The ongoing debates regarding the fiscal cliff raise the question how it will affect precious metals prices. Let’s take a closer look on this issue and potential ramifications passing the fiscal cliff could have on precious metals markets. It’s still…
In recent years, many investors have added precious metals to their portfolio for various reasons including hedging in case of inflation or a sharp devaluation of the dollar against other leading currencies. Despite the strong relation between gold and silver,…
Precious metals prices moved with an unclear trend during the first two weeks of November, but by the end of the month silver rose while gold edged down. The recent decision of the EU leaders to approve the next Greek…
Gold and major precious metals companies haven’t performed well in recent weeks. The decision the FOMC to launch another quantitative easing didn’t seem to help, for now, pulling up the price of gold. Let’s examine the recent developments related to…
The price of oil zigzagged in the past several days due to the high uncertainty in the markets with respect the U.S Presidential elections. Now that the elections are over, oil traders could focus on the fundamental changes in the…
The price of gold rose during the third quarter of 2012. It’s very intuitive to assume that the rise in price of gold will pull up the profit margin of major gold producers. Let’s examine the recent financial results (third…
The price of natural gas hiked yesterday by over 11% after it had declined during the previous week. On a monthly scale, the price (short term delivery) of natural gas increased by nearly 15%. The most recent hike was plausibly…
The recent fall in the price of oil didn’t seem to curb the recent rally of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM). The upcoming publication of the third financial reports of the company may shed some light on the recent developments…
Despite the highly anticipated decision of the FOMC to start its third quantitative easing program, the price of gold hasn’t performed well during recent weeks. The ongoing debt crisis in Europe hasn’t helped precious metal prices. There are some concerns…
The price of oil experienced high volatility in the past couple of weeks. But despite this high volatility the price of oil remained close to its starting point from the beginning of month. Will this high volatility in the oil…