The yield curve is flattening and this serves as a warning sign of an upcoming recession. Are the worries justified? We begin with this and continue to the breakout in oil prices. You are welcome to listen, subscribe, provide feedback…
Gold and silver bounced back a bit last week, but bullion is still from down its yearly highs – close to $1300 for gold and $18.5 for silver. This week there aren’t major U.S. economic reports and in Europe the…
It’s an interesting time for bullion investors because gold and silver prices are being pulled in different directions, which as of last week at least, resulted in both precious metals losing some ground. On the one hand, long term interest…
The bullion market has cooled down in the past week as gold and silver prices moved sideways without a clear trend. The market is still trying to figure out how hawkish will the Fed actually be considering the recent economic…
The Fed gone all hawkish and brushed off the latest weak inflation data in its decision in the previous week. Despite the rhetoric, the markets haven’t budged and still estimate less than 50% chance of another hike by the end…
Precious metals prices have continued to slow recovery especially following the latest NFP report, which showed a gain of only 138K jobs and another month of only 2.5% wage growth. This report, however, didn’t change the market expectations about the…
Gold and silver gained a bit more momentum as the political unease playing in the background and some economic data from the U.S. aren’t too impressive. The markets, however still place a high chance – around 80% — of a…
Market volatility made a very quick and short comeback last week on Wednesday following the political unrest in the U.S. This time, it was followed by the Comey memos about his meetings with President Trump that raised market concerns over…
The recent economic data pouring out of the U.S. including CPI and retail sales were soft enough to pause the downfall of bullion as the markets reassess the chances of a Fed rate hike in June. Nonetheless, both gold and…
The latest NFP report showed strong growth in jobs (211K vs. exp. of 194K) and modest decline in unemployment rate to a new low and yet wages are not picking up at a faster pace. This news, however, was still…