The Greek elections will be held on Sunday and the aftermath of these elections could stir up the financial markets. Over the weekend the IMF urged Europe to help Irish banks. The main event of the week besides the Greek…
The commodities markets continued to cool down including gold and silver markets after Bernanke put a wet blanket on the renewed speculations revolving the possibility of the Fed to introduce another stimulus plan in the near future. In the mean…
The commodities markets experienced one of the most turbulent weeks in 2012 (up to date) as gold and silver prices sharply rose on Friday while major energy commodities prices including oil and natural gas tumbled down throughout the week. The…
Following the ongoing speculation regarding the future of Greece in the EU and the potential ramification it may have on the forex and commodities markets (see here for a review on the potential ramification a Grexit on the bullion market)…
Following the recent developments in the Greece in which it was decided there will be elections on June 17th the Euro took a dive and was traded down most of the week against the USD. The recent publications from the…
Following the results of the French and Greek election the market reacted to this news as the Euro declined during the week and dragged along with it other currencies such as the Aussie dollar and also commodities prices such as…
During the weekend the French second stage of the elections will be held. The Greek parliamentary elections will also take place. The results may affect the future policy steps of these countries respective governments and consequently it may also affect the…
Despite the high expectations for dramatic turns during last week’s big news items including the FOMC meeting and U.S GDP for Q1 2012, eventually there were little movements in the major forex and commodities markets. As we are entering a…
The upcoming week will bring many news items on the agenda and is likely to stir up the financial markets after the last couple of weeks in which stocks commodities and forex didn’t move much in any direction. Among the…
Following the slow paced week in the financial markets in which major commodities and U.S stock markets started off the week declining while precious metals prices rising on account of the weaker than expected (but not that bad) U.S labor…