Category: Quantitative Easing

Gold and Silver Outlook for February 23 -27

The bullion market took another beating last week as both gold and silver tumbled down mainly at the beginning of the week. Even the slightly dovish toned minutes of the FOMC meeting didn’t bring much up gold and silver. This…

Let’s Talk about Debt and Deflation

The issue of debt continues to rise in the headlines especially considering the US debt levels continue to rise and has reached over 101% of GDP as of 2013. The issue of debt does have its negative impact on the…

Gold and Silver Outlook for February 2-6

Gold and silver took a tumble last week. The FOMC meeting didn’t have any big announcements but the bullion market reacted with a sharp fall in gold and silver the next day. On Friday, however, the GDP report was released…

Is Draghi’s QE Program Enough?

Many have already talked about the recent ECB QE program, which is currently estimated to reach around 1.1 trillion euros or $1.3 trillion (or perhaps $1.2 trillion now that the Euro/USD is around 1.12). So here is another way to…

The U.S. economy’s recovery weighs on SLV

The price of iShares Silver Trust (SLV) fell again by 1.6%. The recovery of SLV remains questionable anytime soon as the U.S. economy keeps showing signs of recovery and the FOMC is slowly setting the ground work for a rate…

Financial Market Preview for January 5-9

The first full week of 2015 is upon us and the markets are likely to heat up from their holiday slumber. The main news headlines from the U.S. including minutes of the recent FOMC meeting and the NF payroll report.…