The spike in gold and silver prices didn’t last long and following their spike on Monday, precious metals changed direction and slipped on Tuesday. The recent disappointing manufacturing PMI for China, in which the PMI index estimated by HSBC fell…
Following a slow week, the precious metals market reheated as both gold and silver spiked on the first business day of the week. Their rally wasn’t due to latest developments in the forex market although the US dollar did depreciate…
The price of oil (WTI) rallied again during last week: WTI rose by 1.81%; Brent oil, on the other hand, slightly decreased by 0.68%. As a result, the premium of Brent oil over WTI plummeted; the premium ranged between $0.2…
During last week, gold and silver didn’t do much. Their rally coincided with the depreciation of the US dollar against currencies such as Euro and Japanese yen. Bernanke’s testimony reminded that the Fed won’t taper QE3 until the U.S economy…
The summer days may have pulled back the volatility in the financial markets as leading commodities such as oil, natural gas and gold didn’t do much during last week. Leading currencies including Euro, Japanese yen and Aussie dollar rallied against…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much on a weekly scale: Gold price slightly rose by 1.2%; Silver slipped by 1.68%. The recent testimony of Bernanke didn’t offer some additional insight and reminded that the Fed won’t taper…