Silver Wheaton (SLW) recently released its second quarter earnings report. The company fell short of reaching its quarterly goals at its earnings per share reached 18 cents, while the market estimates were at 20 cents a share. Moreover, the company’s…
The gold and silver markets have made their biggest comeback since February of this year. Their rally may have stemmed by the escalations in Iraq and the latest FOMC meeting. But this rally didn’t lead to a sharp rise in…
During most of May the bullion market was in its early summer slumber, but by the end of the month both gold and silver took a dive and finished May in the red. The FOMC’s next move regarding its interest…
The gold and silver market cooled down along with the rest of the financial markets as precious metals didn’t do much on a monthly scale. Even the recent FOMC meeting, in which the Fed decided to taper again QE3 by…
The recent FOMC meeting concluded with another tapering decision. This time, this decision had a lingering negative effect on the prices of gold and silver. But the recent mini-taper wasn’t the only issue on the table. The speculations around the…
Following the previous FOMC meeting, which ended with a mini-taper, the FOMC will convene again for the second time this month. This upcoming meeting could stir up the markets as it did in the previous meetings. Despite the tapering of…
The first FOMC meeting of the year ended with another mini-taper of $10 billion; thus, the FOMC’s asset purchase program will purchase $65 billion a month of LTS and MBS. This decision may have had a moderate adverse effect on…
The last FOMC meeting of the year ended with a mini-taper of $10 billion so that quantitative easing 3 will continue to purchase $75 billion a month of LTS and MBS. This decision may have had a moderate adverse effect…
Precious metals prices resumed their downward trend during November. The minutes of the penultimate FOMC meeting of the year revealed its members discussed the importance of conveying to the public that tapering QE3 (if and when it starts) won’t…
The precious metals market hasn’t moved much and gold and silver prices remained nearly unchanged on a monthly scale. The FOMC meeting ended with no change in policy. But some analysts think the FOMC has left the door open on…