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.…
Even though last week was short, the NFP report came out on Friday and surprised analysts – only 126K jobs were added, which was well below market estimates. This news is likely to resonate in the markets on Monday and…
The recent developments in the financial markets including a weaker U.S. dollar and lower interest kept the price of iShares Silver Trust (SLV) up. But as the silver market remains soft, do silver producers matter when it comes to the…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much last week as gold inched down by 0.1% and silver rallied by 0.8%. This low volatility is likely to continue on the last week of 2014. There are still a couple…
The bullion market cooled down again last week even though the recent FOMC statement was relatively balanced and the market’s reaction was relatively calm. This upcoming short week is likely to entail low volatility as the year is winding down.…
Gold and silver resumed their recovery again, while the U.S. dollar sell offs against leading currencies took place. This week, however, the highly anticipated FOMC meeting could stir up the bullion market again and perhaps even change its direction. This…
The bullion market showed high volatility as gold and silver rallied during most of the week until the end when the non-farm payroll report showed a higher than expected gain in number of jobs. This week the JOLTS report will…