The U.S. dollar, equities and oil prices bounced back last week as the bearish sentiment has subsided, mostly fueled by some positive U.S. reports: The GDP for Q4 showed a gain of 1% — higher than the first estimate and…
The rally of gold and silver reached an impasse following the recent recovery in equities and the U.S. dollar against the Euro, Aussie dollar and British Pound. Nonetheless, the bearish market sentiment is still looming and could initiate selloffs if…
Equities recovered last week as the bearish market sentiment subsided and oil prices started off the week strong on account of the latest deal between Russia and Saudi Arabia to hold their output at January levels. But a few unimpressive…
Following FOMC Chair Yellen’s testimony, in which she didn’t rule out the possibility of cutting rates to negative territory all awhile keeping the same mantra that the decision to raise rates will be data dependent hasn’t calmed markets. Also the…
Here is a short overview for the week of February 15th to 19th of the main report and events of the week including: Minutes of last FOMC meeting, U.S. CPI, Philly Fed index, German ZEW economic sentiment, U.S. PPI, GB’s…
The bullion market had, much like the rest of the financial market, a turbulent week: But unlike equities or other major commodities, both gold and silver continues to rise. The devaluation of the U.S. dollar helped push up precious metals…
The NFP showed a headline figure of 151K jobs – lower than expected – but wages and unemployment were still good enough to pull up the U.S. dollar. Nonetheless, equities came down as the bearish market sentiment persisted; oil prices…
After presenting strong reports in the past several months, the U.S. non-farm payroll showed a lower than expected headline number: Only 151K jobs were added in January – the lowest gain since September. The ADP report estimated 205K jobs were…
Gold and silver prices rallied again last week but mostly at the start of the week before the FOMC released its statement, which was considered by many balanced. This week the NFP report could move gold and silver prices. But…
The recent rally in the stock market has eased the concerns over the prospects of a bear market in equities. But this could all change if U.S. and China’s economic reports show signs of slowdown. This week the focus will…