The recovery of iShares Silver Trust (SLV) came to halt after the non-farm payroll showed a higher than expected gain in number of jobs added to the U.S. economy. This week’s JOLTS report and the ECB’s TLTRO are among the…
The price of United States Natural Gas (UNG) dropped below $20 last week and by 9% since the beginning of the month. The fall in oil prices may have weakened the natural gas market. But another key factor is the…
The ECB meeting and the NFP are the first big events of a busy last month of the year. We preview the big events that rock markets. We also look back at the meaning of crashing oil to markets, and the…
The recovery of precious metals came to halt last week as both gold and silver prices tumble down by around 2% and 5%, respectively. This week the main report of the week is the NF payroll report, which could impact…
The modest recovery of SPDR Gold (GLD) in recent weeks came after shares of the gold ETF tumbled during the preceding two months. Despite this modest gain, GLD is still underperforming equities. Also, the rise in the gold to silver…
Markets are different during the holiday season that just began. How should you react? We begin with this topic and then talk about things that do move markets: the US data and especially GDP that look more complicated than earlier, the UK…
A packed show begins with US housing and its very close correlation to growth. We then run down the FOMC Meeting Minutes and continue to more exciting events: the political turmoil in Japan which is rocking the yen, and what’s going…
Shares of SPDR Gold (GLD) are up by 2% since the beginning of the month. The recent release of the minutes of the FOMC didn’t move the precious metal ETF from its current price range. Let’s review the latest minutes…
United States Natural Gas (UNG) changed direction and tumbled down by 7% in the past week. This comes after the natural gas ETF spiked by 13% a week earlier. Will this seesaw movement continue for UNG? Let’s start with the…
The silver ETF iShares Silver Trust (SLV) bounced back following the latest deprecation of the U.S. dollar against leading currencies also contributed to the recovery of SLV. The recent lower than expected JOLTS report also provided some back-wind for bullion…