With the year winding down as we are heading towards the last week of 2016, the markets are likely to demonstrate – as they did last week – low volatility and liquidity. For precious metals, this could be a chance…
The ECB and BOE didn’t change their policy and now the markets will shift their attention to the FOMC and BOJ; the Fed and Bank of Japan aren’t expected to introduce new policy measures but the tone of their statements…
The rally of gold and silver reached an impasse following the recent recovery in equities and the U.S. dollar against the Euro, Aussie dollar and British Pound. Nonetheless, the bearish market sentiment is still looming and could initiate selloffs if…
The last week of the year is upon us. And this week, much like last one, will be a short one with low trading volume. This could result in lower volatility, albeit in the past volatility tended to pick up.…
It was supposed to be short week that will focus on the latest non-farm payroll report, alas the Greeks will take center stage again as they will have a referendum on the proposed bailout plan set on July 5th. Athens plead…
The U.S. dollar changed course and rallied against the Japanese yen, Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar and remained nearly flat against the Euro. The GDP for Q1, second estimate, was released on Friday and showed a contraction of 0.7% —…
Even though the oil market has experienced high volatility, this hasn’t translated to sharp movement in precious metals prices. The U.S. GDP report came slightly short and Yellen’s testimony didn’t offer any big headlines, which left the bullion market to…
The financial markets shifted focus from Yellen to Yemen, which kept the high volatility mainly over the rising tensions in the Middle East. This week, the main report will to be released is the NF payroll. Other U.S. reports include:…
The prices of gold and silver didn’t do much last week as gold inched down by 0.1% and silver rallied by 0.8%. This low volatility is likely to continue on the last week of 2014. There are still a couple…
The last week of the year is likely to be another slow paced one in the financial markets. In the U.S. there are a few reports that will be released including: manufacturing PMI, pending home sales, consumer confidence, and unemployment…