The Fed left its policy unchanged for June. Nonetheless, in the press conference that followed Chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke, said the Fed may start to scale back its current $85 billion a month of long term securities by…
Precious metals much like many other commodities and currencies pairs haven’t done much yesterday as both gold and silver slightly declined. Other currencies including the Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar also slightly fell against the USD. Yesterday, U.S housing data…
The prices of gold and silver haven’t done much during last week as they moved in an unclear trend. Next week, however, the precious metal market might stir up as the FOMC will convene and decide to any changes to…
During last week gold and silver moved in an unclear trend. Last week, Jobless claims slipped by 12k to reach 346k; U.S retail sales rose by 0.6%; PPI bounced back in May by 0.5%. These reports may have contributed to…
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,…
The recent testimony of Bernanke in Congress didn’t reveal anything new: He continued to say that the Fed’s current asset purchase program is important for keeping the U.S economy on its road to recovery. At the same time, he didn’t…
Gold and silver continued to trade down during last week. Their sharp fall coincided with the depreciation of leading “risk related currencies” such as Euro and Aussie dollar against the USD. Moreover, the ongoing rally of U.S equity markets is…
The Fed left its policy unchanged for May. The FOMC concluded its two day meeting on May 1st. Based on the recent FOMC statement, The Fed decided to continue its asset purchase program that includes purchasing agency mortgage-backed securities at…
The minutes of the recent FOMC meeting were published and didn’t reveal anything new: several members still think the current asset purchase program, in which the Fed is purchasing each month $85 billion of mortgage backed securities and long term…
Gold and silver tumbled down in recent weeks. Their decline didn’t seem to coincide with the developments in the forex markets including the sharp depreciation of the Japanese yen. In the U.S jobless claims rose by 28k to 385k; non-farm…