We take a break from Brexit and chopper sounds and move to commodities: oil is slipping, gold remains strong and the focus shifts back to the US. We also touch on ECB QE and preview the next events. You are welcome…
Now that the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery including the better than expected NFP report and retail sales, the market is slowly adjusting again to a possible rate hike this year. And higher rates also mean a slower…
The BOE didn’t change its monetary policy but still promised that stimulus is on the way in the coming meetings. This week’s main event will be the ECB rate decision. Even though the ECB isn’t likely to make any changes…
Even though the recent NFP report presented much better than expected gains in jobs – 287K compared to 175K outlook – the bullion market didn’t react much and if anything silver kept rising on Friday. It seems that the ongoing…
The Brexit may have subsided a bit in the past week and the recent NFP report helped drive up equities, but the conversation is likely to change back to Brexit as the BOE convenes this week to decide any changes…
Gold and silver gained momentum last week as Britain voted to leave the EU. And even though equities have recovered, the high uncertainty in the markets is likely to preserve the risk-off market sentiment, which only benefits bullion prices. Besides…
The roller-coaster in the financial markets due Brexit vote left the British pound around 10% below its value against the USD before the referendum results came in. And even though equities and bonds also reacted with a “risk-off” sentiment, equities…
The British referendum ended with a surprise result as around 52% of the voters decided to leave the EU. This decision shook up the financial markets with the British pound falling by 8% against the U.S. dollar and the Euro…
The Brexit vote is still expected to have consequences – mostly negative – on the financial markets as investors and traders shift to risk-off assets. Now the question will remain how this Brexit impact markets in the coming weeks and…
The FOMC decided, as expected, to keep rates unchanged this time, but left the door open for two rate hikes this year. But the FOMC also lowered its outlook for rate hikes in the coming years (as indicated from the…