Let’s examine the mains news that might affect the changes in the current gold and silver prices as of March 15th: Gold and Silver prices in 2011 Up to date, gold prices didn’t rise much as they are at a…
Gold & Silver Prices outlook –15 March
Category: Opinion
Is Portugal next in line for a bailout?
After the bailout plans that were handed to Greece and Ireland by ECB, it’s now time to see if Portugal is next in line. Currently, Portugal’s government bonds (10 years) have a yield of 7.48, which is a 3.42% increase…
U.S Labor report didn’t show improvement in employment
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published the U.S. employment report last week on Friday, March 4th, for the month of February 2011. There is an ongoing rise in job gains, however in a slower rate than reported during the previous…
Gold prices bounce back in February – what will be next?
The uprise in gold prices during February was after the falls gold suffered in January. What will be of gold in March? Let’s examine the gold market and try to come up with a forecast for gold in March: In…
How well natural gas futures are in predicting the future?
In the last several days of February there has been a steady rise in natural gas future price (March delivery of Henry Hub), while spot price continue to decline, causing the gap between the two indexes to widen. At the…
Natural gas prices outlook for March 2011
During the month of February there has been a steady downward fall in natural gas spot price (Henry Hub), however is this fall in price will be repeated during March? Let’s see the main factors affecting natural gas prices to…
How does the Middle East turmoil affecting the Brent oil WTI spread
The riots in Middle East that started more than a month back in Tunisia, later continued to Egypt and now have spread to Libya are the major news affecting the energy markets, including the recent rises in crude oil price.…
Examining the spread between Brent oil and WTI – February 16
The gap between the crude oil price WTI and Brent oil price has reached on Monday a new high, at 19.46$/b. This is the largest gap it recorded in over in 23 years. Yesterday the gap was a bit smaller…
Oil prices outlook with the Egypt coup completed – 11 February
The Mubarak regime has ended after 29 years of ruling Egypt. Let’s examine what is the current situation in Egypt, and how did the commodities market reacted so far by examining the crude oil price: After more than a couple…
Is gold a safe haven investment compare to S&P500
In a previous post I have examined the correlation between crude oil price and S&P 500; now let’s take a look at the relation between spot gold price and S&P 500 and whether the changes in the stock market trend…