Gold and silver have taken a pause from their rally of the past several weeks. But this pause could end this week as the FOMC plans to raise rates. Although the market is already pricing in the next rate hike,…
In the past couple of weeks there has been a bit of disconnect between gold and silver: As silver slightly picked up while gold continued its downward trend. And this week’s FOMC meeting could continue to keep them apart especially…
The recent plunge in the markets on Friday seems to have been the result of the anxiety of traders over a possible rate hike by the Fed, which may occur as soon as this month. The upcoming reports from the…
The Brexit may have subsided a bit in the past week and the recent NFP report helped drive up equities, but the conversation is likely to change back to Brexit as the BOE convenes this week to decide any changes…
The highly expected FOMC meeting will take center stage this week and will eclipse the major economic reports that will be released this week. Nonetheless, until the FOMC statement is released, some economic data could drive market sentiment; some of…
The volatility in the financial markets remains elevated over economical and geopolitical unrest including: Concerns over a possible Brexit, Greece’s debt problems, China’s economic slowdown, the U.S. presidential primaries and the Fed’s monetary policy, just to name a few. Besides…
Precious metals started off last week on a negative note but as the week progressed they changed direction and rallied. The dovish/bearish statements of Yellen in the recent panel discussion along with the minutes of the previous FOMC meeting helped…
Precious metals will face another stormy week with the upcoming FOMC meeting. Following the latest ECB monetary meeting that concluded with rate cuts and augmented QE program, gold and silver moved in an unclear trend on a weekly scale and…
The market expected a lot from Draghi and he sure delivered in the recent ECB meeting for more QE and lower rates. This week, the focus will shift back to the U.S. with the FOMC meeting. But there are also…
Following FOMC Chair Yellen’s testimony, in which she didn’t rule out the possibility of cutting rates to negative territory all awhile keeping the same mantra that the decision to raise rates will be data dependent hasn’t calmed markets. Also the…