Weekly Outlook of Financial Markets for June 17-21

Leading commodities such as oil, gold and silver rallied during last week. Leading currencies including Euro, Japanese yen and Aussie dollar appreciated against the USD last week. Will commodities continue to trade up this week? This forthcoming week several reports,…

Natural Gas – Weekly Recap June 10-14

Natural gas market cooled down again during the week as short term future price of natural gas (July delivery) fell again during the previous week. By the end of the previous week, the Henry Hub future (short term delivery) declined…

Will Gas Prices Hit $4 a Gallon?

U.S. Regular Conventional Retail Gasoline and Oil Prices 2005-2013

In a recent interesting article by the Fool it was asked and answered why gas prices won’t break anytime soon the $5 a gallon mark.  The author made some interesting and convincing arguments; however, based on the recent developments in…

Is it Time to buy Utilities Again?

first energy profit margin June 2013

The recent slowdown in the stock market may raise the demand for “safe haven” and stable stocks including Utilities stocks that tend to offer high dividend yields and are generally less volatile than other stocks. Is it time to reconsider…

Gold And Silver | Weekly Recap for June 10-14

The bullion market didn’t do much during last week as both gold and silver moved in an unclear trend during the week. Their unclear trend was also recorded in the forex and equity markets. Last week in the U.S: Jobless…

U.S PPI Bounced Back by 0.5% in May – June Report

According to the latest producer price index monthly update, which was published yesterday, the PPI for finished goods sharply rose by 0.5% in May compared with April’s index. This report serves as an indicator for the developments in the U.S…