During last week, gold slightly fell while silver rallied. The market expectations for the next FOMC’s meeting keep gold and silver from forming a clear trend. Some analysts suspect the Fed will taper QE3 in September from $85 billion to…
Oil prices (WTI and Brent) rose again last week: WTI increased by 2.68%; Brent oil, by 1.85%. As a result, the spread of Brent oil over WTI contracted: The premium ranged between $5.59 and $7.68. The drop in Libya’s oil…
Several commodities continued their general upward trend: Last week, leading commodities including oil and silver rose again. Conversely, some other commodities such as gold and natural gas changed direction and fell. In the forex market, leading currencies including Aussie dollar…
During the previous week, gold and silver didn’t do much, which brings recent weeks’ rally to a halt. I think the low trading volume and the anticipation of the next FOMC meeting could eventually lead to a reversal in the…
Oil prices (WTI and Brent) bounced back last week: WTI rose by 1.16%; Brent oil rallied by 2.67%. As a result, the spread of Brent oil over WTI expanded again; the premium ranged between $4.81 and $6.36. The drop in…
Last week, leading commodities prices mostly increased, while the USD mostly depreciated against leading currencies. The slow movement in the forex and commodities markets might pick up as we are exiting the summer slowdown. In the upcoming week several reports…
During last week, gold and silver rose again. Their ongoing recovery resulted in gold reaching its highest level since early June; silver is at its highest since early May. Despite the recent rally of gold and silver, their recovery didn’t…
Major commodities including gold, silver and natural gas rallied again during last week. Equities markets also made a bit of comeback as major indexes including the S&P500 rose. In the forex market, however, there was a mixed trend as the…
Oil prices (WTI and Brent) didn’t do much last week: WTI inched down by 0.12%; Brent oil fell by 0.97%. As a result, the premium of Brent oil over WTI slightly expanded again; the premium ranged between $2.80 and $5.96.…
Oil prices (WTI and Brent) continued their recovery and rose during the week: WTI rose by 1.41%; Brent oil, by 2.73%. As a result, the premium of Brent oil over WTI slightly expanded; the premium ranged between $2.86 and $3.78.…