The prices of gold and silver changed direction and plunged last week despite the modest depreciation of the U.S dollar against leading currencies. Will gold and silver resume their downward trend? For the week of June 2nd to 6th, the…
The oil market slightly eased down as oil prices (WTI and Brent) moderately declined during last week. WTI slipped by 1.6%; Brent oil declined by 1%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI slightly widened by the…
The commodities market cooled down, while U.S equities rally during the previous week. This week, in the U.S several economic reports will be released including non-farm payroll, non-manufacturing and manufacturing PMI, factory orders and jobless claims. In Europe, ECB rate…
Gold and silver remained relatively flat during last week despite the appreciations of the U.S dollar against the Euro and Japanese yen. Will gold and silver start to show a shift in their flat line stance? For the week of…
Oil prices (WTI and Brent) continued its upward trend during the previous week. WTI rose again by 2%; Brent oil inched up by only 0.1%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI narrowed: The premium ranged between…
This week several U.S related news items could stir up the markets again including: GDP for the first quarter of 2014, core durable goods, jobless claims, consumer confidence, and pending home sales. Canada’s current account and GDP by industry are…
Gold and silver slightly rose last week but on a monthly scale they are still nearly flat lined. Â Even the forex market also showed signs of unclear trend and the U.S rallied against the Euro but fell against the yen…
Leading commodities prices including oil and gold rallied last week; in the forex market the USD rallied against the Euro but depreciated against the Japanese yen and Canadian dollar. For the week of May 19th to May 23rd, several reports,…
Gold and silver resumed their downward trend and slowly descended during last week.  Janet Yellen’s recent testimony may have dragged down the prices of gold and silver as she reiterated her view that the U.S economy is on the right…
Leading commodities markets cooled down in the past week as the prices of precious metals, natural gas and oil declined. This week, many news items of the agenda including: Janet Yellen’s speech, U.S retail sales, China’s industrial production, BOE’s Governor …