The British referendum ended with a surprise result as around 52% of the voters decided to leave the EU. This decision shook up the financial markets with the British pound falling by 8% against the U.S. dollar and the Euro…
The FOMC decided, as expected, to keep rates unchanged this time, but left the door open for two rate hikes this year. But the FOMC also lowered its outlook for rate hikes in the coming years (as indicated from the…
The market sentiment remains bearish in the markets – in part driven by the lingering adverse impact the disappointing NFP report. This sentiment helped bring down long term interest rates, which in turn, also coincided with the recent rally of…
The NFP report made it rain again for the gold and silver as their prices recovered following the extremely lower than expected headline figure of only 38K jobs in May; even the mitigating factors (the Verizon labor dispute) could have…
Precious metals took another dive this week after the hawkish FOMC minutes kept resonating the markets. And the recovery of the U.S. dollar – mostly against the Euro and Yen – also contributed to the weakness of the bullion market.…