The last FOMC meeting of the year ended with a mini-taper of $10 billion so that quantitative easing 3 will continue to purchase $75 billion a month of LTS and MBS. This decision may have had a moderate adverse effect…
The holiday season is behind us and the markets are likely to slowly weaken from their two week slumber. The prices of gold and silver declined during the week and might change direction in the coming days. On today’s agenda:…
The gold market has cooled down in the past year. The sharp fall in the price of gold has reflected in the prices of gold ETFs such as SPDR Gold (NYSEMKT: GLD) and iShares Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: IAU). Will the…
The price of natural gas has changed direction and fell during last week for the first time in December. United States Natural Gas (UNG) has also followed and declined in the past week. Based on the recent U.S Energy Information…
The prices of gold and silver changed direction and rallied during last week. The low volume of trade kept the prices of gold and silver with little movement. On a weekly scale, however, both precious metals have rallied. The price…
Oil price (WTI and Brent) rose again last week: WTI increased by 1%; Brent oil, by 0.37%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI slightly narrowed: The premium ranged between $11.86 and $12.68. Last week, the EIA’s…