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 precious metals market has heated up this summer as both gold and silver prices spiked during August. Will the recent rally hold up and keep bullion prices elevated or will gold and silver prices change direction and fall? Many…
Despite the many items that unfolded during the week, both gold and silver prices didn’t do much on a weekly scale. During the week the US dollar sharply appreciated against the several currencies including the Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar…
As anticipated the FOMC left its policy unchanged in the last meeting, which ended today July 31st. In the released statement, the FOMC stated it will maintain its current $85 billion a month of long term securities until the U.S…
Gold and silver changed direction and slipped yesterday after both precious metals had increased a day earlier. This unclear trend started last week. The low volatility of gold and silver might change and start to pick up if the upcoming…
During last week, gold and silver traded up. Nonetheless, most of their gain came on Monday. During the rest of the week, both metals had an unclear trend. Their recent rally coincided with the ongoing depreciation of the US dollar…
Major energy commodities including oil, and natural gas fell during last week while precious metals rallied. Equities markets slightly pulled back, while in the forex markets the US dollar depreciated against leading currencies including Euro and Japanese yen. In the…
The price of oil (WTI and Brent) changed direction and fell last week: WTI declined by 2.94%; Brent oil, by 0.83%. As a result, the premium of Brent oil over WTI expanded; the premium ranged between $1.2and $2.5. According to…
The minutes of the latest FOMC meeting were published today. The minutes didn’t present too much added value information that wasn’t covered in the statement of the FOMC meeting and the press conference that followed. But the market is reacting…