Following a slow week, the precious metals market reheated as both gold and silver spiked on the first business day of the week. Their rally wasn’t due to latest developments in the forex market although the US dollar did depreciate…
The financial markets didn’t experience high volatility during yesterday. Gold and silver markets also remained relatively poised as all eyes will be towards the upcoming testimony of Bernanke in the House. This testimony could have a strong effect on precious…
Precious metals prices rallied on Monday and thus continued their general upward trend from last week. In the U.S, retail sales slightly increased again by 0.6% during June. This news may have slightly contributed to the rally of U.S equity…
The prices of gold and silver rose again for the second consecutive day. Will this upward trend continue today? The minutes of the last FOMC meeting will come out and could stir up the precious metals markets if the minutes…
Precious metals prices changed direction and following their sharp tumble on Friday, they bounced back on Monday. Will their rally persist? The recent rally of precious metals came in a slow business day as volume of trade wasn’t high. The…
The precious metals continue to seek direction: Yesterday the prices of silver and gold bounced back and thus changed direction again. Their rally coincided with the rise of other commodities including oil. The recent U.S reports gave a mixed signal…
Gold and silver prices changed direction and fell yesterday. The U.S economy continues to show signs of progress as new factory orders rose by 2.1% during May. In Australia, the Reserve Bank of Australia left its policy unchanged and the…
Gold and silver prices continued to rise for the second consecutive business day after precious metals had plummeted in the past couple of weeks. Their rally was despite the news of the U.S manufacturing PMI report for June, in which…
The high volatility in the precious metals markets eased down during May after the high movement they have had during April. The recent publication of the minutes of the FOMC meeting from back in May and Bernanke’s testimony in Congress…
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…