After a slow movement of gold and silver prices throughout most of the month, their prices took a turn and fell last week on account of the strengthening of the US dollar against the Euro and Yen. The Greeks, much…
Precious metals got a modest boost following the dovish FOMC meeting statement, which also dragged down the implied probabilities of a rate hike in the coming months. Even though the Greek debt crisis keeps the door open of Grexit, which…
The bullion market remained poised last week as gold slightly rose while silver modestly declined. But this could all change and precious metals may take another severe hit this week if the upcoming FOMC meeting were to set the stage…
The non-farm payroll brought further up the USD against leading currencies as it showed a rise of 280,000 jobs – higher than market estimates. This news is likely to resonate in the financial markets as it raises the odds of…
The recent recovery of the USD provided the climate to bring back down gold and silver. Even the contraction in the US GDP during Q1 didn’t help pull up gold and silver, nor did the fall of long term treasury…
The FOMC released the minutes of the last meeting. The news about the minutes was enough to pull up the U.S. dollar against leading currencies and drag along the way gold and silver. The odds of the FOMC raising rates…
The change in direction of U.S. LT treasury yields along with the devaluation of the USD have pressured back up gold and silver. Is this turn of events suggests bullion prices are on their road to recovery? The minutes of…
The U.S. jobs report showed a gain of 223K jobs, which wasn’t far off market expectations, albeit it was better than the previous report. Alas, the report also showed downward revisions for the previous jobs reports and little change in…
Despite the drop in precious metals prices by the end of the week, gold remained nearly flat and silver was up by 3% on a weekly scale. The recent FOMC meeting seems to have brought down gold and silver, after…
The weakness in the U.S. dollar didn’t gold and silver that kept coming down, as they have reached their lowest level this month. Will gold and silver change course again this week? The FOMC could shake things up for bullion…