The big news from SNB eclipsed all other news items from last week as the Swiss franc sharply rose against leading currencies including the Euro and U.S. dollar. This news may have also provided additional backwind for commodities such as…
Our weekly podcast came just in time after the shocking removal of the EUR/CHF floor. We begin with this and move on the very correlated upcoming event: the upcoming ECB meeting in which QE is on the cards. We then…
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) started off 2015 with a 3% gain, which basically erased the losses incurred in the last three week of 2014. The recent recovery in the price of gold was partly related to the depreciation of the…
The ongoing weakness in oil market has also dragged down the price of United States Oil Fund (USO), which has fallen by 10% since the beginning of year. Is Saudi Arabia capable of further driving down the price of oil?…
United States Natural Gas (UNG) started off the year with a modest gain of 1.5% (up to date). The larger than expected extraction from storage may have provided some back-wind for the recent gain in natural gas. But it’s too…
Gold and silver kicked off the year on a positive note as both precious metals rallied during last week. The release of the minutes of the FOMC meeting from December didn’t seem to have a strong adverse impact on bullion…