The bullion market is slowly recovering as long term treasury yields – which had risen up until a couple weeks ago following the U.S. elections over expectations of higher inflation pressures – have started to decline again. This shift in…
The year has kicked off to a bullish start mainly in equities. Gold and silver, unlike bonds, also had a solid start, even though the markets are slowly adjusting to the Fed raising rates 2-3 times this year. The latest…
The U.S. non-farm payroll fell a bit short of market estimates regarding the headlines figure of number of jobs added: 156K vs an expected growth of 175K (The ADP estimated a gain of 153K jobs) during the month of December;…
Winter is coming but the markets are likely to heat up…and the same can be said about precious metals: Even though gold and silver will continue to face downward pressures — if the USD were to keep strengthening and yields…
With the year winding down as we are heading towards the last week of 2016, the markets are likely to demonstrate – as they did last week – low volatility and liquidity. For precious metals, this could be a chance…
In the past couple of weeks there has been a bit of disconnect between gold and silver: As silver slightly picked up while gold continued its downward trend. And this week’s FOMC meeting could continue to keep them apart especially…
Despite the relatively good NFP report – at least in terms of unemployment and jobs growth – gold and silver bounced back on Friday after mostly falling throughout last week. Moving forward, the focus in the markets will shift to…
The U.S. non-farm payroll came in line with market estimates (177K) as there were 178K jobs added during the month of November: The ADP estimated a gain of 147K jobs and the market expect a gain of 216K. And unemployment…
Precious metals continued to be pressured on account of the ongoing rise in interest rates, bullish market sentiment (at least in certain sectors) and stronger USD. But the Trump train may have come to brief halt as markets are starting…
So the U.S. elections did go as many had anticipated and lead to shockwaves in the financial markets across the world. And even though this news, which is considered something that raises the uncertainty in the markets, led to a…