclear trend during last week as they changed direction almost on a daily basis. But by the end of the of the week precious metals tumbled down following the release of…
The U.S. employment rose again by a higher than expected pace – based on the ADP estimate, the non-farm payroll increased by 195k during May: Based on the recent U.S. employment report, which was published today, July 5th by the…