Oil prices (WTI and Brent) changed direction and declined last week: WTI decreased by 2.10%; Brent oil, by 2.88%. As a result, the spread of Brent oil over WTI shrank again: The premium ranged between $3.86 and $4.57. The sharp…
During the previous week, gold and silver prices plummeted. The upcoming FOMC meeting could stir up the precious metals markets especially if the Fed surprises and changes its monetary policy. The current expectations are that the Fed will start taper…
Leading commodities prices have changed direction and tumbled down during last week: Oil, gold and silver plummeted last week after they had rallied during most of August. The highly anticipated FOMC meeting will take place this week and could stir…
The gold and silver market has cooled down last week: The price of gold fell by 5.61%; silver plummeted by 9.10%. In anticipation for next week’s FOMC meeting, the market may have adjusted to the possibility that the Fed won’t…
The natural gas market continues to heat up as the price of Henry Hub has increased again mainly during the second half of the week. The recent increase in prices was partly due to the slight increase in demand for…
Retails and foods services sales edged up again for the ninth time in ten months; during August 2013, the index inched up by 0.2% compared with July’s sales and was also well above the sales recorded during August 2012. Yesterday,…