Following the decision in the EU Summit that took many by surprise the commodities prices including gold, silver and oil changed direction from Thursday and hiked on the last day of the month. The Euro also bounced back and dragged…
The commodities markets continued to cool down including gold and silver markets after Bernanke put a wet blanket on the renewed speculations revolving the possibility of the Fed to introduce another stimulus plan in the near future. In the mean…
Following the ongoing speculation regarding the future of Greece in the EU and the potential ramification it may have on the forex and commodities markets (see here for a review on the potential ramification a Grexit on the bullion market)…
Following the recent developments in the Greece in which it was decided there will be elections on June 17th the Euro took a dive and was traded down most of the week against the USD. The recent publications from the…
During the weekend the French second stage of the elections will be held. The Greek parliamentary elections will also take place. The results may affect the future policy steps of these countries respective governments and consequently it may also affect the…
Despite the high expectations for dramatic turns during last week’s big news items including the FOMC meeting and U.S GDP for Q1 2012, eventually there were little movements in the major forex and commodities markets. As we are entering a…
Following the slow paced week in the financial markets in which major commodities and U.S stock markets started off the week declining while precious metals prices rising on account of the weaker than expected (but not that bad) U.S labor…
During the second week of April there are several financial publications hat may affect the forex and commodities markets. Among the reports to be published are: U.S. consumer price index, American and Canadian trade balance, Bank of Japan’s monetary policy…
For the first week of April there are several publications and monetary decisions that may stir up the financial markets. Among the reports to be published and decisions are: U.S. manufacturing PMI, GB rate decision, minutes of last FOMC meeting,…
The main even from last week that may have affected not only the strength of the U.S dollar but also affected commodities prices mainly gold and silver prices was the FOMC meeting. Bernanke’s speech the following day may have also…