Category: Opinion

Gold and Silver Forecast for May

The gold and silver market cooled down along with the rest of the financial markets as precious metals didn’t do much on a monthly scale. Even the recent FOMC meeting, in which the Fed decided to taper again QE3 by…

Will Natural Gas Keep Descending?

The natural gas market continues to lose steam as its price slowly declined during last week. United States Natural Gas (UNG) also fell last week. According to the latest U.S Energy Information Administration weekly update, last week’s natural gas injection…

Is Asia Enough to Bring Back Up Gold?

demand for gold

Despite the weakening of the gold market during last year, the demand for gold in Asia mainly in China and India strengthened during 2013. But does Asia still play an important role in determining the price of gold? Also, is…

What’s Up Ahead for Silver?

The price of silver changed direction and declined during last week. Moreover, gold also declined by a similar rate. Will silver bounce back from its recent fall? Let’s examine the recent news that may affect silver and the silver ETFs.…

Will Natural Gas Lose Steam and Fall?

The natural gas resumed its rally during the previous week mainly on Thursday following the release of the U.S Energy Information Administration weekly report. According to the report, last week’s natural gas injection was below the five year average. As…

How Will the Brent-WTI Spread Impact Oil Refiners?

Last week, the premium of Brent over WTI dropped to its lowest level in months. This recent fall is part of a downward trend that could have a negative effect on oil refineries including Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) and Marathon Petroleum…

Will Chesapeake Reach its First Quarter Goals?

During the first quarter of 2014, the oil and gas market heated up. Despite these developments, shares of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) didn’t perform well and lost nearly 1.5% of their value during 2014, up to date. But has it…

Will Silver Break Free from the $20 Price Range?

The price of silver remained nearly unchanged during last week. On the other hand, gold bounced back following the release of the minutes of the last FOMC meeting. Will silver resume its rally anytime soon? Or will it tumble down?…