Most commodities tumbled down last week, while USD recovered against leading currencies mainly against the Euro after the recent ECB rate decision. This week, in the U.S several economic reports will be released including JOLTS, retail sales, consumer sentiment, and…
I’m not a big fan of precious metals ETFs. They follow bullion prices, and investors pay a fee for holding the ETF. The only return for an investor is the potential rise in precious metals prices. Conversely, bullion miners or…
U.S. employment didn’t meet expectations with only 142K jobs were add, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure was well below market expectations, which were at 222K and the ADP report showed that private non-farm payroll grew by…
Silver’s downward trend reached an impasse last week. Let’s examine the relation between silver and U.S equities and gold. Also, will the upcoming non-farm payroll report adversely impact the price of silver? Last week, silver inched up 0.2%. The silver…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much last week as they edged up on a weekly scale. But September is starting off with rate decision by ECB, BOE, BOC, RBA and BOJ. The main event will be the…
The market volatility in the markets is slowly returning as we are exiting the summer slumber and into September. We kickoff the month with rate decisions by ECB, BOJ, BOE, RBA and BOC, while in the U.S the NF payroll,…
Silver Wheaton (SLW), the leading silver streaming company, hasn’t performed well in the stock market in the past month partly due to the weakness of silver prices. But what are the other factors that could have impacted this company’s stock?…
The price of silver continued to decline last week. Since the beginning of the month, silver lost 5% of its value. The changes in the foreign exchange market or gold seem to have little impact on silver. What could keep…
Precious metals prices fell again last week, as the USD pulled up. This week, the GDP for Q2 and PCE will be release in the U.S, which could impact the bullion market. The recent Jackson Hole Symposium ended with Yellen…
This week, the main U.S economic reports to be release are the GDP for the second quarter and the PCE. The core durable goods, consumer confidence and consumer sentiment will also be out during the week and may impact the…