Gold and silver prices fell again last week, as the U.S. dollar depreciated against leading currencies. Will gold and silver change course this week? We could dance around the obvious and talk about the other reports and events that are…
Following the stronger than expected U.S. GDP report, the non-farm payroll came short of market expectations with 173,000 jobs – 47,000 jobs lower than anticipated. This news reduced but didn’t eliminate the chances of the Federal Reserve raising rates in…
The high volatility in the financial markets has also kept moving gold and silver prices – albeit mostly downward. Although they did bounce on Friday, precious metals were still down for week: gold and silver fell by 2% and 5%,…
The recent recovery of the U.S. dollar along with the rally of U.S. equities provided the proper climate to see gold and silver fall down. Moreover, the latest interview given by Bullard gave the necessary excuse to keep the speculations…
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 anticlimax from the FOMC’s meeting a couple of weeks back, the prices of gold and silver didn’t do much during last week. In the U.S, several reports came out and didn’t offer a clear picture regarding its: Jobless…
The prices of gold and silver rallied during last week. The latest FOMC meeting ended with Bernanke keeping the monetary policy unchanged even though many had expected the Fed will start tapering its asset purchase program. As a result gold…
During the previous week, gold and silver prices plummeted. The upcoming FOMC meeting could stir up the precious metals markets especially if the Fed surprises and changes its monetary policy. The current expectations are that the Fed will start taper…