The ongoing tumble in the price of gold in recent weeks has dragged along with it gold related investments such as gold producers stock and the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEMKT: GLD). Will gold rally from its recent fall? Will gold producers’ stocks recover from their downward trend? Let’s examine the recent developments in the gold market. Is the Demand Going Down? Despite the recent sharp fall in the price of…
The price of natural gas tumbled down in the past couple of weeks. Will natural gas continue to trade down? How will the recent fall of the price of natural gas affect leading natural gas producers such as Chevron (NYSE: CVX). Let’s examine the recent developments in the natural gas market and see what’s up ahead for natural gas. During May (up to date), the price of natural gas plunged…
In the past couple of weeks the price of oil has slowly recovered from its downward trend it had during April. Will the price break the $100 in the near future? How the recent developments in the oil market affect leading oil producers? Let’s examine the recent changes in the oil market and try to determine what’s up ahead for oil. During May (up to date), the price of oil…
Gold and silver prices tumbled down during April. The minutes of the FOMC meeting may have been the trigger for the sharpest fall in the prices of bullion in a single day in recent decades. The rise in volatility of gold and silver prices in recent weeks may have been the main reason for the CME to raise on April 15th its margins on gold and silver by 19% and…
The Fed left its policy unchanged for May. The FOMC concluded its two day meeting on May 1st. Based on the recent FOMC statement, The Fed decided to continue its asset purchase program that includes purchasing agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month and longer-term Treasury securities at a pace of $45 billion per month. The Fed will keep its short term rate of 0 to…
The recent recovery of natural gas hasn’t passed by Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK). Shares of the company rose by 16% since the beginning of the year. The company is not out of the woods just yet but will its shares continue to rally as the year will progress? Will Chesapeake’s upcoming first quarterly financial reports disappoint its investors? Let’s further explore these issues. Let try and answer these questions by…
The price of oil plunged during April. Will oil prices recover from its recent tumble and rally to the $100 mark? How will the shifts in the price of oil affect leading refinery companies? Let’s examine the recent developments in the oil market to answer these questions. During April (up to date), the price of oil tumbled down by 8.3%; United States Oil (NYSEMKT: USO), by 8.4%. Since the beginning…
The sharp fall in the price of gold in recent days took by surprise many investors and analysts. I’ll admit that the plunge in prices of precious metals was surprising, and I didn’t think gold will fall so promptly. Nonetheless, I thought the price of gold would have started to come down when the market adjust to the Fed’s change in monetary policy (assuming it will change it in the…
The price of silver tumbled down in the past few days to its lowest level since October 2010. Since the beginning of the month the price of silver fell more than 17%. Moreover, the silver ETF, iShares Silver Trust (SLV) also plunged during the month by nearly 18%. The plunge in the price of gold is most likely pulling down other precious metals including silver and platinum. Does silver has…
The price of natural gas continues to rally. Will its rally end anytime soon? How will the recent recovery of the price of natural gas affect leading oil and gas companies such as Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK). Let’s analyze the latest developments in the natural gas market and examine what’s next for the natural gas market. During March and April (up to date), the price of natural gas spiked by…
