The commodities markets shifted gear as energy commodities such as oil and natural gas rallied, while precious metals such as gold and silver tumbled down. The U.S reports that were published last week including GDP, NF payroll, manufacturing PMI, and…
Last week’s slow pace in the financial markets won’t repeat next week, and many news items, decisions and reports will come to fruition. These include: U.S non-farm payroll report, ECB, RBA, BOC and BOE rate decisions, U.S, Canada, Australia and…
The financial markets remained relatively calm last week: The prices of major commodities including gold and crude oil moved in an unclear trend. In the forex market, the Euro and Canadian dollar rallied against the USD, while the Aussie dollar…
Major commodities prices have mostly decreased during last week including Oil (Brent), gold and silver prices. The recent U.S GDP and NF payroll report were better than anticipated, which contributed to the rally of the US dollar. Moreover, the decision…
Last week, the FOMC meeting may have rekindled the speculations of tapering QE3 in December. The market reaction soon followed as the USD rallied and precious metals prices tumbled down. Looking forward, will the US dollar continue to rally? This…
The U.S government is open for business but the big question remains for how long as the deadline on the budget talks and debt ceiling were pushed forward to mid January and early February, respectively. Until then, the reopening of…
Major commodities prices have mostly declined in the past week: Oil (WTI), gold and silver prices have declined in the past week and thus they have resumed their downward trend from the previous month. The many reports and events that…
Last week, leading commodities including oil and silver rallied. Conversely, other commodities such as gold and natural gas declined. The uncertainty around the progress of the U.S economy as the government shutdown continues may keep commodities moving in different directions.…
Leading commodities prices have changed direction and tumbled down during last week: Oil, gold and silver plummeted last week after they had rallied during most of August. The highly anticipated FOMC meeting will take place this week and could stir…
The commodity markets are heating up this summer, while the forex market is cooling down. During last week, gold, silver, natural gas and oil bounced back and rallied. Will these commodities’ rally persist this week? This forthcoming week several reports…