This year, the silver ETF iShares Silver Trust (SLV) didn’t perform well as its price dropped by 18%. The low inflation, the FOMC’s change in policy and the drop in the price of gold contributed to the weakness of silver. …
The price of United States Natural Gas (UNG) took another fall in the past week to its lowest level in recent months. During the month the ETF lost 27% from its value. The ongoing low oil prices may have contributed…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much last week as gold inched down by 0.1% and silver rallied by 0.8%. This low volatility is likely to continue on the last week of 2014. There are still a couple…
The gold market continued to show a high level of volatility in the past several weeks. Nonetheless, SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is nearly flat for December and only 1.2% during 2014. But the ongoing low inflation and signs of recovery…
In this episode of Market Movers we have compiled a special holiday edition of the most popular topics: the risk reward ratio (make it your new year’s resolution?), the correlation (or lack of) between gold and inflation and Japan: the…
The current low oil prices have raised the interest of some investors to go long on oil in the hopes that prices will eventually recover to their levels recorded in the past couple of years. For those who consider taking…
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,…
The upcoming FOMC meeting could result in shares of iShares Silver Trust (SLV) changing course and falling after they had rallied in the past couple of weeks. Let’s examine the upcoming FOMC meeting and state of the U.S. economy and…
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…