The last week of the year is likely to be another slow paced one in the financial markets. In the U.S. there are a few reports that will be released including: manufacturing PMI, pending home sales, consumer confidence, and unemployment…
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 bullion market cooled down again last week even though the recent FOMC statement was relatively balanced and the market’s reaction was relatively calm. This upcoming short week is likely to entail low volatility as the year is winding down.…
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…
Gold and silver resumed their recovery again, while the U.S. dollar sell offs against leading currencies took place. This week, however, the highly anticipated FOMC meeting could stir up the bullion market again and perhaps even change its direction. This…
The U.S. dollar huge sell-offs, precious metals recovered and crude oil resumed its downward trend. The high volatility is likely to continue this week as the last FOMC meeting will unfold. This time, the FOMC meeting will include an update…
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…
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…