The natural gas prices recorded a very turbulent month with sharp shifts in the Henry Hub natural gas price’s direction. But by the end of the month, as expected, natural gas spot price slipped in October. On the other hand,…
There are a rising number of articles that debate the possibility of returning to the gold standard. I think this scenario has little chance of coming true as it will take away many of the powers the central banks have…
I have stumbled upon an interesting article by Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate in economics; the article offers an explanation for the hike in gold price in the last few years. Krugman, who considers himself a deflationista, i.e. a person…
The natural gas prices, as expected, continued their decline even though the natural gas production and consumption in the U.S remained robust throughout the month of September. By the end of September the Henry Hub spot price fell sharply below…
Gold and silver prices demonstrated during September one of the worst performance in recent years. After the sharp rally in gold price during August as it nearly reached the $1,900 mark, gold price tumbled down to below $1,600 mark, while…
The decision of FOMC to purchase $400 billion worth of Long Term Securities by selling Short Term Securities by the end of June 2012, may have triggered a sharp reaction in the financial markets that turned into a sharp drop…
Crude oil prices sharply fell during August; this decline was mostly during the first few days of August. The end of the Libyan civil war during August didn’t affect much oil traders as oil prices continued to rise during the…
Gold price experienced during August one of the biggest rallies in 2011. During August gold price nearly reached the $1,900 mark; silver price also rose mainly in the second half of August, and even passed, at one point, the $43…
The natural gas market changed directions during August, but eventually, as expected, the natural gas was traded down. By the end of August the Henry Hub fell sharply below its initial starting price from the beginning of August. What is…
The upcoming speech of the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke this coming Friday, August 26th brings many to speculate whether he will say, hint, smoke signal his intentions to issue a new stimulus plan, i.e. quantitative easing plan/ QE3. There…