Gold price continued to rally and rose for the second consecutive day while silver prices changed direction and moderately declined; crude oil continued to trade up, while natural gas spot price declined. Major currencies such as Euro and Australian dollar…
Gold and silver prices started 2011 with sharp gains that soon shifted to fall: Silver price ended 2011 with a 9.8% decrease from the beginning of the year, while gold price ended the year nearly 10.2%. What can we learn…
Gold and silver prices started the first week of 2012 with very sharp gains that were recorded in other commodities prices such as crude oil prices. The rest of the financial markets also recorded sharp gains including the U.S. stock…
Crude oil prices had many twists and turns during 2011 but in the end, crude oil prices finished the year moderately above their initial price level from the beginning of the year: WTI oil price increased by 7.9% and Brent oil…
Gold and silver prices changed direction and sharply fell during most of December. Gold price ended the month 10.5% below its initial level, and silver price declined by 14.9%. What were the main factors that may have caused the sharp…
Crude oil prices ended the year with light changes during the last week of 2011. By the end of the week, WTI oil price slipped by 0.8% and Brent price by 1.53%; as a result, the difference between Brent oil…
Natural gas prices started the week with light gains, but as the week progressed natural gas was trade down. Here is a short review of the development of natural gas prices for the week ending on December 30th, the last…
During the last week of the year, gold and silver prices declined and thus continued their downward trend of December. Gold and silver prices declined during the month by 10.5% and 14.90%, respectively. During 2011 gold price rose by 10.2%…
Gold and silver prices rallied from the sharp falls they had recorded during most of the week and rose on the last business day of 2011. Crude oil prices on the other hand changed direction and declined. Major currencies such…
Crude oil prices recovered from the sharp decline they had experienced on Wednesday and slightly rose yesterday. Gold price continued to decline while silver price moderately rose. Major currencies such as Euro and AUD changed direction and slightly appreciated against…