The cool down in the U.S. equities and the weakness of the U.S. dollar against the leading currencies have provided the proper environment to slowly bring back up gold and silver. Will this slow recovery last? This week’s U.S. economic…
It seems the market was waiting for an excuse to start selling off the U.S dollar after it had spiked in the recent weeks against the Euro, Yen and Aussie dollar. Last week, the minutes of the FOMC meting provided…
The latest positive news from the U.S labor market – the NF payroll showed 248K jobs added during September and August numbers were revised up to 180K – was enough to drag down the prices of gold and silver to…
Following the publication of the recent FOMC meeting minutes, the prices of gold and silver didn’t do much in the past couple of days. The prices of gold and silver inched up yesterday. The U.S jobless claims report came out…
Following the tumble in the prices of gold and silver during June, both precious metals bounced back last month. Moreover, their rally coincided with the recovery of leading currencies such as Euro and Japanese yen against the US dollar. Many…
The high volatility in the financial markets including forex and commodities during yesterday’s trading may have stemmed, in part, by the recent publication of the minutes of the FOMC meeting and Bernanke’s speech. The dovish remarks of Bernanke may have…
Yesterday the markets in the U.S were closed but the forex markets experienced high volatility mainly in Europe following the ECB and BOE rate decisions. These central banks left their cash rates unchanged but they presented guidelines for future low…
The high volatility in precious metals markets eased down during June after the high movement they have had during May. The recent publication of the minutes of the FOMC meeting from back in June and Bernanke’s testimony in Congress rekindled…
During the previous week, gold and silver tumbled down. The main event of last week in the U.S was the FOMC statement. The FOMC kept policy unchanged but in the press conference that followed the statement, Bernanke stated the Fed…
The two main events of the past couple of days may have contributed to the sharp fall of equities and commodities. These events include: The FOMC hinting it may ease down QE3 in the coming months; China’s credit squeeze, in…