The recent weakness in the U.S. equities lead the news cycle as its also coincided with selloffs of U.S. dollar and recovery of precious metals. This week, several key reports will be released including: U.S. CPI, U.S. new home sales,…
Oil prices recovered last week on account of the rise in tension between the U.S and Russia. Moreover, this news provided some backwind for gold and silver but it wasn’t enough to offset the huge selloffs in precious metals market…
The forex and commodities markets demonstrated high volatility during the past week This week several reports will be released and may affect commodities, equities and forex markets; these include: FOMC meeting, U.S new and pending home sales, U.S GDP for…
The prices of gold and silver resumed their downward trend during last week. The FOMC’s decision to taper QE3 by $10 billion to $75 billion crowded out the other headlines from the FOMC press conference including the talks about keeping…
Oil price (WTI and Brent) rallied last week: WTI rose by 1.8%; Brent oil, by 2.82%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI slightly expanded: The premium ranged between $11.83 and $13.19. Last week, the EIA’s weekly…
The prices of gold and silver continued their downward trend and slightly fell for the second consecutive day. Their decline didn’t coincide with the depreciation of the USD against the Euro and Aussie dollar. The Reserve Bank of Australia has…
The prices of gold and silver continued their downward trend and completed yesterday a three day drop. Their recent descent coincided with the ongoing weakening of leading currencies against the US dollar. In the news, the German IFO Business Climate…
The prices of gold and silver rallied during last week. The latest FOMC meeting ended with Bernanke keeping the monetary policy unchanged even though many had expected the Fed will start tapering its asset purchase program. As a result gold…
The spike in gold and silver prices didn’t last long and following their spike on Monday, precious metals changed direction and slipped on Tuesday. The recent disappointing manufacturing PMI for China, in which the PMI index estimated by HSBC fell…
After last week’s plunge in gold and silver prices, precious metals continued this trend and fell on the first day of the week. The Fed’s next move seems to keep precious metals’ high sales. Will gold and silver bounce back…